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Like Westbury, this is the second horse on this site just outside Pewsey. Volunteers from the local fire brigade cut it in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the island was mostly uninhabited, except by pirates seeking safe harbour.

Mary Ann is better known to us as the writer George Eliot; in many of her books she wrote about the rural and industrialised Midlands.

Delightful dark brown granite cottages hug the narrow choked streets of Mousehole (pronounced Mouzel).

The natural landscape was to be kept as linear parks, so that everyone was within walking distance of the countryside.

The building on the left, now demolished and replaced by St Thomas's Church Hall, was a cottage for the tannery workers.

Famous Citizens: The Council's Commemorative Plaques Attached to a number of buildings in the town are circular Westmoreland green slate plaques erected by the council; they are carved by the nationally

Much of the college is hidden from the street.

Three of the terraced houses on the right were once shops. On the opposite corner, Skoulding's grocer's and draper's had traded since the 1850s.

A fast flowing mountain stream has been diverted into a millrace to power the overshot wheel of Ogwen Mill near Bethesda.

We can clearly see the derelict state of this particular yard in Church Street.

Here, scaffolding has been erected to allow repairs to be made to several parts of the aisles and chapels. The buildings to the left are Warner's Almshouses.

It dates from the 13th century and has an octagonal ground floor with the upper floors supported on four posts, each of which is a single tree-trunk.

That the area is not disfigured by Victorian brickwork is an indication of how slowly the town developed. The varied facades create a flowing and pleasing harmony.

Tucked away among 'surroundings that are indescribably beautiful', boats nestle in the placid harbour waters of this picturesque village with its long, straggling street.

When this photograph was taken, Sheringham was a small fishing village on the north Norfolk coast, noted for its crabs.

While Norwich has operated as a port for hundreds of years, it is only in more recent years that the recreational aspect has become more important, although it is known that Nelson almost certainly learned

At the time this photograph was taken, the fort on the Nothe was equipped with quick-firing guns, searchlights and accommodation for a battalion of soldiers.

The church and green were once the subject of railway posters promoting Suffolk.

The route was later incorporated into the Nelson's Pillar to Terenure route, and this is a picture of a tram at the Terenure terminus.

College Gate is one of the three remaining gates leading into the former monastic precinct.

Much of the street plan was changed. One example was that Thieves Lane became Station Road.

All Hallows looks down on the beautiful Ayrmer Cove. Note the curious little circular window on the left.

Lechlade is the highest lock on the River Thames; it is seen here from St John's bridge.