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Beyond the trees is the River Avon, and the houses in the distance are in Bristol Street and part of Burnivale.

This is a rare photograph of the House of Lords chamber showing the Mace in place behind the Lord Chancellor's seat on the Woolsack. The government benches are to the right.

Set in an area of Victorian factory housing, these streets of modest but pleasing terraces are now part of a Conservation Area.

Kirkstall was founded in 1152 as a daughter house of Fountains Abbey. Building work was completed by 1175 and iron forging began in 1200.

A huge community, both military and trading, grew around the naval yards with thousands of homes to cater for dockworkers and public houses in which to entertain shorebound sailors.

Behind the library are examples of the town's modest turn-of the-century housing stock.

The plain red brick house is, however, a veritable gem, built around 1780 and prominent towards the left of the photograph.

This grand war memorial by Henry Fehr was erected in 1923 on a site formed by the demolition of a number of houses at the east end of High Street, which visually linked the street to East Hill – a

Although only visible from its sign in this photograph, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.

On the left is the Market House, and nearby is the Red Lion.

The houses to the left are now painted white.

Close to the quays at Poole is the 18th-century harbour office, once the Old Town House, a club for ships' captains.

The railway behind the house is now electrified.

On the side of the hills of the Long Mynd houses crowded at all levels, giving rise to the area's nickname of 'Little Switzerland'.

The house on the right was once an inn called the Perserverance. The mark of the inn sign can be seen on the wall above the arched doorways.

Behind them the Queen Anne façade of the White Hart hides the fabric of a Tudor building, while the structure housing Babbs footwear shop is not so bashful.

Kingscote on the far left is dated 1892, while the two gables in the middle distance, with the shop, belong to a U-plan house with a date stone '1688', but much altered.

A very regular row of houses lines this quiet street. I wonder if all the residents were enjoying their first taste of commercial television?

This property was built for Princess Alexandra; it is a similar design to the Swiss Cottage at Osborne House.

Bridge House and the bridge over the Stour are now owned by the National Trust.

It is interesting to remember that trade prospered in this street for centuries before a single house was built in neighbouring Bournemouth.

It was a prison until the 19th century and now houses the Cinque Ports Museum.

The centre house with two-storeyed mullion windows is 16th-century. Note the excellent thatch. However, the shop has a Welsh slate roof, despite being a stone building.

Some of the earthworks of the medieval fishponds opposite the Manor House can be seen in the foreground.