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Ravenstown was built during the First World War as an estate for workers at a close by airship factory, and was originally known as Flookburgh West.

Dedicated to Our Lord and St Mary the Virgin, Durham is considered to be the finest Romanesque church in Europe.

Lansdowne Terrace, now the Lansdowne Hotel, and, at the right, the Wish Tower Hotel, was the first major devel- opment west of the Wish Tower; it is in the style of the earlier stucco terraces, with

The village church, dedicated to St Nicholas, is Norman in origin and was partially rebuilt during the 13th century.Within a few decades the church was extended; the west tower with its octagonal spire

Situated to the west of Romsey, Sherfield English lies close to the county boundary with Wiltshire. The pub is still there, but Strong and Co of Romsey has long gone.

Two miles south-south-west of Bridgend, Ogmore was originally built in 1116 by William de Londres to guard crossing points on the rivers Ewenny and Ogmore.

The southern pavilion was rebuilt and extended only two years after its initial construction. Landing stages were built in 1896, and these were also extended in 1901.

St Ives, the pilchard capital of the west and Mecca for artists, encapsulates everything Cornish.

The Pilgrim Fathers' Monument is built of Portland stone and rises 50 feet above the ground.

Carlisle and Sons' delivery van waits at the level crossing near Silecroft Station on the west coast route between Barrow and Workington, which opened to traffic in 1848.

The church dates mainly from the late 13th century, though the west tower is later; in 1474 William Fitzherbert left £40 in his will towards construction costs.

This view looks west from Aberamffra Hill and harbour, just east of Barmouth. The swing bridge is visible on the left.

Woodford, Waltham Abbey and West Ham were all disappointed.

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.

Although there is no evidence of habitation here before the 17th century, this windswept north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey has since enjoyed a measure of success as a seaside resort as a result

Smiddy Hill in Pickering, a bustling little market town west of Scarborough on the edge of the moors, probably takes its name from the site of a former blacksmith's shop in the area.

Glanton stands on a ridge about two miles north of Whittingham and nine miles west-by-north of Alnwick.

A number of neighbourhoods—Fryerns, Barstable, Kingswood and Lee Chapel South—were in place by 1958. Then, the government issued plans for increased house-building all over the country.

The most famous inhabitant of West Runton died some 600,000 years ago: the skeleton of a giant elephant was found in the cliffs after erosion in the 1990s.

The spot where the carriage is driving is now on the pavement to the west of the Roundabout at St Andrew's Cross and on the south side of Royal Parade.

Ramblers (right) head for the hills, striding purposefully out past the Rayburne Hotel and Cafe in the centre of Coniston village.

Ashford, situated in the south-west corner of the county, takes its name from an ancient river crossing, the Exeford of the Domesday Book.

Designed by Nash in 1809 and rebuilt to look exactly the same after a fire at the beginning of the 20th century, Knepp Castle stands between the villages of West Grinstead and Shipley.

The village lies south of Redditch, with Studley and Astwood Bank encroaching from east and west.