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The charters of Henry VIII allowed a fair to be held at the feast of Corpus Christi.

The extensive remains of Ratae Coritanorum, the origins of the city, and a Roman regional capital, are not only to be seen exposed on the surface, but extend under surrounding build- ings.

As rural areas were eaten into by the great building boom, pleasant tree-lined areas of mature countryside were more appreciated.

It is famous for the 'Paisley pattern' shawls which were the height of European fashion during most of the 19th Century.

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.

Its official name is the Church of St Thomas and St Luke, but everyone in Dudley knows it as 'top church.'

The famous twin towers of the Norman church, built on the site of an earlier Saxon abbey and the centre of the Roman fortress of Regulbium, built around AD 280 by Carausius, were for many centuries a landmark

Barrow-in-Furness sprang from a tiny hamlet in the 19th century to become the world's largest producer of iron and steel, and a major force in the world of shipbuilding.

Six miles south of Craster, the seaside resort of Alnmouth was once the port for Alnwick.

he lost mansion of Deepdene, owned by Lord Francis Hope, once stood near the busy A24. The Howard family first owned the estate as far back as the middle of the 17th century.

Mingled among the Cotswold stone buildings of Winchcombe are a number of black and white timbered buildings, suggesting the architectural influence of the Vale of Evesham rather than of Cotswold pure and

This is a fine view of the 'lost beach' of Gorleston, so named because after years of erosion it has been reduced to a fraction of the size we see here.

Beoley predates Redditch, but it remains a small village on the northern edge of the present New Town.

In 1779, the peace of this tiny village was shattered by the noise of gunfire when the ships of the Royal Navy and the ships of the United States came together in the Battle of Flamborough Head.

There is a bit of a swell on, and the majority of people are wrapped up warmly.

Much of Borth consists of a single street with houses on both sides that gradually spread between the railway station at the north end of the village to a group of fishermen's houses built in the lee of a

John Churchill, the future Duke of Marlborough, victor of Blenheim and Ramillies, and ancestor of Sir Winston Churchill, may have been born at Ashe House in 1650.

Overton is the home of the famous paper mill that supplies paper for Bank of England notes.

There is hardly a ripple on the water of the lake in Raphael Park, ideal for a spot of punting.

Herbert H Raphael`s gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden Suburb

Just down in the dale from Askrigg, on the banks of the River Ure, stands the ancient village of Bainbridge, once the capital of Upper Wensleydale, which was known in the 12th century as the Forest and

This view of Pateley Bridge, 'capital' of Nidderdale, was taken from Station Square and the bridge over the River Nidd.

Zetland Road forms the main commercial centre of Loftus.

Taken from the roof of Bridge Building, this shows the heart of Barnstaple. Holy Trinity Church tower is prominent; to its left is a conical shaped roof.