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The laying out of Dudley Zoo took account of the nature of Castle Hill, and most of the animal enclosures were fitted into the natural or previously formed features.

A flying boat rests on the calm waters of the Medina, in the peaceful days of the 1950s.

Tetbury is one of the statelier towns of the southern Cotswolds, overlooking a tributary of the River Avon. Its location prevented it from being despoiled by the industrialists of the 19th century.

Some visitors to Hertfordshire think that Thorley lies on the main road between Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth - this should, correctly, be called Thorley Street.

The Spinney, as the manor house of the parish of Sully, was sold at auction in 1938 as part of 164 acres of land that included Sully Island.

Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park.

Among its many frequenters none was fonder of this riverside resort than Thomas Hook, who penned 'The Song of the Shirt'.

Ahead, the window display of the branch of United Dairies features pyramids of assorted groceries, while in front two gentlemen take the air seated on a bench which stands above the subterranean cellars

The view shows the centre of Anstey, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park, enclosed out of Charnwood Forest c1200 as a hunting park.

How well-ordered the wide street scene appears as it curves away towards Uppingham, with virtually no cars, only rumbling trams and plenty of buses.

The charter not only gave them the lordship of the manor of Hallgarth and a large collection of property, but also the right to collect tolls belonging to the manor, and the right (previously held

This photograph gives an excellent view of the top of one of the stairways leading to Chester's famous Rows (in the bottom right corner of the photograph).

Brendon nestles in the valley of the East Lyn River, and to the south is the wild expanse of Brendon Common, part of the plateau of Exmoor.

The parish church of Brynmawr is the church of St Mary the Virgin, and it was opened by the licence of the Bishop of St David`s in January 1850.

The MSC, some 36 miles in length, was one of the great civil engineering projects of the late 19th century; it was completed in 1894 at a cost of £14.3 million. Construction began in 1887.

Not far from Stroud, the village of Chalford clings to the steep wooded hillside of the Golden Valley.

In 1899 the Board of Governors of the Grammar School commissioned the building of a library at the western end of the school buildings (left).

Once the village of Ebbisham, its immense popularity as a spa resort after the Restoration, followed by its emergence as a racing centre, brought Epsom to national prominence.

On the right-hand side of the road is First Court, the entrance to Christ's College, founded in 1505 by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.

On the right hand side of the road is First Court, the entrance to Christ's College, founded in 1505 by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.

Blundellsands beach forms part of the sixteen miles of sand stretching from Waterloo to Southport.

This photograph shows the statue of King Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, at the corner of Union Street and Union Terrace.

The splendid Westminster Bank building on the corner of Mercers Row, distinguished by its striking dome, is now a branch of Nationwide; the tall, narrow building to the right of it is a jeweller and diamond

Nothing demonstrates the wealth of Belfast more than its ability to build fine churches ahead of the press of growing suburbs.