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Magdalene Almshouses (left), were rebuilt in 1877 on the site of a lazar-house or leper hospital, apparently founded by a member of the de Leyes or Legh family, in the early 13th century.

The photograph is of the War Memorial to the dead of both World Wars sited on the original Stopsley village green.

The lake is part of the moat surrounding the timber-framed manor house, once the home of the de Southchurch family.The central hall is open to the roof beams.A Tudor extension was added to the west

The Lookout at the summit of Box Hill is due to the generosity of Mr Leopold Salomons of Norbury Park.

This view of the northern extremity of the borough is from a meadow on the west side of the River Lim.

Glastonbury certainly invokes strong feelings of sanctity, and it possesses a powerful aura of mystery.

A hooded bathchair stands before the Victorian buildings and the bronze statue of William Harvey, a 16th-century native of the town; he achieved renown for his work in discovering the fact that blood

Looming over the town is the tower of the town hall, clearly more than a little influenced in its design by its more prestigious neighbour at Leeds.

Victoria Square is in the centre of Widnes. The building on the left is the library; the Technical College is at the side of it.

The public house has long been a vital constituent of city life. Here customers could relax after the day's toil with a tankard of porter.

Although Queniborough is virtually a part of the outer edge of suburban Leicester, this photograph presents an almost chocolate-box view of the village.

The village of Muker, set toward the western end of the dale, dates back to 1274. After a chapel of ease was built here in 1580, the delightfully named Corpse Way gradually fell into disuse.

The canal in 1773 and the railway from 1847 brought huge trade and confidence -and pollution - to the small town of Bingley.

Leigh was a market town that prospered on coal, cotton, and silk.

Chamber and the Queen's Hall with its stunning panels of stained glass on its western side.

The shape of things to come is the brand-new National Bank building; this bank had a London base boasting capital of £7m, and several branches in Ireland.

Not part of the University, Westminster College is one of several theological colleges in Cambridge; this one is the college of the Presbyterian Church of England.

The square red sandstone west tower of St Andrew's Parish Church is Norman, and was part of the original church on the site.

Keymer is at the foot of the Downs near Hassocks. The Norman church of St Cosmos and St Damian was re-built in 1866. Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

Loch Lomond became a popular destination for day trippers from around Clydeside, especially after the opening of the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway.

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225 ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime.

A bustling shopping scene of the early fifties, taken when the row of shops was fairly new. Many of these now await new lessees, but the surmounting clock and its cupola are still present.

Sussex beaches are mostly shingle above high water mark, so it is understandable that the two miles of golden sand between the mouth of the River Rother and the shingle banks of Dungeness should develop

The Tombland Fair provides the activity in this picture of Norwich Castle. At the time of the Conquest, Norwich was both an important town and a major port.