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Christchurch is one of the oldest settlements around the New Forest. It was probably in existence even before the Romans settled in the shelter of Hengistbury Head after 43 AD.

The stone-mullioned windows and sturdy, stone-built construction mark the Bay Horse Inn in the tiny North Yorkshire village of Gayles, north of Richmond, as a building of some antiquity.

Many Pennine woollen towns had strong Liberal leanings, and prominent in this photograph of Kirkburton, near Huddersfield, is the tall four-storey building of the Liberal Club, a centre of local community

The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued

There are a number of lovely timber-framed buildings in this village, and many more that were once of timber, until a brick façade was added at a later date.

The 18th-century working water-mill lies on the River Thame, about a mile from the centre of the village of Cuddesdon.

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

A few miles outside the market town of Liskeard, but away from main roads, the village has largely escaped modern developments.

A thicket of fishing craft take shelter within the tiny harbour of this quintessentially picturesque fishing village, a few miles west along the coast from Looe.

This view of St Paul's Street shows the Half Moon Inn as it was before being rebuilt in 1938, and before the entrance to Star Lane (left) was widened in 1923.

The tallest of the cluster of thatched cottages at the east end of the lane is 18th-century. The lower row is 16th-century and timber-framed.

The top of the sea wall provides additional seating and a pagoda shelter adorns the prom- enade. Transient diversions on the far side of the Den have attracted a group of onlookers.

Never a very large town, Sandy owes its continued existence to the strength of the produce market in Victorian England.

Few will disagree that Sherborne is one of the most beautiful towns in Dorset: every street reveals fresh aspects of its long history.

One early visitor to the new resort was Mr Tregonwell, who bathed in the sea and walked the dunes of Mudeford.

Prior to 1582, documents referred to this village as 'Blechingley', meaning 'the ley (or clearing) of the Blaecci people', and its origins probably date back to the 7th or 8th century.

This is the splendid 12th-century church of St Michael and All Angels with its Norman arches.

Now the Tenby Sailing Club, the large building on the left is the former Sleeman Stores; built in the 18th century, it stood on piers, spanning the sluice.

Although they are outside the City of Nottingham's boundaries, Carlton and Gedling are really its eastern suburbs.

The population grew in the 19th century, especially after the opening of the colliery here in 1897. Today the town is most notable for its rows of terraces winding round the valley contours.

Baldock Street leads northwards out of Ware towards Thundridge. The higgledy-piggledy row of pubs, shops and dwellings has hardly changed over the years.

Selsley was, until 1863, a part of Kings Stanley ecclesiastical parish. The church's design is based on one at Marlengo in the Tyrol, and has important glass from the workshops of William Morris.

The earlier pub on the site, made famous by the music hall star Florrie Ford, was demolished in the early 1920s, and rebuilt to a vaguely similar design.