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This is all that remains of the Guesten House, built in 1320 for visitors to the monastery.

This photograph could well be a study in oils, but the church of St Lawrence, standing next to the canal, is said to be large and uninspired.

In a scene that has changed little in 100 years, the tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the Cathedral and its magnificent 404 feet spire, the highest in England.

A few minutes from the centre of the original village and situated by the weir, this small 19th-century hotel on the banks of the River Lea, with its eight rooms, was, and still is, popular with anglers

St Thomas's was once a chapel of ease to St Stephen's church, down in the valley next to the River Kensey and close to Launceston priory, of which some ruins remain.

This imposing building is impressively situated on the shores of Southampton Water.

Perched on rocky cliffs five miles north-west of Camelford, Tintagel probably owes its survival to its association with the Arthurian legends.

In the 12th century, Hastings was the headquarters of the Confederacy of the Cinque Ports.

Who can fault this lovely view of typical rural Kent?

Here we have another view of the shopping parade, looking west towards Shaftmoor Lane.

This must be one of the smallest and one of the most recently created greens in the country.

The most unusual feature of St Matthew's is an arched passageway underneath the chancel.

Willenhall has changed less than many Black Country towns, despite the impression created by this picture.

The next few views are in the Inner Circle, east of the lake, which had been leased to the Royal Botanic Society from 1839 until 1932.

A group of children sit outside the Technical School, now part of Blackburn College, but founded during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations.

This pretty village has a number of attractive houses. This picture shows the varied building materials used in Norfolk: flint, clay-lump and the famous Norfolk Red brick.

The Town Hall is in the middle of the ancient market place.

The name means 'the ford which could be passed by a yoke of oxen' - thus the sign has an ox standing in water, framed by horns.

Go there today and you will find a delightful little town with handsome buildings, lines of busy shops and pubs and many cars parked at the roadside - all of it creating a colourful, bustling community

Children and pub customers pose for the camera outside the pub in this photograph of Farnborough taken a year before the outbreak of the First World War.

The town of Aldershot is largely Victorian. In those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other. The older part of the town lies close to the railway station.

Narberth has seen much change since this photograph was taken, and a great deal of redevelopment has taken place. Narberth was once part of the domain of the powerful medieval Mortimer family.

The Walmer Lifeboat Station on the right of this photograph was opened in 1856 and closed in 1912, but in 1927 it was reopened.

In the post-war period the provision of Local Authority housing increased to meet the demands of a rising population.