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Today Albrighton is known to most people because of its proximity to the RAF base at nearby Cosford.

Belbroughton parish contains parts of the three Domesday Manors of Belne, Brocton and Farfield.

The wall on the left now has two boards bearing the names of all the Mayors of Totnes back to 1359.

Rose growers in these villages must have benefitted from passing horses if the state of this road is anything to go by!

A visit to St Cross breaks down the barrier between past and present; it is a chance to glimpse the charitable values of medieval England—and to pause for a while from the hurry and bustle of the

One of the town's most beautiful buildings, the Cloth Hall was restored in 1902, more than fifty years before this photograph was taken, in memory of Queen Victoria; it was handed to the Corporation, who

This superb Ketton stone-faced Gothic Revival church was built at the cost of just over £20,000 in just over one year, apart from the spire, for Squire William Fortrey by local architect John Wing (1728

This is the first village in Rutland when approaching from the flood plain of the River Welland. The River Eye flows below the bridge seen here, which was once much narrower.

In 1811 the local boat builder at Salcombe completed the ketch 'Ceres' for Capt William Lewis of Bude for trading with north Spanish ports, though for much of 1813 and 1814 she was employed carrying

On the left, next to the only brick façade in town, is J F Goodall, linen draper and outfitter. Stockings, corsets and buttons from the old shop are on display in the museum.

Originally called the Sugar Loaf, in 1852 its name was changed to the Sowerby Arms out of respect to the lord of the manor. During the Great War, it changed again to the Lilley Arms.

When the Duke of Bridgewater planned his canal into Manchester in 1760, the original plan was to stay on the Salford side of the Irwell.

Now known as Church Terrace, this view shows the ironmonger's shop of Mr Barratt, later Barratt & Phillips.

The wisteria-covered building on the left going up the hill was the Old Grammar School with the Crown Inn next door. The Odeon was to be demolished in 1974, when shops would be built on the site.

This view looks back towards Woolworth's from Bakehouse Hill, where the mini-roundabout marks the convergence of the High Street, Gold Street and Lower Street.

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

Next to the water pump was the old bullring, part of the huge market that took place here until the 1795 turnpike bypassed Askrigg on its way to Hawes. The market cross dates from 1851.

The sign of the Unicorn inn on the left has a finely- carved sundial nearby, also with a unicorn below.

As well as smack-rigged river barges, Bideford was home to a number of polacca brigantines, the smallest British square-rigged merchant sailing vessels.

In the meantime, development, in the main of a residential nature, continued to spread north and east across Portsea Island.

His father Fred Tate played here; he who was also the landlord of the nearby Burrell Arms pub!

This is a charming photograph of the area outside the churchyard entrance.

The small farming community of Colby is thought to have derived its name from Colli's farm, 'by' being a Scandinavian word for a farm or homestead.

Sherborne Castle was built on the site of the Saxon Bishops' Palace by the Norman warlord Roger of Caen. It has had many owners, including Sir Walter Raleigh.