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In the days when the Forest of Dean was a Royal hunting ground, St Briavels was its administrative center; the legacy of this former importance continues to the present time.

Although the old Island Hotel on Eel Pie Island has long gone, the musical traditions of the town remain strong with many local pubs and wine bars offering live music.

It was a hundred years after the Normans defeated the English at Hastings that they had ambitions to conquer Ireland.

A hundred years after this photograph was taken, there appears to have been little change to the overall shape of the town, for Ilkley today retains the charm of the Wharfe Valley and the splendour of

This view shows the 'sublime horrors' of the waterfall that the first visitors came to see.

Arnold de Boteler was awarded the manor of Dunraven by William de Londres as a reward for his defence of Ogmore Castle when it was attacked by the Welsh.

This view shows the 'sublime horrors' of the waterfall that the first visitors came to see: the hotel provided for their needs.

The Widnes-Runcorn railway bridge is seen from the West Bank Docks, Widnes.

This photograph looks northwards up the High Street to Donkey Lane and the 17th-century thatched Dormouse Cottage on the corner (centre).

Brighton made the seaside fashionable for the upper crust, and its wider popularity was settled when the railway made the connection in 1841.

Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.

St Oswald's church at the top of this ravine used to be on the edge of the East Riding.

Lindale is close to the River Winster, the old Lancashire and Westmorland border. John Wilkinson, the ironmaster, is buried in the churchyard in an unmarked grave; it was his fifth burial.

The arrival of the railway in 1877 put Mablethorpe on the seaside holiday map, and the town is mainly Victorian or later.

From the bridge it was once possible to see a windmill built on a high bluff of rock above the river.

Over 20 ships were wrecked in the bay between 1850 and 1917.

Designed by Capt John Kitson, Royal Engineers, Fort Perch Rock was built between 1826 and 1829 at a cost of £27,000 to defend the seaward approach to Liverpool and the Mersey.

The arrival of the railway in 1877 put Mablethorpe on the seaside holiday map, and the town is mainly Victorian or later.

The New M1 Comes into service 2 november 1959 Parliament first debated the 187-mile London to Leeds link in 1906.

To save time, an off-the-shelf Laird's design was chosen; the three-ship deal cost the GWR £100,000.

The royal apartments were situated on the west side of the quadrangle. It was here that Queen Margaret kept vigil whilst James IV fought at Flodden. James was between a rock and a hard place.

It could be said that the life of Sir William Hillary (1771-1847) was the stuff of ripping yarns.

The first sod of the railway line at Clitheroe was cut on 30 December 1846.

Geoff Cox said: 'I think the negative image goes back to Lorraine Chase and the Luton Airport advertisement (for Campari); it led to the naff town idea.