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This early Victorian mansion in Jacobean-revival style was built between 1833-45 on the site of an earlier house.

There could not be anywhere more northern-sounding than Mytholmroyd, the woollen village crammed into the bottom of the Calder Valley west of Halifax.

Converted from a Georgian private house, the Village Stores and Post Office is the communal centre of the South Yorkshire village of Wortley.

The Neville stronghold of Brancepeth Castle was forfeited to the Crown during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Billingham owes its development to the Great War, when a small chemical works opened nearby for the production of synthetic ammonia for use in explosives.

It is always a sight worth watching, as the bridge swings open to allow the passage of a paddle steamer. Note the tramlines visible on the roadway of the bridge.

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

Lynn's market place is one of the very finest in England, enriched by a profusion of Georgian and Victorian public buildings, including the florid Corn Exchange built in 1854.

Even when fully laden, such wherries would only draw a little over two feet of water, making them the perfect vessels for navigating the shallow waters of the Broads.

As with several other fishing villages along the Yorkshire coast, Staithes clings alpine-like to the sides of steep cliffs and ravines.

The Wharfe was prone to flooding, and the Victorians were forced to move a church further up the bank out of reach of the invading waters.

Owing to the frequent heavy seas, the Perch Light, which had stood on Perch Rock since 1683, was often washed away, and so in the 1820s Liverpool Corporation decided to build a more substantial lighthouse

Owing to the frequent heavy seas, the Perch Light, which had stood on Perch Rock since 1683, was often washed away, and so in the 1820s Liverpool Corporation decided to build a more substantial lighthouse

Posed on Goscar Rock on Tenby's North Beach, these women were paid for their work as models.

Talgarth is a small town a few miles south of Hay-on-Wye. Its narrow streets today are almost always congested with passing traffic.

The bold black-and-white half-timbering of G Sedgwick's draper and outfitters shop in the centre of the picture (the owners are proudly standing outside) is in marked contrast to the same shop which can

Llandudno stands back against the mass of the Great Orme's head, which shelters it from north winds, and on a neck of sand between two bays, which are so close together that in rough weather their spray

Very little of the Roman occupation of Dorchester, Durnovaria, remains.

The landlords of the Bridgend Inn, the rear of which is on the left, were George and Betty Dobson, and the busy boat hire business operating from the hut further down the towpath was owned by a Mr

Perched on the summit of Ludgate Hill at almost the highest point in the City,Wren’s masterpiece is the pride of London.

Situated 3.5 miles south-south-west of Crieff, Drummond Castle was originally built by John, first Lord Drummond in 1491. It has endured its share of troubles.

This archway and wall date back over two hundred years; it is known as Gannock Gate, and forms part of a huge park known as The Walks, where it was the perfect place for fashionable folk

The event that prompted this wonderful assembly of motor vehicles of the day was probably related to St Paul's Church in the background. Unfortunately, history does not record what it was.

The Redcliffe had a hydropathic plunge bath on the seaward side of the building, connected to the house by a subway that filled with seawater at high tide.