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The structure behind the drinking fountain is the Simeon Monument, 'erected and lighted for ever at the expense of Edward Simeon as a mark of affection to his native town' in 1804.

In this picturesque of a long-vanished world, chickens are foraging for food and children playing by the pond.

Most of Alcester Street was demolished in the 1960s, but this small part of it survived.

St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.

Lympstone suffered economic depression at the end of the Napoleonic Wars when its shipbuilding yards closed. A number of residents moved to Devonport to continue their trade.

This photograph, looking towards The Nook, highlights the frustration of what could have been.

Glasgow boasts one of the world's finest municipal collections of art, now housed at Kelvingrove.

Church Lane has always been one of the most attractive parts of Stafford. Legionnaire's Disease The most notorious misfortune to affect 20th-century Stafford occurred in April 1985.

Here we have a general view of Halton and its castle from the west. The castle was built by the new Norman lord of the manor of Halton, Nigel Fitzwilliam, in around 1071.

The parish church of Clewer village, now part of Windsor, St Andrew’s retains its village character in its old traditional setting.

The Devil's Arrows is nowadays composed of three stones. They stand in North Yorkshire, close to the A1: it is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the county.

Redevelopment of the Parade started c1870. Lime trees were planted in the 1880s to start the Avenue.

Maidstone was the head of navigation of the Medway for centuries. This was because the river's upper reaches were crowded with fisheries and mills that impeded navigation.

Theories abound on the origin of the name, including a derivation from the knickerbockers worn by the navvies who built the railway.

This view shows the western end of East Street, with a closer look at the Town Hall clock-tower and cupola, and Colmer`s Hill forming the conical eminence in the distance (centre).

With the last significant addition to the Esplanade being the Italian Gardens of the 1920s, only the cars (far right) betray this photograph's modernity.

Founded in 1136, on the site of St Mungo's Church of AD543, the Cathedral has gone through many times of peace and of strife.

Built high on a sandstone crag commanding Tarporley Gap, Beeston was one of a series of fortresses built by Rannulf de Blundeville, sixth Earl of Chester and Lincoln; the others were Chartley in Staffordshire

Holkham Hall was built in the 18th century by Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester to a design by Palladio.

Dinas Mawddwy is also infamous for the murder of one Lewis Owen, Baron of the Exchequer and Vice Chamberlain of North Wales.

The ornate drinking fountain with its road signs to Ambleside, Kendal, Bowness and the lake has been removed since 1955 - presumably it was a hazard on this now busy junction.

We have taken a 90-degree turn from F106013, and we face the opposite view of the corner of Chapel Lane and Three Tuns Lane.

The estate was held in the 12th century by Sir Robert Croc of Neilston, and it is from him that the castle derives its name.

This charming timber framed cottage (with a relatively modern extension) is a typical product of the skill of local carpenters and builders.