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The 'island' formed by the moat is entered over a 16th- century bridge and through a fine 15th-century Wealden sandstone gatehouse, seen here from within the moat; the house is out of view

The Bird in Hand is the most easterly of four old public houses serving the community.

At a much later date, in 1997, the Abbeyfield Society took over the premises and opened Abbeyfield House, providing sheltered accommodation for the elderley.

It has also been known as the Red House. Today it is home to a branch of the National Westminster Bank.

Built in the 18th century, the Rowton Hall Country House Hotel and Health Club, as it is now called, stands at the southern edge of the city of Chester.

The horizontal distribution of the buildings shows how the houses had to be built in terraces, thanks to the town's hilly location.

The north coast of Cornwall is extremely hazardous for shipping; after numerous wrecks and petitions to Trinity House, a new lighthouse was built on the Head in 1847 with a range of over 20 miles.

The top end of the main street in Penzance is dominated by the impressive classical frontage of the Market House and Old Town Hall, erected in 1837.

The house, built in yellow stone, was 600 feet in length, but it was demolished owing to mining subsidence in 1965.

The Vernons added the battlements much later, when houses such as this did not need to be defended. To the right is the tower of the chapel.

In the 1860s the economist Bagehot described Lombard Street, that runs to the right of the Mansion House, as 'by far the greatest combination of economical power and economic delicacy the world has ever

To the right of the photograph is a row of uninteresting 19th/20th-century houses; to the left, and of an earlier era, is a three-story, three-bay brick farmhouse, so common in Leicestershire villages.

Some of the High Street shops and houses reveal a Dutch influence, with mansard roofs and ornamental gables. The blinds are down, it is a hot day.

Seen in the centre of the photograph, but also marginalized, are the houses alongside the old Hereford Road and the steam of the Hereford to Abergavenny train.

The public house on the right, the Corn Exchange, advertises stabling.

There are a number of bridges serving mill-workers' houses. Coaches crossing the Leven Sands used the roads around Cark, including the lane to Sand Gate.

The chestnut tree to the right of it has gone, as have most of the houses in the background. A bus station and car park now make up the scene.

Wilfred Pickles used to tell a story about a mother and her son at a guest house. He had a broad accent, which embarrassed his mum.

Wilfred Pickles used to tell a story about a mother and her son at a guest house. He had a broad accent, which embarrassed his mum.

This view looks east from Bridge Street, past the Market House and along into Bell Hill.

The far distant houses are built on the sand hills, and would get the full force of any gales. All that was needed is here: the petrol station is on the left, and on the right Rose's Stores.

The houses on the right, examples of the late Victorian baronial style, are an interesting contrast. It is thought that their stone came from buildings in Gold Street which were demolished in 1887.

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

Today, alpacas graze by the Manor House.