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Note how the 14th century north arcade of Polyphant stone contrasts with the more lofty granite south arcade which was built a century later.

The half-timbered Kings Head inn in the background recalls the coaching age: Northleach was on the main London, Oxford, Gloucester and South Wales road (the main A40 road now by-passes the

Fine 'Norfolk Red' brick-and-flint work is evident on all the buildings.

Inland from Bridlington is the village of Carnaby, with its 13th-century church of St John the Baptist. The village grew around the estate of Boynton Hall.

Built around the massive Sprotborough Hall, village life centred on the landowners, the Copley family.

This 15th-century church built of squared ragstone blocks has a tower 75 feet high standing amid a number of chestnut trees.

A team of farm-workers undertakes the laborious task of spraying a field of hops with liquid soap, or possibly a copper solution, to ward off insects and fungal disease as the crop nears harvesting.

Further east, the thatched shop on the left is nowadays a private house, The Old House. Beyond is another thatched cottage, The White House.

The camera looks north-south along the High Street as it crosses the Leicester to Nottingham railway, and at a not unattractive group of houses and shops ranging in date from the 18th

Gedling is well known for the 14th-century spire of its parish church, about a quarter of a mile from where this picture was taken.

This brief tour ignores the Georgian houses of High Pavement, the castle and the famous Lace Market area to descend to the River Trent.

Only the clothes worn by the children give a clue to the date of this photograph. The vista has hardly changed in 60 years.

The school (left) was built in 1840, and provided education for the children of Barkway and Reed. This fine building is remarkably original, and stands on the site of the old Market Square.

The name Hoylake refers to Hoyle Lake, a deep-water anchorage just off the shore and favoured by ships transporting cargoes of goods and passengers either along the Dee Estuary or into Liverpool.

The opening of the steelworks was followed by the building of a chemical plant at Baglan Bay by British Petroleum.

Here on a sunny morning the shop awnings are already out, and a shadow lies in front of W & A Gilbey's wine and spirit shop.

The building in the corner on the left before The Causeway starts, left, was occupied by John Coles, who opened in the 1870s as a chemist and grocer.

St Columba was a member of the O'Neill clan; he left Ireland after the battle of Cuil-dremne.

The picturesque village of Kippford is set close to the mouth of the River Urr downstream from Dalbeattie, on the eastern shore of the estuary.

This quaint inland port was built originally for Roman galleys to service Richborough in the face of a receding shore line.

The camera looks north-south along the High Street as it crosses the Leicester to Nottingham railway, and at a not unattractive group of houses and shops ranging in date from the 18th

This photograph shows looms and other equipment installed in a workshop at the technical school; it shows the importance of the cloth industry to the town.

This remote church sits hidden amongst trees at the head of a valley leading to the sea. The eccentric Reverend Hawker was vicar here from 1834 to 1875.

Near the northern end of Pitchcroft, a ferry crossed the Severn to a watermen's inn and a small quay, originally built to serve villages to the west, such as Martley.