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Once a village in its own right, Gaywood had become no more than a suburb of Lynn by the date of this photograph.

Dating from 1680, the Butter Cross, now a listed building, provides the focal point for the busy Friday market, now with new metal railings and seating.

This view looks north along South Gate past the extraordinarily grandiose statue in its towering medieval-style spired canopy to a 19th-century MP, Henry Handley, which dates from 1850.

In the churchyard is a cross shaft dating, it is said, to the 9th century.

It dates from c1450 and Charles II is said to have spent a night there after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

There has been a county side since 1847 but the present club dates from 1865.

The church stands close to the river by Broadwas Court and dates mostly from c1200.

Bridgnorth, as a fortified hill-top site, dates from Saxon times.

Much of this interesting cross church dates back to the 13th century. A monastery which stood here in the 9th century was given to the Church of Worcester.

Within the vestry of the abbey at the south-west end are stained glass windows dating from 1928.

It contains a vertical inscription translated as 'Riolobran son of Cunoval' and dates from the 6th century AD.

The branch of the London Co-op grocery on the right dates back to pre-war days.

The Bull dates largely from the 17th century, though the wing on the right, with its projecting gable, is two centuries older.

The two buildings which dominate this view are of very different dates. The bank on the left was built as a private house in 1649, and the Cabin public house was built in 1930-31.

Like others rising towards Beacon Fell, this terrace, dating from 1865, testifies to the enterprise of the Penrith Building Society.

Behind the cross can be glimpsed the Boot and Shoe Inn, an old coaching inn dating from the 17th century.

Initially a hamlet, the village of Barns Green dates from the Middle Ages, but grew rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries following the opening of the Mid-Sussex railway line.

Here sits a fortress dating back to Roman times. In 1170 the four knights who murdered Thomas à Becket in Canterbury Cathedral gathered here before carrying out their deadly deed.

Parts of this bridge may date from the 1670s, when the river was made navigable. The Borough of Thetford had the right of tolls until 1872 and was responsible for its repair until 1950.

This group of buildings (dated 1668) flanks the bridge over the River Lark, which provided power for the water mill. John Godfrey installed a steam engine and roller milling plant in the 1880s.

The three groups of cottages are timber-framed and date from the 17th and 18th centuries. There is a white brick Gothic battlemented arch between the first and second group.

This famous memorial, encased in iron, dates back to 1841 and marks the spot where King William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, was accidentally killed by an arrow shot by the nobleman Sir Walter

Further along the pier, performing the same function are embedded cannons dating from the 17th and 19th centuries. The large boat moored along side the pier wall is the RAF boat.

The name pre-dates the railway era, but it was the large station, used by passengers changing from the Portsmouth to the Brighton line, that really put the place on the map.