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The 'Georgian' Borough Offices of 1937 dominate this view from Mustow Street. The buildings to the left include timber-framed structures, at least four of which have jettied first floors.

It is a Celtic name, and it describes the river well. Rising on Lamb Hill Fell, the river now runs into the Stock Reservoir and then resumes its wandering in North Lancashire.

It was only a mile away that George Fox, the Quaker, stood on the 'nick' of Pendle in 1652 and declared himself moved to start a religious order, the Society of Friends.

Every building in this photograph was built in the latter part of the reign of Queen Victoria, as the railway station of 1858/9 brought about the establishment of the village of Liss, sometimes called

These barracks in Fulford Road were built in 1795 as part of William Pitt's defence programme. They covered 19 acres, including seven for a nursery garden.

Its buildings range from Bay Cottage (near left), the Royal Standard, Sunnyholme, the Bonded Store, and the Coastguard Station to the old Cobb Arms (right).

At the end of the 19th century, this was a boom town for lead mining. High on the valley side, old workings can still be seen.

Pallister Road is the impressive Bank Building built in 1899 to house the London & County Bank as well as a number of shops, including the Home and Colonial Stores.

Exeter's canal was built at the request of the city's Tudor merchants and traders, who were exasperated by the weirs on the River Exe that obstructed the free flow of water transport into the city.

Max Miller featured in seven comedies filmed here, and Errol Flynn began his career in one of the films and was promptly whisked off to Hollywood once his talent was recognized.

Basically a colliery village, Measham owes a small debt to businessman John Wilkes (1732-1805), who built warehouses by the canal as a distribution outlet and manufactured his own oversized bricks

The first castle to be built at Kenilworth is thought to have been a motte and bailey constructed between 1122 and 1127 by Geoffrey de Clinton. It was de Clinton's son who built the keep.

In the 1950s a new and busy road separated the two villages of Little and Great Eccleston.

The two townships of Poulton-le-Fylde and Hambleton, linked by the bridge, were villages when the bridge was first built to serve agricultural communities.

Chailey (thought to mean `clearing in the gorse`) is a village that straddles the A272.

It is difficult today to imagine that this is the sight that would have greeted travellers. The house on the left has been totally restored and renovated.

It was in 1789 that it was first given the name of Mary Arden's House, reflecting a local tradition that it had been the home of Shakespeare's mother before her marriage.

So often forgotten by travellers through Hertfordshire, Wareside is one of the county's prettiest villages.

Perhaps it is the time of one of the annual fairs, rather than an ordinary market day, as stalls can be seen on both sides of Trinity Church Square.

St Mary's church dominates the High Street skyline. Unique in Hertfordshire, Standon parish church has a detached bell tower and a porch at the west end rather than on the south wall.

Fittleworth is a picturesque village of fine old houses, commons and fir woods. On the left of the picture is the Swan, a 14th-century coaching inn with a sign spanning the main road.

The small stone village of Beddgelert stands at the confluence of the Colwyn and Glaslyn rivers. It sits in the shadow of Snowdon, and is a favourite tourist spot.

Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.

When it was new in 1845, it was described as being on the new Lisburn Road about a furlong from the turnpike.