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Work started on the Oldham Joint Stock Bank (now the HSBC), on the right, in 1892, and it was officially opened on 30 September 1895.

There are two dates on the keystone: the bridge of 1867 collapsed and was replaced by another in 1869.

This impressive castle, again ordered by Edward I, was begun in 1283 and constructed on the site of the former Welsh stronghold of Dafydd ap Gryffudd.

This unusual bridge was both the first road swing bridge on floating pontoons in Britain (it was built in 1899) and then the first electrically operated swing bridge (in 1989).

Meetings of another sort take place behind the hall, where there is also a bowling green.

Both man and animal traps were supplied to the landed gentry, and man traps also went to the slave owners in the plantations.

The village is in a pleasant spot on the road from Esher to Hampton Court. Some fine old cottages and a pond border the large green and common.

Circular memorial plaques on either side on the wall commemorate both World Wars.

It was to Cardiff Castle that Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, was brought after his defeat at Tinchebrai in 1106, having made war on both William Rufus and Henry I.

Four young children, seated on the bank of the Stour, are mirrored in the tranquil waters, while to their left, another adult resident stoops to fill a bucket.

Endowed by both the Harpur Trust and the Bedford School Trust, the former owns the school - and three others in Bedford - and the latter exists to hold certain funds and property for its general benefit

Perhaps mooring a boat immediately in the rapid descent path was not very wise - this could cause problems both to the owner and the lifeboat crew.

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 ft).

Another classic view of the Lake District. The pine-clad promontory of Friar's Crag near Keswick on Derwent Water is backed by the forested slopes of Walla Crag.

The fisherman on the right is well protected from the elements.

There are cynics who say that the remains of the castle are not worth the effort of the steep climb.

This lane leads from the Market Place to the castle gates. The buildings on both sides are located over the original moat. Centuries ago there may have been a drawbridge here.

The Old Ouse river runs through both Upwell and Outwell, the next village downstream.

The nearby Elizabethan Madingley Hall was the residence for both Edward VII and George VI during their time in Cambridge as undergraduates.

The Black Boys is owned by Morgan and Co, another of the four great breweries of Norwich.

Yet another beautiful Lincolnshire sandy beach, and yet again the wooden breakwater defences have been taken away. The sea appears to be calm and the weather is warm.

Again we have evidence of another future chain store - Oliver's shoes. Also, by this time photography was an increasingly popular hobby.

At one time, the waters stretched another half-mile inland, but the land has been filled in and built on. The wholesale fish market at Brixham was the largest in the west of England at this time.

Four young children, seated on the bank of the Stour, are mirrored in the tranquil waters, while to their left, another adult resident stoops to fill a bucket.