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Looking at the lifeboat hanging from the davits (presumably there was one on the other side), one is tempted to wonder whether they would have been sufficient to cope in an emergency if this paddle steamer

Littleport is distinguished as being the last place on which the Bishop of Ely exercised his temporal powers.

Here we see both Norman and Perpendicular features, but the organ is early 19th-century Gothic; a brass plate was set in 1789.

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

This view looks north towards the Market Place and captures well the character of this market town, most of whose 19th- and late 18th-century buildings still line the streets.

The Red Hart yard in 1931. The public and private bars are on the left. The barn at the end of the yard has been demolished, but otherwise there has been little change.

Here the wording on the banner has been changed to 'Ye Olde Starre Inne'. Once there would have been many of these gallows signs, as they are called, but this is the only one remaining in York.

Here the wording on the banner has been changed to 'Ye Olde Starre Inne'.

This narrow passage leading down to St Mary's Street was home in 1900 to a fishmonger and hairdresser, as well as the Hole in the Wall Inn, previously the Coach and Horses (although it is hard to imagine

This shows the Market Square in the heart of the town. The south side of the square is dominated by the Georgian County Hall, whcihwas designed by Thomas Harris.

We are looking in the opposite direction from No U3011.

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

Linking Runcorn with Widnes, this bridge just gleams whenever the sun shines.

Shakespeare knew this 16th-century stone building as the Falcon Inn, and is reputed to have drunk there.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

St Andrew's has been described as 'the stateliest church of its time in the county'.

Holiday makers walk the high street, and a coach and four is about to pull up outside the Cors-y-Cedol Hotel, one of the resort's many hotels.

This photograph looks from the railway bridge towards the King's Head in Bulmer Road. On the left, the second house with the lower roof has been demolished.

This pleasant stone-built market town, on the western side of the lovely vale of Clwyd, climbs the hillside crowned by its ruinous castle.

We are on a high, sandy hillside on the outskirts of Hastings. Nearby, Minnis Rock Hermitage has three rock cells cut out of a sandstone cliff face; it is well conserved.

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

The chandelier came from Andover's St Mary's when that church was rebuilt from 1842. The Georgian font is from another church.

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's. Above the altar hangs an impressive picture of the Last Supper.

The name of the small boat, 'Emily', and that of her owner, one T Ley of Porlock Weir, can be readily identified from the stern sheets.