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Only a few miles away from the industry of Castleford, Ledsham village has remained an oasis of tranquillity.

Hallow was the home in later years of Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842).

West Lulworth is a good starting point for a ramble along the Dorset coast, much of which remains unspoiled once you get beyond the range of the motor car.

On the left is Market Cross House, now the Smugglers Inn. This was once the home of Stanton Collins, leader of the Alfriston gang of smugglers.

The obelisk was erected in 1892 on the site of the execution of two Royalist captains, Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, on 28 August 1648.

It is now the School of Law of the University of East Anglia. It is screened from the modern university buildings by dense trees.

This is a close-up view of the audience at the Dutch Oven bandstand. Most of the ladies are wearing light summer dresses, while some of the gentlemen have even discarded their headwear.

The striking tower of St Mary's Church looks out across Wallingford's picturesque Market Place. Much of the church was rebuilt during the 19th century.

Originally built in the late 16th century, Cholmondeley was heavily remodelled by Vanbrugh; however, most of his work was subsequently demolished to make way for the present castle, which was built between

As a market town, Fakenham serves the needs of a wide area of villages and farms - as is suggested by the presence of the main national banks.

Newport was founded by a group of beachmen or salvagers in 1841; nine of the founders were drowned attempting a salvage operation in the following year.

Southbourne retains a great deal of its original charm, despite being swallowed up by the bustling metropolis of Bournemouth.

This old lifeboat station was in Polpeor Cove at the very southern extremity of the peninsula, exposed to the full force of the Atlantic and littered with reefs.

The colonnaded porch on the left belongs to the Village Institute, a kind of working men's club, which originally catered for the many lead miners who lived in the village.

Before James Brindley's arrival much of the site of modern Stourport was just sandy common land, with a solitary inn and a ferry crossing point.

The canal meets the River Gade at Heath Park, to the south of Marlowes.

Built from English bricks which were transported to Caister by sea, this castle dates from the time of Henry VI. In 1449 it belonged to Sir John Falstolf.

The earliest mention of the provision of education in Leeds dates from 1552 when William Sheafield, chantry priest of St Catherine, left property to support the upkeep of a schoolmaster.

The racecourse opened in 1801 after the Duke of Richmond gave part of his estate, Goodwood Park, to establish a track where members of the Goodwood Hunt Club and officers of the Sussex Militia could

The earliest mention of the provision of education in Leeds dates from 1552 when William Sheafield, chantry priest of St Catherine, left property to support the upkeep of a schoolmaster.

People first settled here at the foot of the North Downs because of the fresh water springs emerging from where the chalk meets a band of clay.

In translation, Tal-y-Llyn means 'the end of the lake': that aptly describes the location of the village, with its little church and inns in the shadow of Cadair Idris.

King Edward I transferred the manor of Letchworth to the Knights Templar. When the order was dissolved in 1312, it passed to the Knights Hospitallers and eventually to the Lytton family of Knebworth.

Nestling in the shelter of Lythe Bank, the ancient village holds the homes of many of the men who worked in the alum industry and on local estates.