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He was certainly a man of his time; he was a veteran of the wars in Ireland, Chamberlain of Chester, and a member of the Council in the Marches.

This shows the far end of the Avenue, looking into York Street.

The coming of the railway in 1884 prompted the tasteful residential development of this new part of the village of Oxted, overlooking the Weald.

The original part of the town of Alsager was to the north of here.

On the right are the buildings of the Community of St Denys, now part of Warminster School.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

This monumental fountain in the centre of St James Square was built in memory of the Lawson Tancred family, and stands on the site of the former parish church of St James, now moved to Church Lane.

In 1581 Scone was given to the Earl of Gowrie. Following the forfeiture of his lands in 1600, it passed into the ownership of Sir David Murray of Gospetrie.

There is a fine statue of General Charles Gordon of Khartoum in the grounds of Gordon School, that was built here as a boys' school in 1885.

This photograph gives us a close view of the Octagon, 'a unique and arresting achievement of the Late Decorated period' (Alec Clifton-Taylor).

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

The roads were kept in a good state of repair, enabling high speeds to be maintained by the best of coaches.

The 15th-century parish church of St Mary the Virgin is built of Mendip lias and Doulting stone, and has a stone spire 108ft high. The piers of the aisle arcades are 14th-century.

From the river bank near the Leander Club we can look across to the river front of Henley and imagine its bankside wharfs alive with the shouts of bargees and watermen loading their barges, with

Substantially altered in the 19th century, this 14th-century church recalls the names of the family of the Marquess of Winchester, including many admirals and generals.

Not much more than St James's Street is left of Dunwich, once the seat of the Saxon king of East Anglia, and once one of the greatest and most prosperous ports in the country.

The village of Hutton-le-Hole lies about one mile west of Lastingham.

This photograph was taken from All Saints' Church, itself one of the finest examples of Perpendicular architecture in Yorkshire.

Luton's dependence on a good supply of fully trained technicians and tradesmen meant that the old Technical School was transferred from Park Square (now the site of Luton University) to this site on the

To the east of Stane Street, and four miles north of Billingshurst, is the village of Slinfold.

This view from the west shows John Smedley's massive Hydro on the opposite side of the valley, which brought spa town prosperity to the town after its erection in 1853.

The stately 212ft-high Perpendicular tower of Derby's Cathedral of All Saints, which dominates this view of Iron Gate, still exerts a powerful influence on the county's biggest city.

Once part of Wonersh, and originally called Shamble Lea, this hamlet had a share of the medieval cloth trade, particularly with the Canary Islands.

Bursledon consists of two distinct halves - the new and the old.