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Bothenhampton was once an important village in its own right, but within the memory of the oldest residents it has become a suburb of Bridport.

The 13th-century tower on top of this famous landmark is all that remains of St Michael's Church.

The Green Dragon at Hardrow, the cosy interior of which is shown here, is probably best known as the entrance point to the rocky amphitheatre of Hardrow or Hardraw Force, at 100ft/30m England's highest

In 1973 construction began on the Town Hall extension, a modern office block linked to the rear of the existing building by means of a first-floor bridge.

Now more or less a suburb of Bournemouth, and with some ugly new development, Holdenhurst's best attraction is its green, which has somehow managed to survive the urban sprawl threatening to engulf the

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere.

Although our long-dead photographer leaves us with no more information than that given, this is almost certainly another view of the Rogerstone Fourteen locks.

Attractive bridges over the Avon are part of Bath. This one is notable for its ironwork.

Askern is seven miles north of Doncaster. For a few brief years in the early 19th century it was a spa; its strong sulphuretted medicinal waters were said to resemble those of Harrogate.

Some of the original buildings in Hungerford High Street were destroyed by several fires.

The seat of the medieval governance of the city, the Guildhall was built in 1407-13, but 1930s demolition in the market area has exposed the mainly Victorian south elevation to general view.

A further picture of the military hospital. The spartan nature of a hospital ward contrasts starkly with its palatial surroundings.

BY THE START OF the new millennium, Twickenham had evolved a long way from the idyllic Arcadian village of the 18th century with its elegant riverside mansions and villas set in sylvan grounds.

This pastoral scene suffers somewhat from the presence of a telegraph pole and its excessive number of wires.

This exotic architectural confection reminds us of the Pavilion at Brighton, with its oriental domes and minarets.

Originally granted to the monks of St Michel in Normandy, Otterton's priory remained an important religious house until Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Woburn on a number of occasions, although it is not suggested that the sitting rooms on view fully reflect the ornate taste in decor of the period.

It was here on the Close, during a game of football in 1823, that William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it towards the tryline, thereby creating the new game of rugby.

From the bridge it was once possible to see a windmill built on a high bluff of rock above the river.

The town's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for frontier or border.

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction. Northwards the line went to Harlech and Afonwen, where it joined the L & NWR.

Coney Beach funfair was built in 1920 on an old ballast tip. The first ride was a figure-of-eight ride, housed in two First World War hangers.

Leaving the sprawl of Worthing behind, we move west along the coast and inland to Angmering, a village much expanded to the north and east but retaining its historic core relatively intact.