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Following the death of Ambrose Dudley in 1589, Warwick Castle was once again in the hands of the Crown.

Denton Hill is part of Cuddesdon. The name of the village is Saxon and means 'Hill of Cuthwine.' From the churchyard there are wonderful views across the plain of Oxford to the Chilterns beyond.

The assembled staff pose outside a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients from London set up just outside the village of Ockley.

One of the fads of entertainment which has come in and out of vogue since Victorian times has been roller skating.

This stands close to the site of Assington Hall, which burnt down in 1957. Parts of the outbuildings survived, including the range to the left of the church.

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's.

The 1920s were to bring about something of a mini-boom in the amount of traffic using Gloucester, for it was then that a number of companies, including National Benzole, opened oil terminals at the docks

The jam-packed stalls of Hitchin market reflect the higgledy-piggledy dwellings that it replaced.

The tulips bloom in beautiful profusion, and the house is reflected in the almost glassy stillness of the pond.

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs. It borrows the idea of the covered bridge from one of the same name in Venice.

Holidaymakers at this time could be forgiven for thinking that there was something of an army camp about the site!

The De Brus Cenotaph is the most significant surviving relic of the town's priory.

Brimington is one of a number of similar former coal mining villages to the east of Chesterfield, and today villages like this are seeking a new identity.

One of the resort's more enduring pleasures, the children's section of Southport Zoo truly gave happiness to many hundreds of thousands.

Now one of the busiest road junctions in the rural region, in 1952 the centre of Woburn was a study in tranquillity.

Otterton has some of the best examples of cob and thatch cottages in Devon. Many of the homes we see in this photograph date from between the 15th and 18th centuries.

The monument stands in the centre of an area known as the Sanctuary by the west door of the abbey and on the site of the abbey gateway.

The coming of the Heads of the Valleys Road greatly changed the landscape of this area. Today this busy road is rarely as quiet as this.

Courtenay is the family name of the Earls of Devon, who were the major landowners in the area and responsible for much of the Victorian expansion of Newton Abbot.

An interesting mix of architectural styles characterises Braunston's High Street. Some of the houses are built of brick, some of stone.

Built south of the town, the new docks were 825 feet long by 450 feet wide and are still busy.

On the edge of the village stands the black and white half-timbered Rufford Old Hall, owned now by the National Trust, but seat of the Hesketh family for about 600 years.

The small civil airport at Lympne was developed from the wartime fighter base, prior to the enormous expansion of London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports, for short cross-channel flights.

St Michael's parish church is north of the High Street, and a reminder of a pre- Rothschild era for the village, although the chancel was restored at his expense in 1877.