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Here we have a closer view of the impressive entrance to Nonsuch Park Palace, with its stuccoed white walls and the prominent three-storey central tower incorporating angle buttresses, battlements and

At the southern end of the Buttertubs Pass, Hardrow is just a mile outside the market town of Hawes. Hardrow Force waterfall has long enchanted visitors.

In the centre of this spacious village is the War Memorial, standing on the edge of the village green. It was officially 'unveiled' in 1920.

A carved wooden Indian holding a cigar still stands silent guard above one of the shop fronts in this street; it was once used to symbolise to the illiterate that the shop was a tobacconist.

We are in Heathcote Road, looking down the High Street, with the grounds of the Staff College visible in the background.

Amongst the earliest is the table tomb of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, who died in 1450 during Jack Cade's rebellion.

This is a tale of two paths. A growing army of walkers now take the wide path which snakes up the Sugar Loaf to the left.

Built in 1540, during the post-moot age really, this red brick and half-timbered Moot Hall would have been a hotbed of commercial and legal activities during the town's most prosperous

Before the creation of Ladies Island, as a result of straightening the River Stour in the 1950s, Ladies Bridge carried the footpath from Cornard Road over the river.

Like the Bridgewater Canal it was built by James Brindley and it linked with the Bridgewater at Runcorn - the two canals meet within another tunnel, yet further reminding us of the complexity of the

Taken from the abbey roof, this photograph shows the 15th-century market cross in the centre, situated at the north end of the High Street.

Just at the rear of this photograph is the end view of the new village shop and post office, the only change to the scene.

The greatest attraction of Perranporth is its extensive beach of golden sand backed by dunes.

At one time sheep from Romney Marsh in Kent were wintered here on the relatively dry sandy Surrey Hills.

Often referred to affectionately as 'Cleveland's Matterhorn', the distinctive profile of Roseberry Topping lies a short distance to the west of Guisborough, between Pinchinthorpe and Great

A fisherman and two boys scull their boats around the pier of the inner harbour.

The location is most likely Monkham Farm, as the photographer had probably taken a picture of the big house of the same name, and had chosen this as a picturesque view.

The road here was originally much narrower (see 5241, p.18), but in 1893-95 the pier was widened, involving the demolition of the Golden Lion, a popular harbourside pub, which stood on the left.

Village stores soon began to cater for the new motorised tourist in the first affluent decade of peace.

Looking out into Christchurch Bay, Mudeford remains the centre of Dorset's small-scale fishing industry, though leisure yachting has dominated from the middle of the 20th century.

The remains of Hastings Castle, the first built by William the Conqueror, crown Hastings' West Hill, with superb views over the town and out to sea.

Looking West c1965 This peaceful view looks along the road through this quiet village beside the confluence of the Rivers Dudwell and Rother, renowned for its splendid collegiate church.

Just visible in this photograph is the church of St Mary Magdalene, which has a large and striking tower. Inside are various old brasses, together with the royal arms of George I.

This charming view is enhanced by the irregularity of the steps. It shows how elevated the church is, facing countryside to the south but opening out onto the Market Place to the north.