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The bustling holiday town of Largs has long been famous as the site of a battle in 1263 between the Norwegians and the Scots.

This interesting scene at the top of the principal highway through Helston shows the granite classical-style Guildhall of 1839 behind the covered delivery wagon.

The delivery boy with his basket, lounging against a pillar of the Harbour Office, seems to have adopted a far more natural pose than that of the lad nearest to him or the stiffly standing

Situated on the south-west side of the village, the church was heavily restored by Frederick Peck of Maidstone in 1872.

Long a centre of iron and steel making, using the iron-rich local limestone, Corby already had a vast 1930s steelworks and a population of about 15,000 swamping the original small village when it was designated

Built in 1856, the church has the crossed keys of St Peter below the east window. Behind the church are the hospital of 1826 and the birthplace of the Victorian novelist Ouida (1839-1907).

Situated at what is now the southern end of this expanded village, the church with its elegant recessed spire dates for the greater part from the earlier 15th century.

In the years immediately prior to the Great War, a number of British car manufacturers got round the problem of the poor state of most of the country's roads by offering 'colonial' versions of

Worth village stands in the Forest of Worth, east of Crawley, and was a place of pilgrimage.

This photograph shows the old village centre, looking from the Roman Catholic church of St Mary of the Angels. Carnforth Co-operative Society looked after the villagers' grocery needs.

This view was taken from the churchyard of ruined St Andrew's Church below the sycamore trees of Pennsylvania Castle grounds.

West Bradford gets its name from being west of the broad, shallow ford of the River Ribble.

We are looking in the opposite direction to S51047 towards Albion Terrace, with the Queen Hotel and the Primitive Methodist church just visible on the left-hand side of the street.

Close to the Musgrave Monument is the George Hotel whose substantial premises still occupy most of the buildings on the left hand side of this view.

The large building on the right is the HQ of the former Barry Rowing Club, which was one of the oldest sporting clubs in Barry.

Tintagel is a 'must' on every tourist's itinerary, and the main street is full of hotels, guest houses and souvenir shops, many developed since writers such as Tennyson romanticised the legend of King

Through the generosity of Sir Stafford and Lady Howard, the inhabitants of Llanelli are in possession of Bryncaerau Castle and the park, which covers about twenty-five acres.

Also lost during the town centre development was the Wesleyan Methodist Church, which had stood on the corner of the Parade and Newhall Street.

Ahead, the window display of the branch of United Dairies features pyramids of assorted groceries, while in front two gentlemen take the air seated on a bench which stands above the subterranean cellars

The bungalows along Church Road are fairly representative of the kind of housing to be seen in Laindon before the New Town came. Several of them are still there.

The Town Hall dates back to 1826; the building's Greek Doric style makes it one of Andover's most distinguished landmarks.

Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

This statue of Edward VII and a child was erected by public subscription four years after the King's death.

Many farmers grew a crop of corn, particularly oats, in the 1950s. Here, the stooks, groups of sheaves of corn standing on end, are ready for collection.