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This distinguished market town lies at the head of a valley.

The great Norman church is one of the most impressive in Europe and certainly the finest in Hampshire.

The magnificent sweep of York station dates from the completion of the Doncaster-Selby-York line. Opened in 1877, the station allowed through running of trains.

The great Norman church is one of the most impressive in Europe and certainly the finest in Hampshire.

Note the hay rake, coal-scuttles and assortment of piping and rope adorning the window of the local ironmongers in the centre of Lyndhurst.

The town of Romsey is known for its associations with two distinguished Englishmen.

A penny-farthing can be seen leaning against the front of the cycle stores in the centre of Burley, which John Wise described in 1863 as 'one of the most primitive of (New) Forest hamlets'.

This wooden bridge lies on the line of the Roman road, Sarn Helen.

Glanton stands on a ridge about two miles north of Whittingham and nine miles west-by-north of Alnwick.

The wooden jetty on the left would have been used at high tide. This photograph was taken long before the widening of the promenade.

The ivy-clad inn on the left of the photograph is the Miller of Mansfield, a famous pub in the Thames Valley.

Terraces of solid Victorian houses overlook the cliffs, with brick walls and wrought iron railings protecting the gardens.

The façade of the 18th-century Grey House on the left originally resembled that of its neighbour.

The Fauconberg Arms was built in 1662, and carries the name and the coat of arms of Earl Fauconberg of the nearby Elizabethan Newburgh Priory.

The building on the right of this picture was built as the village police station in 1915, and contained a cell.

The post office (on the left of the picture), under the management of F G Fitchett, is apparently the fulcrum of village life.

Bournemouth is a relatively new community, for all of this area was wild heathland 250 years ago.A Mr Tregonwell built a home here with the intention of establishing a resort.

Halfway down the estuary of the Beaulieu river stands the little community of Bucklers Hard.

It is of Spencer Compton, 8th Duke of Devonshire, who was Mayor of Eastbourne in 1897-98, in effect leader of his own 'company town'. He died in 1908.

It has been described as being fragmented, but here, in the centre, cottages of differing styles combine to give an air of rustic beauty.

Another view of Cat Nab, showing very clearly the 'new town' laid out in the mid to late 19th century, largely through the vision and initiative of the Pease family.

75 years after this photograph was taken, Great Brington and the adjoining parkland became the focus of world attention when Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest in the grounds of Althorp House.

The two groups of statuary flanking the large ornate central window of the Council Chamber represent the sea receiving the three rivers of the city - the Taff, the Rhymney and the Ely.

Salcombe was the home of the Victorian historian James Anthony Froude, author of a history of England and of biographical publications about Thomas and Jane Carlyle.