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This fine bridge is one of the most dazzling structures spanning London’s river and was constructed in 1862 at the cost of £250,000.With the waters at low tide as they are here, critics have suggested

In 1907 plans were approved for this combined tram shelter, toilets and office, said to be one of the best in the British Isles.

The statue was designed by Sir Bertram Mackennal, who also designed the 1908 Olympic medals and the coinage of George V in 1910. The statue is eight-and-a-half feet high on a Portland stone plinth.

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle. St Mary's Parade is to the left, going up to the church. The Judge's Lodgings are at the bottom of Castle Hill down the lane.

In 1949, the question of having a bowling green in the Public Gardens was raised with the Urban District Council, but it felt that it was not the right moment.

There are no medieval churches in Leeds.The church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated in 1634 and retains its oaken interior and a great screen which is considered to be one of the finest of

This bridge is a railway bridge, and is now part of the west coast main line.Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.

This man and his best friend are sheltering from the sun on the north-facing side of this Victorian enclosure.

This is a classic site for a church - on a hillock that is easy to defend.

Barton Bridge closed in favour of road traffic.

Designed by John Welch and built in the 1830s, the new Ballaugh church was one of a number built or rebuilt in the early decades of the 19th century.

Designed by Leader Williams, it comprised two water-tight tanks, each capable of holding a pair of narrow boats.

This is a quiet residential road in a village of fine buildings. The most impressive is probably Brasted Place, built by Robert?

Some of the lime trees have also gone; but now seats have been provided so that townsfolk can enjoy the area, and there are innovations in the form of a telephone kiosk and a pillar box.

In December 2000, it was estimated that 400,000 cubic metres of earth was slowly moving down the side of Leith Hill.

It is a sunny day in this quiet village that stands between the water meadows of the River Wey and Alice Holt Forest.

The open aspect of the street pictured here and familiar to us today originates from the demolition of older buildings in 1862 to allow road widening.

The interior view of St John's Church shows the east window depicting Christ holding the orb, flanked by St Peter and St Mary. It is a memorial to the Rev George Garbett, vicar of St James'.

A church stood on the site of the present St John teh Baptis;s church over 900 years ago.

Only the left-hand wing of the building is occupied by the police, while the right-hand wing is the Civic Hall. The photograph perhaps gives the impression of intimidating size and spacious grounds.

St Bartholomew's enjoys an elevated position, possibly the site of a prehistoric fort, at the corner of Church Hill and Vicarage Road.

This photograph, taken from the churchyard, shows the hilltop church of All Saints, Bakewell, as it appeared about 40 years after the major rebuilding which took place between 1841-52.

Like the pub and school, rural post offices are under constant threat of closure, and in recent times they have been closing at the rate of 400 a year.

The cliffs below the road in the foreground were the scene in 1952 of two notorious murders.