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This long and irregular village stands on either side of a switchback rise in the otherwise dead-straight Roman road that comprises this section of the A229.

It is hard to believe that Lydney's streets once echoed to the sounds of battle.

This panorama takes in the Old Winton Road, which crosses on the right. A lone block of four houses were the only dwellings on that straight length of road in 1899.

The name of the delightful Ham stone village of Montacute derives from St Michael's Hill to the west, in Latin 'mons acutus', or 'steep hill'.

The war memorial, unveiled in 1921, was designed by Sir William Boscombe John, and stands on the site of Port Sunlight's old gymnasium.

Bastert was capable of acts of considerable kindness. Finding that one employee was walking ten miles to work due to money problems, Bastert paid the man's train fare.

The roads were kept in a good state of repair, enabling high speeds to be maintained by the best of coaches.

Substantially altered in the 19th century, this 14th-century church recalls the names of the family of the Marquess of Winchester, including many admirals and generals.

Not much more than St James's Street is left of Dunwich, once the seat of the Saxon king of East Anglia, and once one of the greatest and most prosperous ports in the country.

The village of Hutton-le-Hole lies about one mile west of Lastingham.

This photograph was taken from All Saints' Church, itself one of the finest examples of Perpendicular architecture in Yorkshire.

Luton's dependence on a good supply of fully trained technicians and tradesmen meant that the old Technical School was transferred from Park Square (now the site of Luton University) to this site on the

Sandown and its twin resort of Shanklin, a couple of miles to the south, are connected by a long promenade that winds around the curve of Shanklin Bay.

The original lords of the manor were the Fittons, then the Venables inherited the land and, in the 15th century, the two Venables heiresses each took their half of the estates to their husband's

The 15th-century parish church of St Mary the Virgin is built of Mendip lias and Doulting stone, and has a stone spire 108ft high. The piers of the aisle arcades are 14th-century.

He was certainly a man of his time; he was a veteran of the wars in Ireland, Chamberlain of Chester, and a member of the Council in the Marches.

This shows the far end of the Avenue, looking into York Street.

The coming of the railway in 1884 prompted the tasteful residential development of this new part of the village of Oxted, overlooking the Weald.

The original part of the town of Alsager was to the north of here.

On the right are the buildings of the Community of St Denys, now part of Warminster School.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

This monumental fountain in the centre of St James Square was built in memory of the Lawson Tancred family, and stands on the site of the former parish church of St James, now moved to Church Lane.

In 1581 Scone was given to the Earl of Gowrie. Following the forfeiture of his lands in 1600, it passed into the ownership of Sir David Murray of Gospetrie.

There is a fine statue of General Charles Gordon of Khartoum in the grounds of Gordon School, that was built here as a boys' school in 1885.