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We are looking south towards the church of St Giles, which dates from the early 13th century; the war memorial stands behind aptly named Dunkirk Avenue on the left.

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

On the left stands the Angel Hotel of chequered brick, which dates from the 18th century. The hotel was later completely modernized in 1989.

Witchampton was best known for its paper mill at the other end of the village, which dated back to at least 1786 and closed only a few years ago.

Hope Cottage near the church is dated 1888, and at No 16 Church Street a tall tree has replaced what looks like a broken-off post (right).

It dates from about AD1190, and has been restored on many occasions over the centuries, most recently in 1924 and 1932. An Anglo-Saxon cemetery was discovered in this area.

At an earlier date Thornaby was known as South Stockton, and was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

The estate passed to the Wandesfords of Kirklington, and over the front door is a plaque dated 1596 with the initials of George Wandesford.

The first church in the Palatinate in the Early English Gothic style, St Cuthbert's dates from about 1180, when its construction as a collegiate establishment was begun by Bishop Hugh le Puiset.

The present Castle Rushen dates from the 12th to the 14th centuries.

To its right is Cameo House, a colourful and ornate late Victorian refronting, dated 1890, of an earlier house. Weatherill's, the gabled building next to the Astoria, is still a chemist, Garlicks.

To the middle left is the Clockhouse, built in the 1920s; at this date it was a shop owned by G E Bridgeland.

From the plain late Georgian- character stuccoed terraces, the architecture gets more seaside Victorian, with a profusion of bay windows and the use of various building stones; the four gabled houses

The original unveiling date in May 1926 had to be postponed because of the General Strike. There had been a Boer War memorial on this site before this, but it was moved to Avenham Park.

Fort House (now called Bleak House), prior to its extension and castellation in 1901.This house was Dickens' summer residence in 1850, and here he completed 'David Copperfield'.The old pier, which dates

The road dates from the 18th century; it is in fact the turnpike road.

Despite its looks, the castle actually only dates from 1801, when the main house was built; the turrets and towers were then added even later in 1817.

However, the present building dates mainly from the 15th century.

Redcar dates from 1842, since when it has progressed at quite an extraordinary rate, and it certainly owes much to its magnificent sweep of sands.

The church of St Mary the Virgin, standing on its mound on the edge of Romney Marsh and viewed here from the south-west, dates from the 13th and 15th centuries.

This photograph shows this Domesday village, now much consumed by the tentacles of Market Harborough's suburbs, with its large irregular green and attractive houses, some dating back to 1567 and 1664,

The church on the left is St John's, the tower of which is topped off with a small spirelet and dates from the 13th and 14th centuries.

A significant date in Bridlington's history was 22 February 1643, when Queen Henrietta Maria landed at Bridlington with much-needed arms and ammunition for King Charles.

At a later date it was divided into three congregations, the nave, choir and crypt. In this picture from 1897, we can see the screen separating the nave and choir.