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The wide sweep of the right-hand sea wall and the outer mole demonstrates the studied construction of a man-made harbour built specifically to offer protection against variable winds and

Here he wrote some of his best known poetry. The cottage is now part of a museum dedicated to the life and work of the poet, who was the founder of the celebrated Lakeland Romantic Movement.

The ivy-clad ruins of Wothorpe House have been an attraction for tourists for over a hundred years, and it is of no surprise that they were included by the Frith photographer in his collection of Stamford

Bexhill's ancient manor house was a retreat for the Bishops of Chichester in the Middle Ages, before passing into the ownership of several notable English families such as the Dorsets and Brooks

This older part of the original Bexhill, or rather Bexle, was Saxon in origin. History records that in 772 King Offa of Mercia gave a grant of land to enlarge the parish church.

In the 18th century, the almost picturesque group of church and school was completed by the addition of the town stocks and whipping post.

Nelson's column was not the first choice of monument to embellish Trafalgar Square - a Colonel Trench had proposed a great pyramid to dwarf St Paul's.

Richard Jefferies described the scene in the 1880s: 'Like the spokes of a wheel converging, streams of human life flow into this agitated pool...

The development of Romilly Park has continued apace. Now the paths are laid out, together with benches alongside them; retaining walls have been built; and gas lamps installed.

In 1866 Bishop Olliphant of Llandaff dedicated the present church, which was designed by Fripps of Bristol and built by the Penarth builder David Jones for the sum of £2,600.

The total cost of the building was £7,465.

The centre of Basildon has served the local community well since the 1950s, and remains a popular place to shop.

In early 20th century guides, walkers were advised to leave the train at Port St Mary and go by way of the Chasms and Spanish Head to Port Erin..

Here the 1903 widening of the bridge has just been completed, hence the pristine stonework.

At this time boys were often in their teens before they got a pair of long trousers. Jeans were unheard of, and the design of children's clothes had hardly changed for thirty years.

Founded in the late 1100s, St Mary's was re-roofed in oak at the beginning of the 16th century. Pictured here is the east window, three lights with quatrefoils in roundels above each one.

The 35ft statue of Queen Victoria, designed by the architect J S Gibson and the sculptor H C Fehr, dominated the centre of the new city square following its unveiling by the Prince of Wales on 12 May

Within the short span of 40 years (1220AD-1260AD) the Cathedral was built uniquely in one Gothic style, Early English.

The Collegiate Church built in 1851 was consecrated as the Episcopal Cathedral of Argyll and the Isles in 1876.

Prince Charles Edward Stuart landed at Glenfinnan on 19 August 1745. Here, with a few loyal retainers, Prince Charles waited for the clans.

This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns

William the Conqueror, having beaten and killed the Anglo-Danish King Harold on Senlac Hill in 1066, vowed to found an abbey on the site of the great battle, known as the Battle of Hastings.

Buckets and spades, a splash and a paddle are the order of the day in this picture.

Beer was the birthplace in 1788 of the smuggler Jack Rattenbury, who lived a life of adventure landing untaxed cargoes along much of the Devon coast.