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This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.

The main public entrance to the Post Office is just out of sight around the corner on the right. Staff entered through the central doors.

Many of the present buildings in Burley are Victorian and 20th-century, but the village itself is an ancient Forest settlement.

Emery Down, like many old Forest settlements, has seen its share of England's history.

Bath Place, off Holywell Street, is just such a place. Its Victorian, Georgian and timber-framed buildings give it a fascinating mix of architectural styles.

Here we see one of the famous Lincolnshire beaches with its necessary donkeys. No beach is complete without these loveable and cuddlesome beasts, all with their friendly names.

The house on the right, outside which the rather formidable-looking woman is standing, is reputed to be the oldest in Downderry.

Such is the unbroken nature of the West Dorset coastline that artificial harbours had to be constructed at Lyme Regis and West Bay.

The castle underwent large-scale remodelling and extension over a fifty-year period during the 13th century, much of the work being commissioned by John de Barri.

On market day the whole square was full of activity and people came into Nottingham from all the surrounding villages.

The building on the right at the bottom of Pelham Street was soon to be demolished and replaced by Boots the Chemists.

The pavement on the right was the pitch for women flower-sellers on Wednesdays and Saturdays, creating a splash of colour.

A busy and sunny square with vehicles parked on the road in front of the Council House, although the forecourt was for official cars only.

The building in the trees to the right of the picture is Dinham Hall. It was used in the early 1800s to imprison Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother.

The market hall was built in 1888 at a cost of £6,000; it lasted less than 100 years, being demolished in 1986.

The photograph shows a view of Egham High Street, looking east. The King's Head Hotel, seen on the right in the photograph, dates back to the early 17th century.

Built in the 18th century, Tapton House is where railway engineer and businessman George Stephenson spent the last years of his life.

This is the more subdued face of the Heath the shot is not packed with action. The ponds have for many years been used for swimming, fishing and sailing model craft.

Mary Ann is better known to us as the writer George Eliot; in many of her books she wrote about the rural and industrialised Midlands.

The cottages are typical fishermen's homes of the time; the stairs led to living quarters, while the ground floors were the fish cellars and boat stores.

the old cottage on the left at the bottom of the hill is now listed as a historic building, and is equally well preserved today.

The imposing figure of Lord Palmerston surveys Romsey's Market Place.

The white cottage on the left used to be the Post Office, before it was moved to the other side of the road in the 1930s.

Here we see the central bandstand on the seaward side of the parade. Here the audience are assembling for what looks like a Sunday Concert.