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The overhanging lucam was used to hoist sacks of grain from a cart directly up into the bin floor. A brick arch to the right of the picture carries the London to Brighton main line railway.

The Church of All Saints was built in 1843. In our photograph, the village stores and post office were sheltered from the roadway behind trimmed hedges.

It is unfortunate that today four of the seven upper-storey bay windows have now been replaced - without their bays - and some of the properties are boarded up.

It was from the southern slope of Abbey Craig that Wallace launched his attack against the Earl of Surrey's troops as they attempted to cross the narrow wooden bridge over the Forth.

With increases in both population and numbers of visitors to the town, provision had to be made for their shopping requirements.

Thus Glasgow ended up with four railway termini but not a single through line, and to this day passengers have to walk or take a shuttle bus between Central and Queen Street.

Denham, a stalwart of Highfields Chapel.

If we look very closely, we can see that what we have here is actually three buildings. This complex included the Deaf and Dumb School, and Henshaw's Blind Asylum, complete with its own chapel.

The medieval fair was held at the upper end of the High Street (Townhead), but as the town began to spread southward, the fair moved to the north bank of the Clyde, near the Stockwell.

The home of George Bernard Shaw has remained unchanged since his death: his hat still hangs in the hall, whilst his typewriter stands on his study desk where he wrote 'Pygmalion', 'Back to Methuselah'

It is suggested that the remains of Herstmonceux Castle form part of the oldest brick mansion in Britain; it was built in 1441, following a grant from the king to Roger de Fiennes to ‘embattle’

The Roman Foss Dyke canal fell out of use during Anglo-Saxon times, but was restored after the Norman Conquest to become one of the main outlets for the great medieval city’s wool and lead exports.

The centrepiece of the town is undoubtedly the great 15th-century mansion of the de Burghs, the Old Hall, set in a grassed square surrounded by Victorian housing.

This tiny street of small shops offers a glimpse of the city's gleaming white castle, which rises from a great mound raised in prehistoric times.

At Wroxham, the capital of the Broads, there is a full mile of shimmering open water, which is thronged with pleasure craft in the summer months.

Peveril Castle stands on a hill 260ft above the village, yet despite its looks it was far from impregnable; it was even in Scottish hands for a number of years.

Though the west tower with its distinctive recessed spire is said to contain masonry older than Roche Abbey, the rest of St Bartholomew's dates from 1859, when it was rebuilt to a design by P Boyce.

In November 1711 Lord Mohun fought a duel in Hyde Park against the Duke of Hamilton, in which both men were killed. It was not Mohun's first duel.

The parish church of St Michael is one of the most interesting in the Lake District.

There are still remnants of Southend's more select era when it became a fashionable seaside resort after 1791: Royal Terrace and the Royal Hotel, for example.

Southend is proud of its pier, which is over a mile long and has its own railway. The pier opened in 1889, but lost these rather elegant buildings in the 1920s for stylised Art Deco ones.

This is the bottom chamber of the Deepcut flight of 14 locks. The bridge immediately beyond the lock used to take a railway into Pirbright army camp, just behind the trees to the right.

Elham, pronounced 'Eel-am', dates from Saxon times, and stands six miles north-east of Hythe. Along the nearby valley floor runs an intermittent stream, known as the Nailborne.

A feature of the scene is the limestone paving flags that neatly line The Street, and the trimmed trees forming an arch across the roadway. The Half Moon Inn (landlord W Teasdale), awaits customers.