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Ranked as one of the country's top public schools, Shrewsbury was founded as a grammar school by Edward VI in 1552.

The famous Carpet Gardens on Grand Parade were laid out between the pier and the bandstand with intricate patterns picked out in bedding plants and taller plants along the outer beds.

This view captures the exotic fairy- tale palace aims of the designer of the Kursaal, a deliberate touch of glamour and mystery for the holiday makers.

Dominating the countryside around, and particularly impressive from the Bathampton side of the valley, Brown's Folly was built on the summit ridge of Bathford Hill in 1840.

It sits comfortably in 900 acres of landscaped grounds, which were designed by Capability Brown.

Built for the Duke of Argyll by J Bonomi, Rosneath was gutted in c1947 and blown up in 1961.

A game of golf takes place in front of what is now called the Cumbria Grand Hotel. Note the dress of golfers at that time – smart plus fours and thick socks.

Harcombe runs roughly parallel to Yawl; it is another long combe running north from the main valley of the River Lim.

The Edwardian guidebook writer Francis Bickley described Kilmington thus: 'its branching streets, its old cottages with their bright gardens, the clear waters of its streamlet, all these go to the making

Many would consider that the best views of Cromer are from the east. Certainly the ladies prefer this side, which has easy access to the beach from the smart part of town.

St Mary of Furness was founded in 1127 by Stephen, a future King of England. It is built of red sandstone.

Blawith (pronounced Blarth) is part of the civil parish of Blawith and Subberthwaite.

It was thanks to the influential John Winchcombe, or Jack of Newbury as he was known, that this fine Perpendicular church was built. He was a rich clothier and an important local benefactor.

The ribbon development along the line of Godstone Road is well illustrated here, looking north towards Riddlesdown chalkpit.

St Paul's serves what was once a sleepy village, separated from the hustle and bustle of Swansea by green fields. However, Sketty is now very much part of the extended city.

In this year, wooden statues of St Michael and St George were placed in niches on either side of the altar in the War Memorial Chapel.

The hospital was completed three years before the college proper; Sir Aston Webb's design included the use of covered colonnades to separate the wards and prevent the spread of infection.

Work on transforming the land at what was to become the Parade Gardens has not yet begun.

There are claims, however unlikely, that nearby Haslington Hall was built using timbers that had been salvaged from Spanish galleons captured at the time of the Armada.

The village lay on the A4 Bath road, but it is now a by- passed backwater with the roar of the M4 within quarter of a mile. Traffic levels are almost back to those of the 1950s.

Bembridge is the location of a famous public school founded in the first half of the 20th century by the spirited Mr Whitehouse.

This old town is at the heart of a region of fertile farming country known as the South Hams. This view looks down the main street towards the tidal estuary extending up from Salcombe.

This is the site of an ancient ferry crossing; it linked Portscatho and Gerrans on one side of the Percuil River with St Mawes on the other.

This is a most attractive hamlet of thatched cottages not far from Truro. Its church is on an ancient site, for a Dark Age inscribed stone was found here.