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Much of the money for the gallery came from wealthy glass manufacturer Thomas Osler, whose firm made the famous glass fountain centrepiece for the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace.The clock

The railway finally came to the village in 1902 with the opening of a line to Skipton. Here we see a quiet moment on the banks of the Wharfe.

The centre of Wollaston is often referred to as Wollaston Junction, recalling the time when two tram routes met here - one came from Stourbridge, and the other was the Amblecote to Kinver

Axminster is famed for its carpet business, founded in 1755 by Thomas Whitty. Manufacture ceased in 1835 but began again in 1937.

However, various benefactors eventually came to the rescue, enabling the work to be completed.

Despite its fame as a fishing port from the Middle Ages onwards, people have lived around Brixham for some half a million years.

Modernisation was embraced, and down everything came. What Hitler's bombs missed, the councils of England destroyed. What is built there today only emphasises the point.

The Hippodrome on the left was where Gracie Fields, one of Rochdale`s most famous citizens, began her singing career: she came joint first in a talent show at the age of 10 and won 10s 6d.

The water in the foreground is Slapton Ley, famed for its bird life.

The harbour came under the control of the Dover Harbour Board in 1923, which developed it into one of the busiest ports in the world.

With the new houses came the park, a place for gentle exercise or relaxation and a favourite walk for nannies and their prams.

The famous diarist Samuel Pepys often came to Brampton, visiting his uncle. Pepys himself always wanted to retire to this pretty village, although he ended his days in Clapham.

He came from a wealthy family, and spent much of his fortune developing St Catharine's (named after the patron saint of learning).

The founder of the mill, Henry Portal, came from France, escaping to England during the persecution of the Huguenots.

Here we see the impressive edifice of the Queens Hotel, built in 1875 to cater for the large number of tourists who came to Saltburn for their holidays in the late Victorian period.

The name of this village is actually pronounced 'Beeley', and presumably honey production was once important here.

The house on the right with the gate was called Inwood House after the several generations of the Inwood family who came from nearby Neatham.

The Onslow family came here in 1642 - they once owned a good deal of land in the Guildford area. The church contains a number of memorials to the Onslows.

On market day the whole square was full of activity and people came into Nottingham from all the surrounding villages.

The fame of Buxton as a Medieval spa grew and in Tudor times was greatly enhanced by the visits of Mary Queen of Scots who came to take the waters for her various illnesses, including rheumatism

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotand in 1842.

The castle was built in 1539, and came under the control of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In 1648 the castle was captured by Colonel Nathaniel Rich for Parliament.

The cottage's window frames pay homage to the cast iron that came with the British industrial revolution.

The manufacturing of steel in the town came to an end in 1978.