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The Town Hall, with its imitation Palladian style façade, was built on the site of the old Elborow School and Almshouses endowed by Richard Elborow in the 17th century.

It was in the Training Squadron that the majority of recruits got their first taste of life at sea, though for them it appears to have been little different to what it had been like in Nelson's day

On the left, along West Street, stood the Crown and Anchor public house next door to the shop selling 'home-made pork pies and sandwiches'.

On entering the church, the immediate impression is of the Norman crossing, arches, chancel and east bay. The organ case is richly decorated with acanthus carving, and is late 17th-century.

In 1890 only the building on the left existed. This was built by Singer to house their workers. The right-hand side was tree-lined.

The university really put Glasgow on the map, although it had a hard struggle to get fully established.

By 1922, new businesses had taken over many of the premises in the Market Place. On the left are Timothy Whites and Taylor's, a chemist chain, then the Corn Exchange.

The strange pole erected on the roof is the local telephone system. In the early years, all subscribers had their own separate line from the switchboard to their home or business.

along the present B1514 road past the turning to Pepys House, the road forks at the roundabout where the main road runs eastwards towards the A14 and the left road takes us into the village of

The Norman church keeps the registers of Kingston, a village long lost due to coastal erosion. Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground.

On our left as we approach Dorking from the north are the Stepping Stones. Contrary to belief, the much-photographed Stepping Stones are not that old.

The town of Kingston was awarded County Town status in 1893, which it retained even after becoming a London Borough in 1964.

After the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace was moved to Sydenham in south-east London, where it was filled with lavish displays.

Situated five miles north of Sheffield, the large parish of Ecclesfield was semi-industrialised by the late 18th century.

Its real name is Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, and the minute 6th-century St Trillo's chapel, built over a holy well, still stands on the promenade.

Originally this area was called Acres Field, and it was here that the Manchester Fair was held on the eve, day and morrow of St Matthew, September 20-22.

Perched high on its hill, Alton Castle dominates the area. The original castle is thought to have been built by Bertram de Verdun, who also founded the Cistercian abbey at Croxden.

The popular Century Cinema was built in 1937 on the corner of Kingsway Road and Station Way.

This slightly severe-looking three-storey mansion was built in 1767 on the site of a Benedictine priory, long ruinous and partly converted to a house around 1550.

Beyond the delivery van parked on the same side as The George Hotel stands a row of cottages once quaintly named Ship's Yud Row.

Looking down the High Street we can see Fosters Brothers (centre right) in a new building that replaced the Bear Hotel, one of Daventry's coaching inns.

Before the Chester to Holyhead railway opened in the 19th century, Prestatyn relied on agriculture and various mining and quarrying activities.

This pleasant market town sits on the road from Thetford to Norwich, and was once a resting place for pilgrims - it still has a Guild Chapel dedicated to St Thomas a Becket.

This lovely building is at the southern end of the High Street, in the former market place where the High Street meets Worcester Road and St John's Street.