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At the opposite end of the High Street, the Tring Road climbs out of Wendover past this delightful range of early 17th-century timber-framed and thatched cottages.

The castle passed into the hands of the Neville family, and in 1471 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick.

The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and

Perched on the summit of Ludgate Hill at almost the highest point in the City,Wren's masterpiece is the pride of London.

A bewildering number of morning and evening newspapers was available to the Victorian reading public, including The Daily Chronicle, The Times,The Evening News and The Morning Advertiser.

John Fowler & Co. built roadrollers, traction engines and farm machinery, and there were a number of companies producing castings of various sorts.

The first recorded wooden bridge was built in 1583, and was destroyed during the siege of York. Two more were built after one another; the second was washed away by floods.

In this, the most interesting of all the houses in York, a young apprentice plumber stated that while he was working in the cellar, he heard a trumpet playing; then he saw an army of Roman soldiers marching

The new Vicar of Leeds in 1837, Dr Hook, decided to rebuild the much-altered 16th-century and rather cluttered central church. Unusually, the tower is positioned in the middle of the frontage.

Calshot has long been popular with local people and holidaymakers for the views it affords of Southampton Water.

The High Street, across the Witham via Town Bridge rebuilt in 1913, presents a mainly late Georgian character with mostly three-storey frontages to the pavement edge, but many of these conceal earlier

Beyond The Strait, Steep Hill commences with The Jew's House, a Norman stone house of the 1170s, before climbing more steeply up towards the cathedral and castle on the top of the hill.

The site is on the banks of the river Adur about a mile from Steyning on the present A283; it made use of both a natural mound and a pre-Conquest earthwork.

Here we have another view of Prince's Corner on the right, with a glimpse of the High Street beyond the pseudo-timbering of The King's Arms (now The Fallow and Firkin).

Northfield is frequently described as having retained much of its village character.

Here we have a good view of the tram track near Palm Court at the Cavendish Road stop on the high cliffs (a lift was available to convey visitors to the shore and the Promenade).

This old inn was a haven for sailors and those who lost their way on Pilling sands.

Oulton was another of the series of medieval broads stretching northward into Norfolk.

The history of Hutton-Le-Hole is recalled in the fascinating Folk Museum established in 1964. Piped water came to the village in 1892 after an outbreak of typhus.

Warton Crag is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; in a limestone region, it has an abundance of rare wild flowers, birds and mammals.

As we look north towards Market Square, Hutchinson's tobacconist shop is at the corner of Langton Street.

Greasbrough was once described as a pleasant village 'situated on a delightful eminence'; by the early 19th century it was a farming and mining community of over 1,000.The skyline is dominated by the

This view, taken from the start of Tanner's Hill, looks north-east across the green and past the parish pump in its tiled pumphouse to the Royal Oak pub and a fine range of historic houses and cottages

Hawhill Park is still a well- maintained recreation facility for the town; it reflects well on the foresight of the town's elders, who purchased the land in spite of much opposition from