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Herongate, in the parish of East Horndon, supposedly takes its name from a gate crossing the road near The Boar's Head.

The Velindra was just one of the paddle steamers that were the lifeblood of Ilfracombe`s tourist industry in the latter part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th.

These limestone crags, at the western end of Stoney Middleton, are the haunt of modern rock climbers, and the 200 routes up them have gained evocative names such as Aurora, Alcasan and Armageddon

Branscombe lies amid what a previous vicar described as 'a perfect jumble of hills'.

In this early view of the beach, there are already signs of local businesses capitalising on the new influx of visitors, with terraces of newly-built lodging houses and cheap hotels.

Station Road, though quite short in length, still manages to achieve a broad mix of shops and dwelling houses.

Road access between the seashore cottages of old Saltburn and the new town required a steep incline, which has been the scene of some spectacular runaway vehicle crashes.

A mile or two to the west of Northampton, the village of Duston is steeped in history.

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

Magnificent sea views are afforded from the Promenade, down the north coast in the direction of Hartlepool and beyond, hence the name of these gardens.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley. Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

This photograph exudes the atmosphere of well-manicured countryside.

This was once the seat of the Fitzalans, hereditary High Stewards of Scotland.

The father-in-law of Squire Clifton, Lord Lowther, and also Lady Cecily Lowther, were remembered in the naming of Lowther Gardens. This ornamental pond was a transformation of the farm pond.

Not far from Batley, once home to the world famous Variety Club, Roberttown was part of the industrial heavy woollen district to the south of Leeds.

Looking at this view, it is difficult to envisage the hamlet of Keninton mentioned in the Feet of Fines in 1232.

In 1931, the widow of Stafford Bourne (the son of one of the founders of Bourne & Hollingsworth's store in London) sold Garston Manor to Benskins the brewers, who transferred it to the North West Metropolitan

St Andrew's Church stands on the high ground to the west of the River Ash's water meadows. Adjacent, to the north, is the old palace which belonged to the Bishop of London.

The name of the town of Letchworth appears to derive from 'lecha weorthig', 'the farm by the rivulet'.

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the Castle and the impressive Castle and prison itself.

This is the corner of Piccadilly, where it meets the top of Market Street. On the left is one of Lewis's entrances. Pauldens, in the centre, moved here after a fire destroyed their store in 1957.

This statue of one of Bedforshire's famous sons was made by the noted sculptor, Boehm, in 1873, and presented to the town by the then Duke of Bedford in June 1874.

This view gives more of a modern feel.

The high walls of Petworth House dominate the west side of the town.