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It remained in English hands until the autumn of 1313, when it fell by deception.

In the grounds of the house there is also a timber-framed tree-house that Queen Victoria played in as a child.

The building with the rocket- like spire, seen on the left in the photograph, was another of Egham's fine hotels.

The ruins of Hastings Castle are believed to stand on the site where William the Conqueror built his first castle in England; this was a wooden prefabricated structure shipped over with his invasion force

Towards the end of the 19th century, Folkestone had established itself as a thriving cross-Channel port.

When this photograph was taken, the village was an isolated rural community with most of its inhabitants engaged in agriculture.

All the classic ingredients of a large village are seen in this photograph.

Now one of the country's finest tourist attractions, the house and estate was established in the 18th century and contains a huge lake and spectacular gardens.

Marske is an attractive and unusual Swaledale village, neither nuclear nor linear, nestling in a fold of hills just above the River Swale.

Travelling north along the straight road from Brockenhurst brings the traveller to Lyndhurst, an ideal centre for exploring the northern edges of the great forest.

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon. The town gets its old name of Twyneham from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'the town between two rivers'.

Horatio Nelson, who commanded here, was wont to remark that she was the finest 64-gunner in the fleet; he fought some of his earliest naval battles in that remarkable ship.

In the early years of the 20th century, the colourful Auberon Herbert lived near Burley. Herbert was an aristocrat, politician, republican and writer.

Laurence Washington, great uncle of George, who died in 1619, is buried in the church.

The mill pond at Ickham, on the east bank of the Little Stour, is crossed by this seemingly fragile footbridge whose supporting piles serve as a useful trap for waterweeds and other detritus before the

In front are two Norfolk wherries: the black sail that can be seen on the further boat is a characteristic of these broad-beamed, shallow-bottomed craft.

This photograph of Love Lane was taken from Barker Street.

Broad Street boasts a great variety of inns and hotels.

But it is her gnarled yew trees that claim the greatest age: this huge churchyard yew is said to date back at least to the time of King Harold.

The gardens were laid out in the early 1960s on the former Gun Wharf, providing a welcome green space below the pinnacled tower of St Mary's parish church.

The gardens were laid out in the early 1960s on the former Gun Wharf, providing a welcome green space below the pinnacled tower of St Mary's parish church.

Standing at the junction of Gainsborough Road and Morland Road, the church opened in May 1962.

This very early postcard view of the Borrowdale Hotel, with Grange Crags behind, shows the Lake District as it was before the tourist invasion really took hold.

Cloth-capped and gaitered Edwardian children stand with their father outside S Warhurst's hardware shop on a sunny day.