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The new mills and factories not only changed the skyline of Carlisle: they had a radical impact upon the very nature of the city.

When the Duke of Gordon held the castle for James VII during the 'Long Siege' of 1689, there would have been few, if any, buildings between the fortress and the port of Leith.

Small towns like Saxmundham and Leiston and villages such as Middleton and Westleton speak of a different life, involved in the diverse world of agriculture.

The village of Braemar is situated on the banks of Cluny Burn.

The parish of Salthouse extends over 1,559 acres of land, 15 of water and 31 of foreshore.

The railed and culverted Thornton Beck runs through the village of Thornton Dale, east of Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors.

Chideock, always pronounced without the 'e', is set in a landscape of ancient ridgeways and rolling hills.

What better place to be when a period of quiet contemplation is the order of the day?

By 1870 the 'New Town' not only covered the small parish of Crawley, but also parts of its neighbours, Ifield and Worth.

The wide High Street of the town of Skipton on the River Aire was the scene of a weekly livestock market until well into the 20th century, but it now accommodates a general street market on Mondays, Wednesdays

Dwarfing the surrounding buildings, the 43,000 square feet of England's mother-church and the seat of the Primate of All England is revealed in all its architectural glory from this unusual vantage point

Court Lodge was the home of the lord of the manor.

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs. It borrows the idea of the covered bridge from the one of the same name in Venice.

St George's was one of three churches built in Sheffield between 1825 and 1830 that were originally district chapels belonging to the parish church of St Paul's.

Many of the business on Wellington Street were trading until well into the second half of the 20th century.

Another glimpse of the Swan Hotel's neo-classical portico can be seen through the leaves on the left.

The origin of St John's tower is not entirely clear.

Bedlington was once the capital of Bedlingtonshire, and as a part of the County Palatine of Durham belonged to the Bishops of Durham until 1844.

In the churchyard of St Nicholas's Church is the grave of the melancholic poet William Cowper, and St Withburga's Well, the site of the grave of one of the sainted daughters of the Saxon King Anna.

The raised footway at the top of the towers, 140 feet above the level of the river, was closed in 1909 after a spate of suicides.

For a number of years it had been suggested that Berkhamsted School and Berkhamsted Girls' School should join together, to the benefit of the children from both schools.

The view shows the centre of Anstey, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park, enclosed out of Charnwood Forest c1200 as a hunting park.

Plans are also under way for economic developments that should benefit the privately owned port of Boston and the people and businesses dependent on it.

An attractive garden borders the river in front of the Swan Hotel. Since 1965 an extension to the hotel has replaced the low building beside the thatched house.