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Spalding's townscape is 'made' by the River Welland, which bisects the town. There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel.

Clifford's Tower was built by Henry III; it occupies the site of William the Conqueror's motte and bailey destroyed by the Danes in 1069.

In 1851 it became an inn owned by the brewer Henry Prior. The pargetted panels are replacements of similar panels that decorated the plastered walls of many timber-framed buildings in Linton.

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

It is the wealth created by the years of shipping which has given Wisbech two of the most perfect Georgian streets in England - the Brinks.

By the time this photograph was taken, the local railway had been in use for 16 years.

Although by the time this picture was taken the road surface had yet to be tarmacadamed and pavements installed, these luxury properties were eagerly sought after by prosperous middle-class families.

We can just see the old cottage of photograph 77066 again in its new location, on the left and partially concealed by the leafy tree.

Now in private hands, up until the 1950s it and much other property in the village was owned by the Sheffields of Normanby Hall.

The chapel is one of the oldest in the country; the remains of its walls are 2ft 6ins thick, bonded with immensely strong mortar made by burning sea-shells – this method was used by the Romans.

After twenty-five years of argument, it was finally demolished in the early 1980s, and replaced by the Warwick Quadrant shopping mall, library and civic theatre.

Hutton John was anciently part of the Baronry of Greystoke, and was held by the Hutton family.

This is represented by the standing stones, which were mistakenly believed to have been a memorial to that victory.

The church was consecrated in 1852 by the Bishop of Winchester and a lunch was held in the grounds of Kingswood Warren in 2002 to celebrate the 150th anniversary.

Above the doorway is a statue of Queen Anne, and nearby is a carved head of Oliver Cromwell, nailed to the building by the ears.

A dye house and two corn mills were there by the mid 17th century. The mill was once owned by Malmesbury Abbey before the Dissolution.

It was Sir William Keith, Marischal of Scotland, who built a tower house at Dunnottar in the late 14th century, and is said to have been excommunicated for his troubles by the Bishop of St Andrews for

clan fought for Charles I during the Civil Wars, including Sir Edward Stradling, who had the distinction of commanding a Welsh regiment at the Battle of Edgehill (23 October 1642) where he was captured by the

It would have been difficult to extend the building, because its site was constrained by the Brun, so the solution was to construct galleries.

This is recorded on a plaque reused when the bridge was entirely rebuilt in 1992 and formally reopened by the Lord Lieutenant, Samuel Whitbread: a neat symmetry, for his ancestor, also Samuel, had opened

Dartford is an ancient market-town which grew into a busy industrial centre on the River Darent, at the point where it was crossed by the Roman Watling Street, parts of which lie buried four feet beneath

The Market Square of Beccles is overlooked by the detached tower of St Michael's Church.

Here the 'camp' title is well justified by the neatly erected tents, with two people carefully folding ground sheets (left).

When the author was researching this book (2004), the road (the A631) was almost non-existent as large road works were taking place, which were due for completion by the spring.