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On the right the Market Theatre, now long gone, was behind the pub dispensing Weller's Ales, the Market Tavern.

At Kyleakin stand the ruins of Castle Moil. It is said that the castle was built by the daughter of one of the Norse kings of the Western Isles.

A port at the mouth of the Arun, and once a Tudor royal shipyard, the old town runs east from the river bank.

After a spell as the Hustlers, this pub has reverted to its original name.

This tranquil scene shows the Gothic-style brick Methodist church of 1878, beyond creeper-clad number 37 in the foreground.

The headland at Porthdinllaen offered a natural anchorage, sheltered from the prevailing south-west winds. This was the only good harbour on the west coast of Lleyn.

Louth was a prosperous, compact market town serving a large area of the central Wolds.

An excellent view of a working village.

Market stalls were supposed to be erected and removed either side of market days, but inevitably it became easier to leave them stacked for use (left).

At the top of the street stand the Lister Hotel and the Half Moon, looking onto the area known as 'the Triangle'.

A view over the rooftops of Bristol. To the right of the cathedral can be seen something of the warehouses and wharves of the city docks.

As well as being in the West Riding, Saddleworth was also in the wapentake of Agbrigg. Wapentake literally means 'show of weapons', and was the old Danish way of voting.

At 15 miles from Belfast, this was the obvious destination for the day tripper. This perfect walking territory is within yards of the town.

The village street shown in this picture is now a busy part of the town. The two cars, a motor cycle and one bicycle reflect a slower pace of life.

Built in the mid-13th century by William de Fortibus, Cockermouth's defences were enhanced on three sides by its location at the junction of two rivers.

This is St Mary's Parish Church, seen from the north-west, showing the two bays of the nave and aisles extended in 1860 (right).

This is the frontage of Wykes Court when it was the home of Major George Murray Dammer.

The local church here contains the graves of two Englishmen - both remembered for entirely different reasons.

Brecon is a well-manicured town on the River Usk with a smart range of buildings, mainly of the Georgian and Victorian periods, as we can see here.

At the height of the great slate trade of the 19th century, slate was shipped out from Porthmadog harbour, and the town grew steadily because of this.

On the western edge of the North York Moors, Osmotherly was a centre for milling, weaving and clog making, and it grew considerably in the hundred years from 1750.

The Great Market Place, as it was once called, is thought to have been laid out by Bishop Hugh le Puiset in about 1164.

The pub occupies a picturesque setting on the crown of the hill, and is named after the leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

The rickety-looking oriel window on its timber props and horned sash window frames are Victorian additions to the centuries-old corner house, which was a shop at the time this photograph