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The fully restored and working windmill here in the centre of Skidby is now a museum and tea-rooms, both of which are owned by the East Riding council.

The sea wall is the one featured in that most evocative of paintings, 'The Boyhood of Raleigh', painted by Sir John Millais when he was resident in the town.

This small village, now subsumed into Faversham, was originally the site of a Roman settlement and subsequently of a hospital and pilgrim hostel founded in 1234 by Henry III.

Of the workforce of 4,500 men, 57 were killed in work-related accidents.

In the centre of the photograph is the parish church of St Cadoc with its distinctive tower.

The glass roof is supported on ornamental columns made of cast-iron. The market appears light and airy, and there seems to be plenty of space around the stalls.

Battlemented parapets of the 15th-century nave and porch of St Giles Parish Church are seen here on the corner with North Road (left).

It is thought that Nicholas Kirkham may have built this between 1434 and 1516 not only as a family tomb, but also in gratitude following a spell of insanity.

High up on the Sussex border stands this ornate Victorian church, whose building was initiated by Viscount Beresford in 1839, but was then taken on by his twenty-year-old stepson Alexander

Not a hatless head to be seen as the open-top tram, en route to Frindsbury across the river, passes the lantern and railings of Eastgate House, threatening conflict with horse-drawn traffic.

In 1900 the Town Hall moved to the Benn Building, which was erected on the opposite side of the High Street on the site of the old Shoulder of Mutton Inn, demolished in 1898.

Cardiff Docks were developed during the late 1830s by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, and were enlarged in the 1880s and again in the early 1900s.

The thatch of the old post office has given way to slate (left), and the business itself - with its attendant telephone kiosk - has moved just a few doors down.

In 1700s and 1800s, Barkway lay on the main coach route from London to Cambridge. The Angel Inn (later the Wheatsheaf) served as the main staging post for travellers.

The earliest record of the Boar's Head is in 1630. The beam over the fireplace is reputed to have supported the figures of Christ, St Mary and St John across the rood screen in St Michael's church.

The plainer frontage of Roberts' shoe shop is followed by the protruding shop windows of Hancock and Wood, shielded by sun awnings. Next comes the National Provincial Bank (now demolished).

Opened in May 1957 by Alderman Marshall, the flyover bridge replaced the Wilderspool railway crossing, a bottleneck on the main A49 highway.

This single-arched stone bridge is situated a few hundred yards to the north of St Machar's Cathedral, and crosses a gorge of the River Don.

The abbey was founded in 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers, afterwards Lord of the Island and Earl of Devon.

The steep, winding and narrow High Street (down which flaming tar barrels were rolled to the terror of the populace until the practice was banned in 1824) gives an excellent impression of

The horse of the sign seems to be emerging from White Horse Lane just beyond the hotel. The sign on Brown & Seymour's shop beyond reads 'smoke Musketeer tobacco'.

This is the main shopping street of Sleaford, and the Handley Memorial was the ideal place for a set of destination signs.

A stronghold of the de Braose family, the castle was briefly captured by the Welsh warlord Sytsylt ap Dyferwald.

The Metropole Hotel was one of the first in Whitby to have electric light; its glowing windows were a landmark for ships.