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The crags and chasm to the north date from December 1839. On Christmas Day, creaks and rumbles were heard, likened to thunder by farm workers and artillery fire by the veterans of Waterloo.

These date from before 1723. The view across the water is to the cliffs of Cain's Folly (left) and the skyline of Stonebarrow Hill, Chardown Hill and Golden Cap.

Church House (down to the left) dates from 1694, but Grassington's boom time was in the 18th century, when a Klondike rush of workers from Derbyshire and Cornwall came to work the lead mines - and the

He also built the quirky vestry hall, the library dated 1853 and a school nearby. Inland West Sussex From Bramber to Boxgrove

The cottages beyond are mid 19th-century, the outer ones bow-fronted, and much less grand than the six tall houses with bay windows extending up to the roof which date from the 1880s and are part of

Parts of the west gallery are now under the tower, and date to 1706 and 1726.

In the north-east chapel, the monument of Sir William Sharington, who died in 1553, is dated 1566; it is said to be one of the finest pieces of mid 16th-century decoration in England.

The Bear Hotel seen here was one of the principal hostelries and dated from the 18th century.

The Red Lion dated back to at least 1792, when it was called Blackwater. It originally faced onto the lower part of Blackwater Street, which later became Lord Street.

The first-floor bay window just visible beyond is dated 1876 in mosaic, and beside it is the entrance to the North Street Schools.

This is pre- dated by the white building with jetties directly ahead on the corner - beneath the render it is almost certainly half-timbered.

Further up the street are the National Schools, dated 1892 (centre), behind the girl sitting on the steps.

St John's is also in the Perpendicular style, and dates from c1450 when it was rebuilt by local merchants. Inside the nave carries an impressive angel roof.

These two views both feature the fine Georgian river bridge and the southern part of Riverside, sometimes called Thames Side; by this date it was solely used for mooring and hiring pleasure craft,

The local coastline is noted for Martello coastal defence towers, dating from the Napoleonic Wars.

The oldest of three chests in St George's chapel is thought to date from the time of Wimborne's monastery and nunnery.

Some of the fabric of Letchworth Hall dates from the late 1400s, but most is the result of subsequent restorations, particularly that of the early 1700s.

A number of sources quote Ampthill's parish church as being 10th century, without offering a precise dating.

The present building is later; it perhaps dates from 1904, when the name was shortened. It closed in 1974, and is now known as Marsh House.

The pair of cottages at the far left are dated 1870.

Peveril Tower (left), later renamed Rockleigh, dated from the early 1890s and was built by Edwin Williams.

The building we see here is largely Elizabethan; we know from the local records that it was `new-builded` in 1597, but archaeologists have now worked out that some of the internal timbers date

The red brick rectory dates from about 1810.

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity