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On the right is the old Belle Vue Tavern dating back to the 1760s, which was an earlier haunt for smugglers.

Parallel to Stratford Road and to the south of it is one of the grid of streets that were laid out for the town from the 1840s, starting at the east and then expanding westward as land was released

On the left are the shops which came with the 1930s transformation of this previously rural area, while on the right is the Ernest Bernays Memorial Institute of 1870, only really attractive when compared

The Tennis Ground (near left) and the Royal Standard (left) are prominent; the Bonded Store of His Majesty's Custom and Excise was the biggest building (centre right).

Situated a few miles south-east of Holywell, Halkyn is not really a castle but a castellated country house, one of a number once owned by the Dukes of Westminster.

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

The earliest surviving structure in Worcester, and the largest Norman crypt in England, this is all that remains of St Wulfstan's cathedral of 1084.

Lying in the shadow of Magdalen Tower are the buildings of the University Botanic Garden, founded in 1621 by the Earl of Danby and established on the site of a 13th-century Jewish burial ground.

The village reached prosperity in the 17th century with the discovery of alum, which was used in the dying and tanning industry.

The red sandstone walls of Furness Abbey were built in the 12th century, started under the Savigny Order by Stephen, Count of Boulogne, later King of England.

Askham, four miles south of Penrith, is one of the most attractive villages in the former county of Westmorland, and Askham Bridge, spanning the River Lowther, is one of the most graceful structures

Southwold Jack is a rather menacing warrior from the Wars of the Roses. His duty is to strike the bell with his battle-axe upon the pulling of a cord, thus announcing the beginning of services.

A fine example of a village stocks is to be seen at West Monkton, sheltered beneath the yews of the churchyard. Notice the whipping post on the right.

What a blissful way to get home at the end of the day. Imagine the pleasure of gliding along between meadow grass and wild flowers on the banks, accompanied by the music of birdsong.

Extensive stretches of the old medieval town walls survive today, and many of the towers and gates are still standing.

Hundreds of spectators line the Thames riverbank on Regatta Day in this late-Victorian photograph. There are also launches for hire and boats to let, as the sign advertises.

Here a group of fashionable dandies gather outside Evans the jeweller's - two of the workers are daring to take a peep out of the door.

This magnificently carved war memorial stands at the junction of the Grantchester and Trumpington roads. The carvings on all four sides of the pillar were the work of Eric Gill.

Founded in the 12th century, the hospital of St John Baptist offered temporary relief to poor wayfarers and relief to the sick and poor of the city.

The beautiful River Avon penetrates to the very heart of England at Shakespeare's Stratford.

Formerly one of the few eight-sailed windmills in the country, the tower is all that remains of the complex of granaries, bakery and mill house.

Bridlington lies near the top of Bridlington Bay, its northern flank protected by the great headland of Flamborough some six miles distant.

Set in the foothills of the Pennines, Halifax is one of the great cloth towns of England and has been a producer of cloth since the 13th century.

However, in earlier times it was the terror of travellers on the Holyhead Road. This stretch of the coast road was merely a ledge cut along the crumbly cliffs, and was notorious for accidents.