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Viewed from the west, the facade of the west front is dominated by the Great West Window and the Triple Arch Door. The west front of many cathedrals were intended to be showpieces.

Like many other shopping streets in Salisbury, Fisherton Street has changed very little over the last fifty years, in spite of most of the shops themselves moving or closing down and being replaced

The town of Wadebridge falls within the parish of St Breock, but the church lies in a quiet valley nearly a mile away.

On the right is that ubiquitous feature of west country beaches, the lime kiln.

The Esplanade 1918 In 1870 the Victorian yachtsman Sir John Burgoyne brought the Empress Eugenie of France to the town after a perilous channel crossing.

Roughly east of Navenby, where the limestone descends to the flat east of the county, Metheringham is a large village with a mix of stone and brick older houses interspersed with Victorian and later development

Situated in woodland near the Midhurst to Cocking road, the Cobden Monument was erected in memory of Richard Cobden MP, an advocate of free trade and an anti-Corn Law agitator.

Chelwood Gate, a hamlet on the western side of Ashdown Forest, lies between East Grinstead and Lewes. Today it is centred on a long main street.

Woods Corner is a hamlet in the parish of Dallington, about four miles north-east of Herstmonceux.

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.

This picture gives a tantalising glimpse of the wonderful Red House Cone, which belongs to Stuart & Sons, makers of crystal glass.

Next to St Mary's is the Boulevard, once church land, but now the site of the city's bus and rail stations.

The children playing at the water's edge have made a proper occasion of it by bringing a wigwam, and notice the two tots riding on the donkeys; instead of wobbling about on saddles, they sit in the comfortable

Despite its closeness to the sea, the open-air baths are a popular attraction, but the majority of patrons seem to prefer watching from the poolside or from deckchairs on the balcony above.

By the1750s, Lancaster had become the fourth busiest port in the country, but the increasing tonnage of ships and the shallowness of the Lune threatened its downfall.

Her three-week stay gave impetus to the popularity of Felixstowe, which became 'the Queen of East Coast Resorts'. Coincidentally, waters equal to those of Spa in Germany were also discovered in 1891.

The roofline and dormer windows of the cottage on the left have subsequently been altered. The building at right angles to the road (centre) is the medieval Guildhall.

An RAC patrolman guides an early Austin saloon around the junction of Church Street and the High Street, as a 408C double-decker bus emerges from the top of Bridge Street.

It is claimed that the Magna Carta was written on Havant parchment, and the parchment used for the 1919 Treaty of Versailles came from here.

Originally, Hubert de Burg was granted a licence to construct this castle in 1250, but it was completely rebuilt in the time of Edward III.

Three-quarters of a mile offshore from Whitsand Bay, visible only through the buoy marking her position, is the wreck of the 'James Egan Layne', an American liberty ship which was torpedoed on 21 March

Here we see a Maytime scene of the long, tongue-shaped village green, with the church of St George in the background, and the chestnut trees in full blossom.

There was a terrible fire in Wem in 1677, so most of the buildings in the town date from the 1700s or afterwards. One of the few earlier buildings is Dial Cottage, seen here on the right.

The busy Dover promenade was very popular with visitors; a pier was added to it in 1893 at a cost of £28,000.