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A penny-farthing can be seen leaning against the front of the cycle stores in the centre of Burley, which John Wise described in 1863 as 'one of the most primitive of (New) Forest hamlets'.

This attractive village at the lower end of the Vale of the Otter was the birthplace in 1552 of Sir Walter Raleigh.

This attractive village at the lower end of the Vale of the Otter was the birthplace in 1552 of Sir Walter Raleigh.

This photograph shows the footbridge connecting the Botanic Gardens to the north side of the River Kelvin.

The village of Sandbank is on the left, Kilmun is off camera to the right.

The only remnants of the Priory now standing are a 12th-century gatehouse and the east end of the 14th century church.

This view of the High Street has changed out of all recognition - though the 15th-century White Horse, a famous coaching inn in the centre of the picture, still stands, and the view is still terminated

Standing on the fringes of the Norfolk marshes, Blakeney, like Cley, once knew busier days.

This wooden bridge lies on the line of the Roman road, Sarn Helen.

A steep lane climbs up round the edge of the castle. This picture gives us an idea of the impressive appearance of the 12th-century keep.

Despite its close proximity to Northampton, the heart of Moulton remains a conservation area.

The joy of Fairford is its ornate wool church, built in the latter part of the 15th century by John Tame, a wealthy cloth merchant.

Beaminster is the 'Emminster' of Hardy's novel 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'.

During the first half of the 19th century a number of churches were built to meet the needs of South Shield's growing population.

A vewi from Southwark of the City of London. To the left of London Bridge is Fishmongers' Hall, which opened in 1834.

This unusual view of Stoneyhurst College shows the chapel on the left.

This unusual view of Stoneyhurst College shows the chapel on the left.

The park was newly opened at the time of this photograph, and as we can see, it was immaculately kept.

A country lane, a straggle of houses and open countryside is all we see as we look down Collier Row Road with the Church of the Ascension on the right.

A proud pose by both man and horse in front of the Church of the Ascension. The red brick church was built in 1886 at a cost of £2,000 and seated 250 worshippers.

As we look west along Friar Street from in front of the Town Hall, the amount of rebuilding is evident: the occasional older building survives amid a lot of neo-Georgian dating from the 1920s to

A classic view of a quiet Essex village, taken in high summer in the 1950s. The village stands above the estuary of the River Crouch, about three miles north west of Burnham-on-Crouch.

An hourglass on an elaborate iron stand carries the arms of the Farriers' Company, London, and is a unique expression of the blacksmith's art of the time - 17th century - with leaves and grapes, a

This area was once the site of the city's horse fair.