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Few traffic controls are in evidence at the southern end of the shopping area in about 1960.

Colchester Castle—the largest Norman Keep ever built—stands on the site of the Roman temple of Claudius, which was destroyed during the Boudiccan rebellion of AD60.

Shute was the home of the Bonville family until their fortunes declined after the Wars of the Roses.

This is an evocative view of a long-dead Chelsea, with sailing vessels moored along the Embankment, one apparently with a cargo of hay.

Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

This is one of the major shopping streets of the county town, with the entrance to Pratt's fancy goods store draped with a variety of baskets and bags.

The water in the castle's deep well was drawn for centuries by the use of donkey labour, a fresh supply being essential in times of siege.

A bridge crossed the head of the Kingsbridge estuary as early as 962, though the surviving bridges in the area are medieval in origin.

Built in 1842, this striking place of worship sits just a few hundred yards from Chartwell - the former home of the wartime prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill.

Such was Iona's importance in Scottish history that nearly 50 of the country's kings are buried here, along with many chieftains of the local clans.

The Postal Directory of Flintshire, 1886, describes Tremeirchion as a 'considerable parish in the Vale of Clwyd'; near the Jesuit College of St Beuno stands a 'neat little chapel' on

William Crowe, rector of Stoke, wrote a paean of praise to Lewesdon Hill, which drew the admiration of William Wordsworth: '...of hills, and woods and fruitful vales, and villages, half-hid in tufted

This tiny flint and stone church, capable of housing only some 20 worshippers, is one of the smallest churches in England.

The squat tower of Hubberholme's parish church of St Michael and All Angels occupies a lovely setting in the valley of Wharfedale, where it turns into Langstrothdale in its upper reaches.

The so-called Rayleigh Weir—the source of one of the tributaries of the River Roach—gives its name to this busy junction on the Southend arterial.

This is the south end of Evesham Street, but none of this survives.

Tavistock, one of Devon's three original Stannary Towns, lies on the banks of the Tavy, which rises high on the moors near Cut Hill and flows into the Tamar upstream of Tamerton.

Situated five miles north-west of Middleton-in-Teesdale, High Force offers stunning scenery and the spectacular sight of the Tees plunging some seventy feet over the cliffs of Great Whin Sill.

Shop and inn make up the heart of this village, built round the edge of an enormous village green. There was a market here from at least 1280.

Standing in Military Road, north-west of Red Lion Square, is the School of Small Arms, the main school of army musketry, founded here in 1854.

The 15th-century tower of Charminster's church dominates the valley of the River Cerne, and was built under the direction of Sir Thomas Trenchard. Parts of the building date back to the 12th century.

In common with many seaside resorts, Saltburn enjoys a wide swathe of promenade and in this delightful view we see a group of ladies and children strolling along the Promenade, taking in the sea air

These two photographs of the village High Street give some indication of the constantly-flowing stream of traffic which passes the small, half-timbered Black Horse pub with its adjacent wine merchant

Barclays Bank, which has by now replaced part of the terrace on the left, dates from 1924: it is a typical example of the pretentious architecture beloved of banks.