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The church was built in 1841-45 by Thomas Henry Wyatt and D Brandon for the Rt Hon Sir Sidney Herbert, Secretary of War, a member of the Earl of Pembroke's family.

This crowded region south of the river was once the heart of London cockney life.

This panoramic vista of the City and St Paul's was probably taken from the southern tip of Southwark Bridge.

This wharf on the lower slopes of the Blorenge is one of the most photographed places on the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal.

The most striking building amid the shops is the rough-hewn late Anglo-Saxon tower of St Michael's Church, with its two tiers of paired belfry windows.

A retired steelman looks across the industrial landscape of Stocksbridge, the steel-making town in the valley of the River Don between Sheffield and Penistone, on the edge of the Pennine moors.

The bank on the left of this photograph became an insurance office, and the adjoining dental surgery is also the premises of an insurance company.

The object of Eights Week is for each crew to move up one place in a complex table of positions maintained from year to year.

The parish church lies east of the Almshouses, which can be seen beyond the chancel.

A large proportion of the settlers were young themselves—look at the number of children and pushchairs here.

This panoramic vista of the City and St Paul’s was probably taken from the southern tip of Southwark Bridge.

Altrincham is situated only 8 miles south-south-west of Manchester, and its popularity as a residential area for business people grew with the opening of the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway

In the mid-1950s Sheffield was one of only a handful of cities that still had faith in its tramway system.

St German's was begun by Bishop Symon of Argyll in c1230 as the cathedral church of the Sudreys, built on the site of the old parish church of Kirk German.

Wasdale and Wastwater can be said to have seen the birth of the sport of rock climbing, and climbers from all over Britain stayed at local hostelries such as the Victoria Hotel.

As every schoolchild knows (or used to), the tidal Thames finishes at Teddington. The main river is crossed by this spindly-looking suspension bridge of 1888, seen here from the lock island.

This is a truly historic photograph, which shows the lowest crossing of the river Thames (except for the new Dartford motorway bridge) on the day it opened in 1894.

The village of Seabrook has now merged with the town of Hythe, but at the time of this photograph was quite separate.

John Constable is known to have painted Malvern Hall at least three times - one of these paintings is now in Tate Britain.

The west wing of the original old hall at Holker, home of the Preston family since the 16th century, was destroyed by fire in 1871.

This fascinating photograph shows an assortment of individuals all of whom appear to be mesmerised by the camera.

The building was named after William Fitzherbert, who was the great-grandson of William the Conqueror. At the turn of the 19th century, the building was used as tenements.

This building, which was part of Leeds University, was designed by T A Lodge and opened in 1951. Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.

A peaceful view of Frimley Lock, the last of the Deepcut locks flight, which total 14 in all. The Basingstoke canal of 1794 linked the Wey and Godalming Navigation (the River Wey) with Basingstoke.