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Brunel, showing considerable foresight, did not cut Dawlish off from the sea when he built his railway, but incorporated its walls into a splendid promenade which can be followed all the way to Dawlish

This followed the Epping Forest Act of 1878 which stopped pollarding, but grazing rights were continued.

In private hands, it was leased be Charles Gray as the county jail in 1734, closing in 1835 following years of complaint about its revolting conditions.

Many literary pilgrims follow in Tess's fictional footsteps to this day.

After the failure of his rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor, a number of his local followers were executed at the same spot.

On parade days, the adjutant rides his horse up the steps and through the main doors, followed by the cadets who have completed their passing-out parade.

If we follow the signs, we come to the National Rifle Association Offices and Ranges, known the world over.

If we follow the signs, we come to the National Rifle Association Offices and Ranges, known the world over.

Aspatria's unusual-sounding name means 'the place of St Patrick's ash', a reference to the early Celtic Christians who followed the Irish saint.

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.

A great deal of building took place during the years that followed; the population increased three-fold during Queen Victoria's reign.

The new ground floor shopfront of Plumpton's is on the left, followed by three shop signs on Oliver's, Burdon's and Thurlow Champness.

In 1999 Weobley was named the 'National Village of the Year' and, in order to celebrate both this and the Millennium that followed, a sculpture was erected in the garden area in the foreground of this

Bedford Street is another road that disappeared from the map following the blitz.

Broadmead runs between Union Street and Penn Street, and was a part of the regeneration of the city centre following the destruction of the Second World War.

Penrith Castle was built by William Strickland, later Bishop of Carlisle, who was given permission to build Penrith Castle in 1397, following the sacking of the town by raiding Scots in 1354.

Looe fishermen have followed the pilchard shoals for generations.

The pier at St Anne's opened in 1885, with extensions following in 1904.

Following a bequest by a local surgeon in 1828, the Infirmary was built in Tudor-Gothic style on the historic Greyfriars site.

Glasson was first used as a port for ships unable to navigate the Lune to Lancaster from 1787, but the arrival of the canal in 1826, followed by the railway in 1883, increased its effectiveness.

Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed by the locomotive

Boats have been available for hire in Broadland since at least the 1880s, and motor launches first became available in the years following the First World War.

All of this coastline can be walked by following the South West Coast Path, ancient routes originally taken by the coastguards who patrolled the lonely coast.

This elegant Elizabethan mansion was originally built for the Secretary of the Council of the North in 1568.The hall changed hands many times over the following centuries before being almost rebuilt