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Chideock, always pronounced without the 'e', is set in a landscape of ancient ridgeways and rolling hills.

In summer months there is an atmosphere of palpable excitement here, as an endless stream of people winds its way down the hill into the heart of the town, turning at the old granite church of St Ia into

Built on the site of a palace of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, the present house dates from 1728.

This house of 1600 was built by Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, using stone robbed from the remains of Leicester Abbey; but it was to be reduced to a skeletal ruin by fire 45 years later.

In 1815 Sir George Jerningham began paying it the sum of £60 a year, and, together with his brother Edward, built a new church on the site. It opened on 5 June 1817.

In the north-west corner, Temple Moore designed a window with tracery to match that of the old three-light east window, which he had relocated to the south-west corner.

Elsecar is situated 3 miles south of Barnsley. This is the industrial side of the vast Wentworth Estate: Elsecar was at the forefront of coal exploitation in the 18th century.

Princess Charlotte, the only child of the loveless marriage between George IV and Caroline of Brunswick, made Crichel House her home for a time. This popular princess died at the age of 21.

Around the time this photograph was taken, the first of a series of Army camps was erected at Bramshott.

The name of this house, Llys, or court, of Meirchion, possibly indicates that this was the site of the home of Meirchion Gul, ancestor of St Winifride of Holywell fame.

This is one of the classic views of the Lake District; it is now used by the modern National Park Authority as its logo.

Here we have a view of the Copper Horse on the summit of Snow Hill. Most of the Long Walk, including the Copper Horse, is within the boundary fence of a Deer Enclosure.

With its wall-mounted Victorian letterbox, modern telephone box, and window display of assorted goods, this little post office was of central importance to the daily lives of the inhabitants of this small

The castle and the south- eastern approaches to the town present an illusion of island tranquillity, stretching from the wide waters of the Usk through the cattle-filled Castle Meadows to

This hilltop village overlooks the head of Gillan Creek at the northern edges of the Lizard, close by the Helford River.

None of its brick buildings is outstanding, yet the total effect is one of pleasing harmony. Many of the shops have retained their Victorian detailing.

Three miles from Wellingborough, between the Nene and the Ise, lies the village of Finedon.

One of a number of attractive coves on the length of coastline between Torquay and Babbacombe, Anstey's Cove has been a favourite retreat for holidaymakers since Victorian times, when the proprietor would

The church is a fine pre-Reformation church, now part of the Church of Ireland. St Mary's was heavily restored in the nineteenth century.

Another view of the dusty, un-made road surface of the High Street which carried so much traffic at the start of the century, together with the intrusive early telegraph poles which, sentinel-like, dwarf

The medieval system of strip-lynchet farming is still visible on the hillsides around this small hamlet in this turn of the century photograph.

The working lives of the Dorset labourers who lived in cottages like these was hard, with poor wages and long hours.

A final view of Christchurch, again looking east along the nave. The massive nature of the architecture is clearly seen.

The Guinness clock at the top of Old Town Street was a popular rendezvous. It stood where the southern end of Drake's Circus shopping centre now stands.