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This beautiful Thames-side village was once a palace of the Bishops of Salisbury.

This was formerly the site of a Benedictine priory, founded in the reign of Henry I by Baldwin de Redvers, as a cell of the Norman monastery of Montburgh.

The small stone bridges still cross the beck in front of the village Post Office in the pretty village of Bishop Monkton, south of Ripon in the valley of the River Nidd.

Its massive columns support the impressive stone-ribbed vaulted roof, the earliest example of rib vaulting in Europe.

Its name refers to the influence of the Earl of Gloucester, Lord of Caerleon. Typical of this type of development, a parade of useful shops is included for the convenience of the new residents.

Near the entrance to Worksop College, on Sparrow Hill (the old road into Worksop), are the lion gates and one of the many lodges and gateways into the vast 3,000 acre grounds of Welbeck Abbey, built

This bustling scene of Redhill's High Street, now a pedestrian precinct, captures the brash, commercial spirit of this town, which developed after the arrival of the railway in 1841.

In this inn, formerly the vicarage, the centuries-old Hubberholme parliament met each year to auction the letting of 16 acres of rough upland pasture behind here.

This is one of the numerous large country homes which were constructed in this favoured part of the Surrey hills during Queen Victoria's reign.

Between periods of calm, Slaidburn once resounded with noise; above the bustle rose the ringing bark of the squire's favourite hound Bounty. The name of the inn had to change!

The village of Pyle is situated north of Porthcawl just off the M4 between Bridgend and Port Talbot.

The arrival of the turnpike in 1778, linking Dorchester with Somerset, had a profound effect on this village.

Mr Burden's shop and Post Office is the centre of village life. Here we see the local bobby returning to his beat—his cycle is parked under the signpost.

Thomas Berry, a yeoman farmer, built this house on the site of an abbey in 1745. In 1833 one of his descendants refaced the stonework, commemorating this with a Latin inscription over the front door.

centre with interpretative displays about the households and lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury who lived here.

This photograph shows the ivy-smothered shell keep and gatehouse of Restormel Castle at a time when the ruin was still a titular possession of the Prince of Wales.

Blundellsands beach forms part of the sixteen miles of sand stretching from Waterloo to Southport.

Although the church of St Mary's has many interesting points, clearly the main object of interest in this picture is the building next door, Buckden Palace.

The statue of John Howard, the founder of the Howard Leagyue for Penal Reform, broods over the Sqaure - and perhaps over the irony of its location - close to the old Town Gaol that allegedly once held

The village was once the seat of the diocesan church of St Asaph (Llanasaph), which dated back to the 13th century.

Bashall Eaves stands on the banks of the river Hodder in the parish of Mitton.

The lamp tells of a long-established gas works; the railway came not long afterwards. The mile-post on the hill still tells of 70 miles to Dublin, but those are Irish miles.

The most notorious abbot of Furness Abbey was undoubtedly Alexander Banks. One William Case, on behalf of the people of Sellergarth, sued him in court in 1516.

This picture gives us a brief glimpse into the daily life of some of Burnley's people. Notice the woman, right, with the umbrella near the bollard at the top of Saunder Bank.