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Viscount Valentia was a colourful character who loved fireworks and spent hundreds of pounds on his hobby.

On the board above the toll house door are listed the charges for the passage of vehicles and animals through the gate that once stood here.

The chancel arch was rebuilt by Johnson, a Melton Mowbray architect, who achieved little of note. His work appears to have been virtually confined to the immediate area, which may be just as well!

Until the 1930s the south side of the market, facing the camera, was bordered by a row of buildings which would be later demolished.

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

Fitz Osbern built a long rectangular fortified hall (the Great Tower) on the narrowest part of the ridge.

This new three-arch bridge was completed in 1804 at a cost of £24,864; on the central parapet are the names of the then 74-year-old architect John Carr and the builder, Bernard Hartley of Pontefract

In medieval times a chapel dedicated to St Michael stood on the 1595ft summit of Skirrid Fawr, Holy Mountain.

The weir provided power for the ancient mill that has been here since the time of the Knight's Templars.

Newby Hall was built by Sir Christopher Wren for the MP of Ripon, Sir Edward Blackett, during the 1690s.

A splendid view of Skelton Castle, the residence of the Wharton family, who remain in occupation to this day.

This view looks from in front of Exchequer Gate towards the Castle.

Here there is a sliver of sea (right of centre) and the plateau of the Golf Links on East Cliff.

Five miles south-west of Bridgend, this crenellated mansion was built on the site of a former medieval fortress for Thomas Wyndham MP between 1802 and 1806.

Without through traffic, this 1000-year-old village retains its rural traditions and sense of history. A century ago, West Burton was a lively farming village with a market and many shops.

The Army, probably from the neighbouring garrison town of Catterick, was on parade in the sloping, rectangular Market Place at Leyburn in Wensleydale when the Frith photographer called for this picture

The Highways Department has made a fine job of the flowerbeds on this roundabout at the North End of Northallerton, the busy little town on the River Wiske on the western edge of the North York Moors.

Walsingham is built around the ruins of a monastic house, celebrated for its shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham. It is an important place of pilgrimage, second only to Becket's tomb at Canterbury.

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland. Set in the heart of Broadland, it has been called 'Little Venice'.

The climax of the High Street is the 1892 Cross Keys pub building in the centre of the photograph. To the right is the tall White Hart, completed in 1902.

One of Bristol's more flamboyant characters was Richard Smith, chief surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, and a councillor from 1835 to 1843.

Swinton and Pendlebury lie to the north-west of Salford. St Peter's is the only church in the Manchester area to have been commissioned from George Edmund Street.

In 1312 England was on the brink of civil war. Robert the Bruce seized the advantage by dispatching his brother Edward, together with James Douglas, into northern England.

Many of the buildings in Chideock are thatched and built of the warm local yellow sandstone which, despite modern traffic, makes this pretty village well worth a visit.