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One that arrived in 1870 to take advantage both of the canal and the milk from the Vale of Aylesbury dairy herds was the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, later Nestlé's factory, still functioning

This is one of the most scenic medieval ruins in Europe. It was undermined and blown up in 1646 after treachery ended its final siege during the English Civil War.

Generations of Royal Air Force recruits will recognise the huts and airship sheds beyond the cabbage field. The sheds were constructed during World War I for the development of airships.

Such was the scale of operations at Vauxhall Motors that the maintenance and building contractors had their own site (foreground) complete with semi-permanent buildings, security and a fully operational

This type of mill predates tower and smock mills, utilizing the simple principal of following the wind by revolving the body of the building round a fixed central post.

By 1965 the car was increasingly making its impact on Uttoxeter, as we can see from the number of parked cars.

Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, to replace the earlier City of London gate destroyed by the Great Fire, and was the last of the old gates to survive.

From here we can just see the dome of the Corn Exchange (centre). On the left is the Shaftesbury Café, which became Jay's Furnishing Stores in 1915.

Here we see two fine old coaching inns - the Lion, on the left, dating back to 1500, and the 18th-century George Hotel on the right.

In 1410, the rector of Walkern had his hive of bees stolen, along with the honey, by one John Coke - it is said that the hives were kept in Beecroft Lane.

The words 'Old Bank' inscribed over the entrance of the building in the centre refer to Waldron and Hill, the first bank to open on this site in 1780.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

The Long Hoe, or Lytham Green, has been preserved over the years, and is one of the great amenities of the town.

'Yes', said Mother, 'you can play on the beach, but keep your shirt, tie and hat on - and your jacket'.

On the left of the picture is the new building housing the local branches of the stationers and newsagents W H Smith & Son (still there today), Boots the Chemists and Teekoff, the tea and coffee merchants

This is one of three monuments erected on the Sykes estate; it is directly opposite Sledmere House, and was erected in 1919.

This village at the entrance to the Trough of Bowland has officially been declared the nearest village to the centre of the British Isles. A telephone box marks the spot.

Continuing south towards Worksop on the A60, the route reaches Langold, situated a mile south of Oldcotes.

With the building of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, which opened in June 1847, East Burton was on the wrong side of the tracks from Wool and its village facilities.

This traffic island at the south end of the High Street, with its random stone walling, double yellow lines, and Festival of Britain-style sign, somehow epitomises a rather unlovely village.

The basic fabric of the church can be no later than the end of the Early English period, around 1300. The elegant five-bay north and south arcades are witness to this date.

Redevelopment in the 1970s has swept away many of the buildings on the west side of Crib Street.

The whole square is the property of the Duchy of Lancaster, states a notice in the shelter in the middle of the square.

The pretty village of Kemsing, on the Pilgrims' Way, boasts St Edith's Well, which is just by the walled war memorial at this road junction.