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The lifting bridge was opened by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, in 1894. During the first year of operation it was raised more than 6,000 times for shipping.

Before James Brindley's arrival much of the site of modern Stourport was just sandy common land, with a solitary inn and a ferry crossing point.

We are inside the three-sided courtyard of Sizergh Castle, near Kendal.

We are inside the three-sided courtyard of Sizergh Castle, near Kendal.

Winchester's High Street boasts a variety of Georgian, Victorian and half-timbered Elizabethan buildings; some of them still have their original shop fronts and doorways.

Castle Combe was once a centre for cloth weaving but now seems to trade on its picturesque qualities.

A stroll across the water meadows of the River Itchen brings the traveller to the village of St Cross, seen here just after the end of the First World War.

Subsidence has been a constant problem in recent years for a number of buildings in Northwich - this has been the result of the underground mining of salt locally.

A less familiar view of this much-photographed place.

A wide range of architectural periods is represented in Astwood Bank, though Victorian buildings are particularly numerous.

This scene is of Banstead Downs, which are actually outside Sutton's boundaries, south of Belmont station. The clubhouse of the Banstead Downs Golf Club is seen in the distance.

The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, but it was known in 1488 and in 1755 as the church of SS Peter and Pawle, a name used by the followers of St Augustine in around 600AD.

It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, standing at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.

The view is dominated by a very attractive shopping parade by Welch and Hollis of 1913, and beyond somewhat utilitarian premises of the 1930s looks on towards Hampstead Garden Suburb; this was said by

Poole Harbour is one of the world's great natural anchorages. The town of Poole prospered as its merchant adventurers sailed to and traded with ports across the world.

As we can see from this picture, the concept of clothes for purely leisure activities was unknown to the vast majority of people.

This is the College Yard side of the gate, looking through to the High Street and Northgate (formerly Pump Lane).

The core of the old village lies at the north end of Central Avenue, where the road becomes Bridgford Road.

Only the tower survives of the original church. The building was rebuilt and restored on a number of occasions, first in 1630 and later in 1870 to a plan by Blomfield.

It has been the home of the Bishops of Durham for over 800 years, who in the past were virtually monarchs in their own kingdom.

Once a vital part of the city's defences, the river in recent times has been used for more pleasurable purposes.

The former Palm House of the Botanical Gardens was converted into the 'Best of Local Industry' exhibition, which included a 'Fine Arts' and an 'Industrial Design' section.

Tring is in Hertfordshire, a market town at the base of a salient of the county that projects into Buckinghamshire from the Chilterns along the valley of the River Bulbourne.

The rowing boats and solitary figure standing on the isolated shingle beach offer a rare glimpse of what is now part of the Army`s prohibited Lulworth Range.