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The Riverside Town Mills of W Hooker and Sons are situated just to the left of the stretch of water visible in this photograph.

Much vandalised in the 1950s, the prominent but isolated old church became one of the first in the Rochester diocese to lock its doors when not in use and the first to install an alarm system.

On 17 September 1944 Sunday morning worshippers on their way to church heard the distant rumble of aircraft engines.

Grange 1893 The hamlet of Grange-in-Borrowdale was originally founded as an outlying settlement from the medieval monastery of Furness Abbey.

Surrounded by these majestic trees, and with the west tower of St Leonard's Church, one of the largest and finest in Kent, rising behind them, a summer game of cricket takes place on this spacious ground

Bunbury has been described as 'a village that the commuter has found but not spoilt', and it has a delightful mixture of buildings of all periods.

The memorial cross stands on Lawrence Sheriff Street, and was erected to the memory of those who died in the First World War.

Henley is a fine example of a medieval settlement developing in linear fashion along a highway, as this photograph demonstrates - though it tells only part of the story, for the High Street

For centuries, Stoneleigh was home to the dozens of estate workers employed by the Leighs.

This view shows the approach to the village from the south, with the open space of Ellerthwaite Square having no shortage of motor traffic even at this early time, including an omnibus (right).

This is one of the unmade roads to the west of Rectory Road—perhaps Hillcrest Chase or Rectory Park Drive. St Michael's church looms in the background.

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

The gallery contains Lord Leverhulme's world-famous collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings and Wedgwood pottery.

This view looks north along the A15 towards the church of St Guthlac and Bourne.

When this photograph was taken, the government must have just raised the prices of tobacco products or alcohol (probably both!) in a recent budget.

Bedale is also just off the A1 and on the route into Wensleydale from Leeming Bar.

'See no trains are approaching before you attempt to cross the line' is the wise advice of the sign on the left of the level crossing at Grosmont, on the former Pickering-Whitby line.

The Mansion dates from the late 17th century and has variously served as a private house, a school and as the headquarters of an Anglican order of monks, the Community of the Glorious Ascension

Cars parked down the centre of the High Street occupy the site of the historic outdoor town market, which still operates today and makes this area a very busy place on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The last days of the corner of Sankey Street and Horsemarket Street are approaching.

The doors and windows have been altered on the next pair of cottages, whilst the white Rosemary Cottage and the brick gable end beyond remain unchanged.

In the early 1870s, the Duke of Cleveland's estate near to the town centre was given over to development.

Standing just one mile east of Chester-le-Street, Lumley Castle dates from the late 14th century, when Sir Robert Lumley was granted two licences to crenellate.

Atherstone is one of only two places where the game of Shrovetide football is played; the other is Ashbourne in Derbyshire. In 1846 the game was finally banned from the streets of Derby.