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The tiny and isolated village of Keld stands high up in Swaledale (1100ft), surrounded by beautiful walking country; it is a favourite with lovers of the wild northern dales.

Positioned in the playing field of the school in Wharf Lane, our photographer looks towards the school buildings erected in 1878 in approved Gothic style.

The hotel, which opened in 1833, was built to serve the growing numbers of visitors to the natural spring in its grounds, whose waters were believed to be 'very efficacious in several diseases

Situated to the south of Alcester on the Midland Railway line, Broom railway station was the interchange for a cross-country route linking up with the Midland main line from Rugby to Bedford.

Situated nine miles east of Rotherham on the A361, the village of Tickhill once had one of the most important castles in the North, built on a motte no less than 75ft high and surrounded by a wet

is over an open common of 52 acres, with nine holes 2,750 yards in length'.

It was this canal, financed by the Duke of Bridgewater and built in 1761 by James Brindley, that was to bring about a complete change in the transportation of industrial materials and manufactured goods

The only medical institutions listed on the Johnson & Green street plan of 1868 are the Convalescent Home & Sea-Bathing Infirmary, and the Hydropathic Hospital.

The passengers' sense of quiet contentment is almost tangible as this packed pleasure boat rounds the harbour wall, and heads for the disembarkation point, having cut safely inside the outward-bound

This small village, about three miles to the east of Loughborough, has in recent decades expanded to accommodate country- dwelling commuters.

This famous watering-place owes its present prosperity to Dr Russell, of Lewes, who removed hence in 1750.

The gateway on the right, facing the Eynsford Castle Inn, leads to the ruins of the Norman castle which was the property of William of Eynsford.

Potter Street Junior School and the infant school were on the same campus, and were typical of the many schools that had to be provided quickly for the very large percentage of school-age children in Harlow

A closer view of Market Place, minus its Saturday morning stalls and with only the refreshment stand by the lamp- post facing onto the 17th- and 19th-century shops and offices.

The harbour is the site of the original Tor Quay, which served the little village of Tor Mohun inland.

The first effective spinning mill in the west of Scotland was built at Rothesay. Between 1787 and 1834, the number of cotton mills in Scotland rocketed from just 19 to 134.

Typical sailing cruisers glide majestically along the River Thurne, passing one of the essential wind pumps which drain the fields throughout the Broads area.

As with several other fishing villages along the Yorkshire coast, Staithes clings alpine-like to the sides of steep cliffs and ravines.

The chimneystacks of Lord Burghley's Hospital are an eye-catching feature along the south bank of the Welland.

In the centre foreground of the picture stands St Peter's church, intact at this time, built out of locally quarried Triassic red sandstone and identified by its unusual helm-roof tower.

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

During the first half of the 20th century, whole families from the poorer parts of London travelled down to the hop picking areas of Kent for a week or two's 'holiday' whilst earning money hop picking

This view of the village was taken in the days before its castle, once the home of Anne Boleyn, became internationally famous and attracted hordes of visitors.

The artist David Cox painted the original signboard of this old coaching inn when, with several fellow artists, he frequented Betws in the first half of the 19th century, painting the Machno Falls.