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According to Nikolaus Pevsner, the original design was spoilt by the addition of an arched window to the west of the Venetian windows, and the small west tower.

Over the years encroachments have closed down this open space, but this may be excused by the quality of the flat-fronted Georgian buildings in the photograph.

The Benedictine Abbey of Tewkesbury was the last of the monasteries to be dissolved by Henry VIII, and was saved from destruction by the townspeople buying it from the king for £453 in January 1539

The extension to the war memorial after the Second World War was designed by the architect C L Gill.

The building is mostly 16th-century, as is shown by the wonderful stone mullions dominating its frontage; the two-storey porch on the left is even older.

This picture was probably taken soon after the end of the Second World War, judging by the Food Office sign on the right of the picture.

In 1827 local mines produced an estimated 317,000 tonnes, and by the mid 1860s output was around 10 million tonnes. The population expanded from 6,900 in 1801 to 24,000 in 1861.

It is also the home of Wakehurst Place, which is administered and maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens. The garden is often described as one of the most beautiful in England.

Billingham Town Centre was developed in the 1950s and 1960s, paid for largely by the local rates from the massive ICI factory in the neighbourhood, which employed almost 20,000 people at that time.

A family stand by the high weir in the foreground. This is the site of an ancient watermill.

The tall cross in the foreground has attractive Celtic carving and lettering, and was erected in 1897 by the inhabitants of Norton to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

This area of Malmesbury was once called the Sheep Fair; it is in the parish of Westport, which by the late 19th century became a civil parish of westport St Mary Within.

So too were aspects of the 'alternative society', who used Stonehenge for all sorts of spiritual enlightenment or protest, as can be seen by the CND sign daubed on the stone in the centre.

Sheffield's churches, chapels and missions ministered not only to the religious needs of the people, but were often at the very centre of community life and fulfilled many of the roles now taken up by the

Following the death of the owner, the site was acquired by the town and first opened to the public in 1960.

Ditchling Beacon is a famous vantagepoint 813 feet up on the Downs with panoramic views.There are dewponds alongside the road by the Beacon.

By the end of the 1800s there were 40,000 people living here, all linked in some way with the important railway junction that had developed.

Much of the land around here is now owned by the RSPB. Parkgate is so called because of an area of parkland for deer (rather than for birds) that was enclosed nearby as long ago as 1250.

The old stone bridge was removed in stages and replaced by the existing bridge, which was officially opened on 2 May 1966.

Originally forty guests were catered for, but this was extended to two hundred by the turn of the century. The huge ballroom was the venue for many lively balls.

Less disturbed by the outside world, the close-linked fishing community endured a little longer, and the inevitable development was more restrained.

By the 1880s, it was the sixth most important port in the country. The promise has never been truly fulfilled.

Designed by Robert Adam, Wenvoe was built in 1775 by the wealthy Yorkshireman Peter Birt. 11 years after this photograph was taken, it was destroyed by a fire so devastating that the owners could not afford

It was a popular place for holidays, even though the village had been spoiled not only by the ruins of an alum works, but by an iron bridge that carried the railway line between Whitby and Saltburn.