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At the other end of the Market Square is the bronze statue of James Boswell, drinking companion and biographer of Samuel Johnson. His statue was not erected until 1908.

The Tone is one of several rivers draining these lowlands, and the one that gave Taunton its name.

This modest resort of broad beaches and spectacular rock scenery can be reached along the sands from Newquay.

Largs was well-served by steamers from all parts of the Clyde, and by the Glasgow & South Western Railway to Ardrossan, via Fairlie and West Kilbride.

A view of one of the city's best narrow medieval streets, lined with tall, overhanging shops and houses.

Opened in June 1900, the immense hotel block dominates Fistral Beach on the edge of Newquay. A horse and open carriage are about to take guests on an excursion.

Originally built by Sir Drummond Wolfe in the early 18th century and later extended, this luxury hotel with 80 rooms, three acres of gardens and its own well, was immensely popular with the leading stars

Largs was well-served by steamers from all parts of the Clyde, and by the Glasgow & South Western Railway to Ardrossan via Fairlie and West Kilbride.

A steam tugboat hauls a barge into the docks on the right. St Katharine's Dock was built in 1828.

This 'superb temple of legislation' in Tudor Gothic was built to replace the old medieval Palace which burned down in 1834.

This attractive village retains its quiet rural atmosphere; it is ranged along its north-south street about a mile to the south of Kibworth Beauchamp.

Dartmoor Prison at Princetown was built in 1806, initially to house French prisoners of war.

Hope is one of the more remote corners of Devon, located on the west side of the South Hams, six miles from Kingsbridge.

A brisk climb above Winchester is always well rewarded by the beautiful views of the city, its handsome and historic buildings clustered round the hollow in which this one-time capital of England sits

Between the 14th and early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the River Hamble providing much of the timber.

This college of the University overlooks the War Memorial, and is the second oldest college after Aberystwyth.

Many of the other buildings adjoining this old spa are also the work of the former architect to the King of Wurttemburg.

The 19th-century church of St Michael stands on a steep hill, and was built of snicked stone.

Broadwas is a pleasant village in pastoral Teme Valley farmland, six miles west of Worcester. This handsome farmhouse survives unaltered and unspoilt today, though no longer part of a working farm.

The area is known as the Eye of Yorkshire, or the Eye of the Ridings. Parliamentary elections were held here until the 19th century. Two of the courts are still used on a daily basis.

The coming of the railways and the subsequent growth in Formby's population led to a number of new places of worship being built.

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece'; its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated ter- raced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

A little way back from Freshwater Bay is the former home of the poet Tennyson, who loved the place but hated the constant procession of visitors.

Justice Fleming survived into the reign of James I, when he presided over the trial of Guy Fawkes; an act of judi- cial importance that is commemorated in Newport's Guildhall.