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

The oak pulpit of 1891 is of special interest, carved with panels showing Vice- Admiral Trelawny Jago's ship Enterprise searching the Arctic for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition.

South Street, extending over the River Wey Navigation to the station, did not exist until after the arrival of the railway in the town in 1848-1849.

Lyndhurst is the 'capital' of the New Forest, a bustling tourist base at the heart of this wooded region.

We are looking east down the wide sweep of Swaledale, where we can reflect on the beauty of this, the quietest of the northern dales.

Midway between Coleford and Cinderford, the Speech House was built in 1676 as the Court of Verderers and Freeminers - the place where legal grievances relating specifically to the laws and customs

The Greys of Bradgate fame and the Ferrars have lived at the Old Hall; Lady Elizabeth Ferrars married Sir Edward Grey, later Lord Ferrars.

The Market Square is at the junction of the High Street, Abbey Street and Chapel Lane. Chapel Lane was formerly Hogmarket, and is now called St John's Place.

This scene is full of industrial interest. The long range of buildings on the left is the Cornwall Minerals Railway locomotive works, built in 1872-74 by Sir Morton Peto.

Poole developed along the banks of the finest natural harbour in England.

The old town of Cliffe, destroyed by fire in 1520, was revived briefly by the cement industry in the second half of the 19th century.

Soon after the Conquest, the Normans built a wooden motte and bailey castle at Tamworth on the site of the Mercian fortifications of 913.This was replaced by the shell-keep and tower, which still

Both Acock's Green and Olton were once residential areas favoured by the wealthier inhabitants of Birmingham, but they became progressively industrialized as factories opened along the route of the

This is the junction in the centre of the village. On the corner are No 2 Back Street and 20 Market Street (centre) whre W J Perry offers gifts and cream teas.

Built during the reign of Elizabeth I, Dockacre House is the oldest home in Launceston.

This small elevated village lies about a mile to the north-east of Melton Mowbray on the A607 Grantham road.

Within the park is the memorial column dedicated to Richard Young (1809-71), a local shipping magnate, Member of Parliament, five times Mayor of Wisbech and Sheriff of London and Middlesex.

Just over two miles east of Upper Boddington, Byfield is a village that expanded with the arrival of the railway. This view is on the High Street, part of the A361 Banbury to Daventry road.

The town of Richmond grew up round the Norman castle, which was begun around the year 1071 by Alan Rufus, a son of the Duke of Brittany, and William the Conqueror's man in these parts.

To the east of the High Street there were several chalk pits: this was the biggest. It lies to the south of Carshalton Road, and east of the Congregational Church.

The elaborate diagonally-set chimneys of the Edwardian Tudor-style shops on the left, with their applied timber-framing, can be seen in the distance in view 70498.

The Crown Hotel, pictured here, is typical of many that were built in the middle years of the 20th century to cater for a population that was newly mobile, thanks to the availability of cars

The exterior has lengthy inscriptions and dates recording those who gave money to the various parts of the building.

This street takes its name from the Guildhall of Our Lady, later called the Wool Hall, which now forms part of the Swan Hotel on the left.