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Looking upstream from Essex Bridge, the Trent is here being joined by two arms of the Sow, flowing in from Stafford.

The Cups Hotel on the right has now gone, as have several of the buildings on the left and those in front of Jumbo, mostly not for the better.

Born at Alloway, Ayrshire in 1759, Burns's love of poetry was instilled in him by his teacher, John Murdoch.

Famous for a ballad about its vicar, who, against a turbulent political climate, regularly changed his religion to avoid losing his very desirable living, Bray is one of the most attractive villages

During the Reformation, the interior of the church was defaced, and altars and relics were destroyed. In 1559, John Knox was appointed minister of St Giles's.

King David I built the first manor house at Linlithgow, and the church of St Michael next to it.

Nine miles south-west of Norwich, Wymondham is noted for its fine priory church.

Whitewell is a really small village: this medieval church and the Whitewell Inn are the only buildings of any note or size.

This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful.

Along with Woodhouse Moor to the north, the park was considered the chief lung of the city, where for a few hours at the weekend factory workers had an opportunity to get away from the dust, grime, noise

Leeds was one of the pioneers of segregated tracks, keeping trams and other vehicles apart.

The grave of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846 - 91).

Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.

The prominence of brick buildings here demonstrates a late flourish in the development of this town: the railway brought both bricks and visitors to the town.

Looking north past Bridge End Cottage, we see the old chapel of 1879 and Town End Farm.

Many of the houses have attractive pargeting, including Butlers Cottage on the right of the picture. The leaning timber-framed house on the left is known as Tudor Cottage.

Artists such as Christopher Wood, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Peter Lanyon and Patrick Heron all lived and worked here, making use of the unique quality of Penwith's light.

This is part of Binton Bridges, linked bridges which span the Avon between Welford and Binton by way of mid- stream islands.

Once one of the must-be-seen locations in the area, the hotel was sold at the turn of the 20th century; it has been converted into a retirement apartment complex with a restaurant,

Designed again by W & S Owen, the parish church is built of Helsby sandstone in the Gothic manner.

Dartmeet is at the confluence of the East Dart, just visible at centre left, and the West Dart.

The villages of West and East Lulworth now stand adjacent to vast military firing ranges, though fortunately they never suffered the fate of nearby Tyneham, which was taken by the army during the Second

In 1890 the Prince of Wales opened Poole Park, once a forbidding swamp on the edge of the harbour, on land donated by Lord Wimborne.The park lake covers some 60 acres and serves for boating and as

Winchester College has owned much of Sydling for generations, ensuring a continuity of building and landscape conservation missing in so many Dorset villages.