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Bundles of Norfolk reed are stacked on both banks of this shallow backwater. The growing of reeds provides one of the principal industries of the broads area.

We can see the letters of part of the surname of the owner, John Prichard, above the entrance to the Angel Hotel on the left.

This pair of houses on the eastern edge of Dartmoor is utterly typical of its time, with its water (the well in front of the left-hand door) and firewood all to hand.

A flying boat rests on the calm waters of the Medina, in the peaceful days of the 1950s.

Many of the Abbey ruins remain, and some of the buildings are still in use.

It was at Catterick in AD 625 that Paulinus, first Bishop of York, baptised converts to Christianity, following the marriage of King Edwin of Northumbria to Ethelburga of Kent.

It is thought that there has been a building on the site of the church since Roman times.

The grid-like pattern of the streets west of Laindon High Road preserves the layout of some of the early plotland estates.

This is one of the oldest pictures in the archive and almost certainly taken by Francis Frith himself.

The hospital and dispensary were two of a large number of 19th-century developments carried out for the benefit of the inhabitants.

Anton Mill 1906 A child gazes wistfully into the tranquil waters of the River Anton, a tributary of the Test, which rises to the north of Andover and runs through the heart of the town.

There was no park in the north end of the town, but the opportunity was there in the shape of some unwanted land.

Many of the sturdy, timber-framed cottages in the centre of this lovely village have been reinforced and decorated with brickwork during the 18th century.

The alabaster effigies of the armour-clad John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and his wife Margaret lie recumbent on their elaborate 15th-century tomb in the presbytery.

Many of the sturdy, timber-framed cottages in the centre of this lovely village have been reinforced and decorated with brickwork during the 18th century.

The building was palatial, and would have been comparable to those of Rome itself. The rooms had painted friezes and many mosaics, some of the earliest in Britain.

The same road widening seen in the previous picture led to the demolition of the white-painted end house in this shot. One would not now dream of walking down the centre of this road.

The building was palatial, and would have been comparable to those of Rome itself. The rooms had painted friezes and many mosaics, some of the earliest in Britain.

It was the early use of bathing machines that made Weymouth such a popular resort for sea bathing.The larger machines ran down into the water on rails and consisted of a number of cubicles.

This photograph was taken from All Saints' Church, itself one of the finest examples of Perpendicular architecture in Yorkshire.

The Jubilee Clock at the junction of Victoria Street and Loch Promenade was presented to the people of Douglas by George Dumbell in 1887.

The dominating centrepiece of the early Norman settlement, the castle with its three moats was built by Robert, Count of Mortain, the half-brother of William the Conqueror.

In the chancel are the tombs of some of the Fytton family, including Sir Edward (1550-1606) who became Lord President of Munster, and Mary Fytton who was a maid of honour to Elizabeth I, but was soon disgraced

Chapter Three is a tour of the rolling oolitic limestone south-west part of Lincolnshire, until 1974 the County of Kesteven.