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The village of Wyke Regis, now a suburb of Weymouth, north from Chamberlaine Road (foreground).

Known as the village of millionaires at the turn of the century (because no less than six lived in the village), Overstrand maintained its exclusivity for many years.

At this time Cardiff was a city slowly emerging from the austerity of the immediate post war era.

A typical station approach of late 19th-century houses and the aptly named Railway pub.

Historically, castle baileys were home to many people, and something of that feel is captured in this view of relaxing zoo visitors enjoying sun and ice creams in the mid 1950s.

The man seen pushing off from the shore here, his sizeable skiff equipped with both sails and outboard engine, is no fisherman.

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

West Hartlepool was a child of the 1830s and 40s, developed as a port for the export of coal and import of timber.

Along with its neighbouring villages of Betteshanger and Tilmanstone, this settlement was a centre of the short-lived Kent coal industry, which began when coal was discovered when borings for a proposed

Nether Edge was one of the residential areas of Sheffield developed during the latter part of the Victorian era and offered a superior standard of housing to that nearer the town centre.

Bamburgh also holds the distinction of being the first castle to be breached by gunfire. During the Wars of the Roses Bamburgh was besieged by the Yorkists in 1461 and again in 1464.

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border. The 13th-century church of St Mary is on a knoll in the centre of the village.

Prestatyn's station on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L & NWR meant that it became increasingly popular with holidaymakers, especially with those from the Liverpool area.

It has a history of mining. The limestone from the hills is used to build the farm cottages of this peaceful part of Yorkshire.

Some time during the second half of the 19th century, Bracknell became a town, helped by the coming of the railway in 1856 and the development of market gardening and brick-making.

The church of St Edward the Confessor contains a medieval effigy of a crusader monk, which was found in the wall of nearby Netley Castle and probably came from Netley Abbey.

One of Maidstone Zoo's zebras. The grounds of Cobtree Manor, at Sandling, close to Maidstone, now house the Museum of Kent Life, Cobtree Manor Golf Course and a 250 acre park.

The church of St Edward the Confessor contains a medieval effigy of a crusader monk, which was found in the wall of nearby Netley Castle and probably came from Netley Abbey.

A photograph of the well-known landmark of Killarney, the road tunnel on the Killarney to Kenmare road. The tunnel is beneath Cromaglan mountain, near the shore of the Upper Lake.

The Ship Hotel, on the right of the photograph, was one of the eight inns and taverns that at one time or another stood along this side of the Market Place.

Hardly a year passes without some piece of Dorchester's Roman archaeology coming to light. Dorchester is one of the best examples of a Roman town.

At this time, views such as these could be replicated a hundred times throughout the county of Devon. Thatch, unsurfaced road and total absence of traffic was the norm.

Victoria Park lies to the east of Newbury town centre.

The precinct is typical of a style that dominated redevelopment and new town schemes of the late 1950s and 1960s. Examples can be seen throughout the UK, many of them now looking the worse for wear.