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In 1955, the fountain of 1863 erected to commemorate the wedding of Prince Edward, later Edward VII, and Princess Alexandra still had a few years to go before being declared unsafe; it was demolished

Nailsworth may not be the most attractive town in the Cotswolds, but the student of industrial archaeology will find it a fascinating place to visit.

It was one of the first colleges to be built in red brick at the time when the rather expensive fashion of imported stone began to decline.

The Dawlish Water and its high tributary the Smallacombe Brook rise on the wooded heathland of Little Haldon Hill, which rises eight hundred feet at the back of the town.

Archbishop Laud was at some time rector of this rather fine church, which forms a pleasant group with the 18th-century vicarage at the southern end of this mining town.

A welcome to Paignton was still apparent when in 1955 a replica of one of the town's many 19th-century windmills was used as the rock garden centrepiece.

In 1688 this was the Cock and Pynot (magpie) Inn, and it was here that the fourth Earl of Devonshire and others met to arrange the overthrow of James II for his adherence to the Catholic Church

Although the time of year is not recorded, there appears to be a distinct lack of visitors. Foliage on the trees would seem to indicate summer, so perhaps it is an early morning view.

Evesham is a good place to begin an exploration of the Vale around, the River Avon and the not too distant Cotswolds.

Like Broadfield Park, the grounds were developed as a mixture of formal and informal areas with breathtaking lawns and a lake.

The magnificent late 12th-century priory church of St Mary and St Michael was founded in 1190 by William Marshall, Baron of Cartmel.

The parish church of St Mary dates from about 1141, though much restoration work was carried out during the Victorian era.

It is one of the smallest churches in England - it seats about 20 people. All that remains today is part of the chancel of a once much larger 13th-century church.

It was now a shopping street, with the buildings of fairly recent date providing commercial office accomodation on the upper floors.

In 1865 the Church of St Peter and St Paul on Broad Street was opened; it became independent of the parish in 1880.

One of the founders of the Infirmary had been Dr White, and it was his son Charles who made many changes and advances in the treatment of women.

Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

Moreover, a line drawn through it is said to separate the London of pleasure and fashion from that of work and business.The railway station occupies the ground floor of the prestigious company-owned

Seventy years before there was a timber quay under the walls of the Tower, with tall-masted sailing ships edging through the raised bascules of Tower Bridge.The river here was thick with islands of

These days Hopes Green is simply a westward extension of South Benfleet, but it started life as a hamlet of fishermen's cottages.

Boscawen Street is certainly refined, and its considerable width is due to the demolition of a central row of houses in Regency times.

It was rebuilt thanks to the efforts of James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth. On his retreat north in 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart held a council of war in Crieff at the Drummond Arms.

The buildings look pretty much the same today, though Henry Cooper's film developing business and the premises of the Midland Lace Association have gone.

Tomlinson's Stores is now the premises of Age Concern, and Goss Bros is now a tea shop.