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This photograph looks across Mayer Park from the terrace of Mayer House. The park still serves as a peaceful oasis for the people of Bebington.

The poet John Clare was born in Helpston in 1793, the son of a thresher.

Holdenhurst has retained its rural setting near the banks of the River Stour, despite the sprawl of Bournemouth across its more distant meadows.

Looking north from New Bond Street, this late 19th-century view captures well the quality of Milsom Street, one of the earlier streets laid out beyond the boundaries of the original walled town.

The extensive remains of 12th-century Scarborough Castle crown the headland in the background of this summer time view of Scarborough's South Beach.

A collegiate church was founded here by the Neville family of nearby Raby Castle in 1410.

Birchington is the westernmost of Margate's satellite villages; the old quarter of this resort is more than a half-mile from the sea front.

The policeman on point duty at the busy junction of the High Street, Eastgate, and Star Hill stands in the seemingly flimsy protection of a small, wheeled cubicle to carry out his duties of directing the

The Clock Tower is an uncommon form of memorial to the fallen of World War I: it was first erected in 1920, and has since been moved slightly to avoid obstructing the traffic.

Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'.

The cliffs of Skinningrove can be seen in the centre distance of this delightful view, looking from Brotton High Street in an easterly direction towards the coast.

Shown here is the sequence of houses that were built by wealthy Georgian merchants; several of the properties are now professional premises.

Portsmouth's magnificent Guildhall, one of Hampshire's stateliest civic buildings, was opened in 1890 by the Prince of Wales on behalf of his mother Queen Victoria who was said to be alarmed by the

Banks abound in Granby Street: the Italianate National Westminster of 1869, the Midland, a Gothic creation with its French pavilion roof, and the Yorkshire Penny Bank opposite the Grand Hotel is probably

Newark, which towers over the River Trent, became one of the finest castles in 12th-century England when the Bishop of Lincoln rebuilt the original timber fortress with one of stone.

Melplash's only real claim on history is the story of Sir Thomas More (a distant relative of the saint): when he was Sheriff of Dorset, he freed all the prisoners from Dorchester gaol.

It was built in 1857 in memory of Lieutenant General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, a notable commander of the Bengal Army in the Indian campaigns of 1845-46.

The Dean's chapel in the south quire transept has a 13th-century frieze of carvings in the spandrels of the arcading (that is, between the tops of the adjoining arches).

In the late 18th century it was the home of Rowland Hill, who became famous as a general in Wellington's army in the Peninsular War.

This view is of East Street, looking westwards to the Town Hall (left) with the prominent frontage of William Elmes, draper and outfitters, on the other side of the road (right).

Of interest here are the prams; try getting one of these into the back of a Volvo estate car. The far pram is all the more interesting in that the design of the bodywork is ornate lattice-work.

St Mary's Church at Kempsey lies close to the banks of the River Severn, a few miles south of Worcester. Much of this interesting cross church dates back to the 13th century.

The village of West Lulworth is seen looking north- westwards from the slopes of Hambury Tout.

Little appears to have changed, even to the extent of the lack of traffic in the later photograph, which must have been unusual, even in 1955!