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This exquisite Royal church was designed and erected by the architect James Gibbs in the 1720s.The expansive portico is generally admired, but the heavy steeple is said to lack elegance.

Built around 1750, Stonebridgehouse Farmhouse is situated close to the site of the original stone bridge built by the monks from Bradwell Abbey c1350.

At this time the 20-bed Ship & Royal Hotel on Clifton Street (the telephone number was 186) was one of two Lytham hotels recommended by the AA. The other one was the Clifton Arms.

It was founded by the Franciscans in 1440, but the site is much older. This view shows extensive ruins covered in ivy, and an unkempt graveyard.

This community relocated to Prinknash in Gloucestershire and the buildings were taken over by the present community of Cistercian monks.

The turnpike road through Charmouth was run by the Bridport District Trust from 1764 to 1877. For several decades in the next century it carried the A35 Folkestone to Honiton trunk road.

This chain ferry across the River Blyth from Walberswick to Southwold was operated by the River Blyth Ferry Company.

The skyline is dominated by the pinnacled tower of St Mary's church, built in 1826 to the designs of Charles Watson and J P Pritchett.

These relics, the crutches not required by those fortunate enough to be freed from disability by the curative powers of the well's water, act as reminders to those who might doubt the profound source

The park, correctly known as the Rhymney Memorial Park, was founded and opened in 1925 by the Rhymney Town Council.

A perfect natural harbour, Lulworth Cove has been hollowed out by the swirling waters of the English Channel into its present almost circular form, creating one of the most distinctive bays on

When this photograph was taken, there was not a lot more to Huntingdon than its long High Street, which leads off Market Hill in both directions, overlooked by the graceful spire of the now-lost Trnity

The imposing classically-styled Fitzwilliam Museum is the University's private museum, founded in 1816 by the bequest of the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam.

The building was renamed Southgate House, and the extension with its mural of bold primary colours by the artist Anthony Holloway has been removed.

Such a scene, but with an improved road and without the figure by the wall, would still be familiar today in many rural parts of Cornwall.

Built in 1899 for the General Steam Navigation Co, the paddler was purchased by the Furness Railway in 1907. It entered service on the Barrow-Fleetwood run in April 1908.

Once a village, Chandler's Ford has now been swallowed up by the suburbs of nearby Southampton and Eastleigh.

Water in the dock is held at a con- stant level by the lock gates.

Three women seem completely absorbed by the youngster's activity in the pool in the rather posed shot outside the holiday chalets.

By the last year of Victoria's reign Bournemouth had become an established seaside resort.

They were used by the military during the Second World War, but are no longer there today.

The uneven steps and stone flags have been worn by the feet of centuries. You can reach most of the buildings that make up Haddon Hall from here.

Its place is now occupied by the town war memorial, which incorporates the lookout in its structure.

In a prominent position overlooking the town, the Castle was founded c1200 by William Fitz Martin, after he was ejected by the Welsh from his original stronghold of Nevern Castle.