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The classical building on the left dates from 1860 and was where the Westminster Bank had its Chester branch.

At this date the population of West Hartlepool was about 4700; by 1901 it had risen to 63,000.

It was a Roman town and the seat of an Anglo-Saxon bishopric, and is now dominated by its great late 11th-century Abbey church. Nowadays the by-passed winding High Street is again peaceful.

As we look from Tower Bridge, the dominance of William the Conqueror's White Tower keep, dating from the late 11th century and still the focus of the castle, is now somewhat reduced by office blocks, including

One of Kent's most ancient villages, Aylesford occupies a strategic crossing of the Medway, and dates from the time of the Saxons. The parish church crowns a hillock and is principally Norman.

Over ten feet high, with a protective hat-like capping of 1820, its date is uncertain, but it is probably 8th-century. The iron gates in the foreground came from Wellington College in 1922.

Brockworth church is late Norman and 13th-century, while the adjacent Brockworth Court dates from the 16th century and was built for the last prior of Llanthony.

Presiding over the town is the 120ft high pinnacle-topped tower of St James', which dates from the 15th century.

A date and initials AC WS 1683 IB RG probably indicates when some restoration work was carried out.

A typical East Anglian building with a pargetted facade made from low relief design pressed into the wet mortar, it dates from the 1500s, and contains some fine interior mouldings.

This street, which is on the periphery of the main shopping area of Stourbridge, has now become rather run down - a pity, since there are one or two fine houses here dating from the 1700s,

The projecting north transept (right) dates from the 13th century and is two centuries older than the tower.

This area dates back to the Middle Ages. This gate was manned for almost twenty- four hours, and was used to collect tolls from visitors and merchants on their way through to the town.

The White Lion is a listed Grade II building dating from the 17th century, with a southern wing added about a hundred years ago.

Tower lies four miles south of Darwen, and four miles north-east of Bolton.The villages of Turton and Turton Bottoms are next to the Tower.Turton Tower is basically two buildings, a pele tower dating

The public telephone has been identified by Michael Thomas as a K1 Mark 236 box of 1927, of which about 4,500 were erected, with a roof sign dating from 1929.

The public telephone has been identified by Michael Thomas as a K1 Mark 236 box of 1927, of which about 4,500 were erected, with a roof sign dating from 1929.

One is a Breeches Bible that dates from 1560.

The Godstone itself is thought to date back to pagan times, being carved with a cross by early Christian missionaries.

The photograph shows two parallel late 16th-century gabled blocks with large mullion and transom windows. Some fragments of the building may date to the ownership of the Greys.

Part of this building dates back to the 16th century. It was once three separate houses, Nos 8,10, and 12 High Street, so there are still three entrances onto the pavement.

The top floor was added at a later date. The dome of the town hall rises over the roofs in the distance.

The Lion pub on the right pre-dates the Rothschild era.

On the left is the Close Wall and St Ann's Gate; on the right the White Hart Hotel stands out, with its giant portico surmounted by the eponymous deer.