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In the north transept the east window, a depiction of the crucifixion, was restored in 1970.

Amesbury dates back to at least 973; it is the nearest town to Stonehenge, and has a population of about 6,000. In 980, Amesbury Abbey was founded for Benedictine nuns.

Hitchman's, the chemist on the left, was on the corner of Silver Street and Gold Street.

Many would remember their best friends as, say, `Six` or `Twenty-three` for the rest of their lives.

This village has grown around a road junction on the Horsham to Brighton road.

The scooters behind the fountain are a symbol of the 50s and 60s.

A charming turn-of-the-century tableau of Salutation Square, the main access into the town. Note the hotel carriage by the entrance and the various horse-drawn conveyances.

A few miles to the south of Nairn stands Cawdor Castle, one of Scotland's finest medieval buildings. It is famous for its association with Macbeth and the murder of Duncan.

The picturesque coastal town of Eyemouth is situated five miles north of the border where the Eye Water flows into the North Sea.

One of the most beautiful of the many lovely Broads churches is St Helens at Ranworth, a short walk from the staithe.

This photograph of the village of Byfield, on the old turnpike road midway between Daventry and Banbury, shows plenty of pedestrians, but no traffic.

Naseby is famous for its Civil War battle of 1645 between King Charles I and the Parliamentarians, with Sir Thomas Fairfax as Commander-in-Chief and Oliver Cromwell as Lieutenant-General of the Horse.

As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.

The Market Square is at the busy cross-roads in the centre of this delightful small town.

In the early years of the 19th century, there were only 93 houses in the town.

True, the shops may have similar uses, but the Victorians made the most of the spa town by building wide, airy thoroughfares.

It looks quiet here now, but once the market at Leominster was so successful that the cities of Hereford and Worcester were jealous of its success.

This was one of the principal ways in which Victorian and Edwardian retailers advertised the location of their premises; on large city stores the letters were often six feet high.

Newark owes much of its development to the fact that Henry I gave Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, permission to divert the route of the Fosse Way through the town.

There are few places in the Black Country as attractive as this secluded corner of Old Swinford, where superb Georgian houses grace quiet streets below a medieval church.

Set in the midst of particularly fertile part of the county, Ottery had a market for centuries.

The church was badly damaged during the last siege of the castle after being used as a lookout for the opposing side.

We are looking north along the A5, with the Town Hall tower on the grey horizon.

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left of the picture.