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The Hall dates from the 15th century, when it was the home of the Radcliffe family, though a later occupier, Andrew Barton, extended it in about 1516. It was bought by Bolton Corporation in 1933.

The significance of the date 1600 is that it was only after that date that trees were planted in this country to form woods.

This, constructed in 1564-66, pre-dated the canals in the north of England, where many people think the canal age started.

The brickwork on the first floor dates from 1654, and so does the sundial with the inscription 'I only count the sunny hours'.

Parts of the original Norman church can still be seen, though much of the present cathedral dates from the 13th to the 16th centuries.

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

The foundation stone is dated 5 September 1789; this building replaced earlier churches on the site.

In the background is the Record Tower, which dates from 1258. The one hundred heads on the exterior are carved by Edward Smyth. It is now known as the Church of the Most Holy Trinity.

This handsome crescent dates back to 1826 and was originally intended to be part of a seaside resort known as Anglesey, developed by the Marquis of Anglesey.

Parts of the house date from the medieval period, but it has been greatly altered over the years, and was restored in the 1920s.

A church was recorded on this site around 1113, but the oldest part of the present building dates from about 1260.

The central section was the Market House, and dates from c1450. The wing to the left was added as the Guildhall. It was later partly under-built in brick, hence the loss of the jetty.

St Bartholomew's church dates back to 1240, but even before that there was a church on this high ground. The strong tower appeared in 1450.

This post mill was rebuilt in 1788 and 1844, retaining a main beam dated 1644. It was featured in an early film about milling in 1939, And Now They Rest.

Bullet marks on the lower part of the tower date from the period of the Civil War.

The timber cottage on the left is Poplar Cottage, dating from the 1600s. It had a room on the ground floor that was traditionally a 'birth chamber'.

The terrace on the left is noteworthy: it dates from 1815 to 1830, and has interesting architectural features such as stone cill bands to the first and second floors and sash windows alternating

The terraced houses and cobbled street of Long Row at Belper is one of the many legacies left by Jedediah Strutt who, with Richard Arkwright, brought industry to the town in the late 18th century.

The word 'fold' means an enclosure of land for animals, and 'Chadynge`s fold' may well date back to the Saxon period.

Part of the nave and the chancel at St Mary's has walls dating back to Saxon times, and the walls incorporate many Roman bricks.

The present church dates from 1966. St Aidan`s has its origins in a hall in Woodcote Grove Road but moved to the above site in 1931.

The present St Laurence's church dates from the 12th century but was restored and partly rebuilt in the 1880s.

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.

Dating from the end of the 13th century, technically it is not a castle at all, but a moated manor house, and it would have been very open to attack.