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This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.

The parish church is at the top of the street, out of camera shot.

A meet of hounds at Halse, a charming old village to the north west of Taunton. In medieval times there was a branch of the Knights Hospitallers at Halse.

The fame of Buxton as a Medieval spa grew and in Tudor times was greatly enhanced by the visits of Mary Queen of Scots who came to take the waters for her various illnesses, including rheumatism

Just out of the picture on the left stands Barclay's, once the home of Hugh Rogers, who was the first Squire of Penrose.

Sidford's 12th-century packhorse bridge was built because the ford in question was proving difficult for horses; only the north parapet remains of the original structure.

Not part of Trinity College, but a college in its own right, Trinity Hall was founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.

Shaldon remains an unspoiled regency fishing village on the Torquay side of the Teign estuary. A long bridge and foot-ferry lead across to neighbouring Teignmouth.

This picture gives another impression of the wonderful feeling of space engendered by the Peak District.

The tower stands out because of its unique design of an unusual octagonal shingled spire. In 1853 the great-grandparents of Queen Elizabeth II married here.

A sextet of non-commissioned officers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade adopt a casual pose for the photographer amid the gorse bushes and sparse clumps of grass outside the Sergeants Mess at this camp on

The ancient art of the thatcher has been caught in this interesting photograph. Many Essex villages have fine examples of thatched buildings.

The old industrial town of Stourbridge owes some of its fortunes to the European glass- blowers who settled here in Elizabethan times, founding an industry which has endured.

This truncated church is all that remains of the great abbey that once stood on this site.

These detached houses are part of the Finches development, with no trace of the original house remaining.

Par Green begins to look narrower and congested with the addition of more cars, wandering pedestrians and a white line in the road.

Deck chairs still provided the main form of seating. The shelters remain unchanged.

New housing developments are suggestive of more to come, which they certainly did.

One of the most distinctive features of Brompton Barracks is this very unusual variation of more common equestrian statues, with General Gordon, mounted on a richly caparisoned camel.

The Town Hall stands on the left of this photograph, which was taken from outside the church and looking down Highbridge Street.

The parish church is at the top of the street, out of camera shot.This is also an area of the town known as Petty France because, along with Ashbourne in Derbyshire, Leek was used to house French

This elegant suspension bridge, built over the Menai Strait by Thomas Telford as part of his Holyhead Road, gave its name to the little town on the northern side of the narrow strait, between the island

This is a splendid view of the terraces and their fine sea view. A sign in the centre left of the picture reads - 'Jones's Hotels and Cafés'.

The castle was built in 1539, and came under the control of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In 1648 the castle was captured by Colonel Nathaniel Rich for Parliament.