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The school (left) was built in 1840, and provided education for the children of Barkway and Reed. This fine building is remarkably original, and stands on the site of the old Market Square.

The name Hoylake refers to Hoyle Lake, a deep-water anchorage just off the shore and favoured by ships transporting cargoes of goods and passengers either along the Dee Estuary or into Liverpool.

The opening of the steelworks was followed by the building of a chemical plant at Baglan Bay by British Petroleum.

Here on a sunny morning the shop awnings are already out, and a shadow lies in front of W & A Gilbey's wine and spirit shop.

The building in the corner on the left before The Causeway starts, left, was occupied by John Coles, who opened in the 1870s as a chemist and grocer.

St Columba was a member of the O'Neill clan; he left Ireland after the battle of Cuil-dremne.

The picturesque village of Kippford is set close to the mouth of the River Urr downstream from Dalbeattie, on the eastern shore of the estuary.

This quaint inland port was built originally for Roman galleys to service Richborough in the face of a receding shore line.

The camera looks north-south along the High Street as it crosses the Leicester to Nottingham railway, and at a not unattractive group of houses and shops ranging in date from the 18th

This photograph shows looms and other equipment installed in a workshop at the technical school; it shows the importance of the cloth industry to the town.

This remote church sits hidden amongst trees at the head of a valley leading to the sea. The eccentric Reverend Hawker was vicar here from 1834 to 1875.

Near the northern end of Pitchcroft, a ferry crossed the Severn to a watermen's inn and a small quay, originally built to serve villages to the west, such as Martley.

Here we get a good view of the banded masonry along the south front. Inspired by the Theodosian Wall at Constantinople, its use at Caernarvon was deliberate and designed to impress.

A corner of the 13th-century castle can be seen at the top right of the picture, though our main subject is the country house built by Thomas Mansel Talbot in the 1770s and its 19th-century additions.

Although the railway station opened in 1847 some 200 yards south of the Cock Hotel crossroads, development did not really get under way here until the Epsom Downs line opened in 1865, and new station

This view is at the junction of Woodside and Rickmansworth Roads and looks south-west towards Oakfield Corner.

Partially hidden by street furniture and a Green Line bus, the imposing building to the left is Luton Technical College, opened in 1906 as Luton Secondary School and now the site of Luton University.

This Victorian edifice has been the venue for all manner of entertainment for all kinds of people over the decades, particularly as a repertory theatre.

This imposing brick building was built in the Gothic style to the design of George Gilbert Scott in 1868. In the distance is St George's church, another Victorian creation.

This pond with its island is a most attractive feature in the outer part of the town. While it is somewhat municipalised nowadays, it is very ancient.

A familiar sight for those heading to or from Eastbourne along the A27 as it passes north of the South Downs escarpment is the Long Man of Wilmington, a gigantic chalk figure of a man holding 250ft-long

Egham is not the most inspiring of Surrey towns. This view is at the east end of the High Street at the roundabout where it joins the A30, in effect the northern by-pass.

The town preserves its High Street well at the north end and along Church Street, a turning off it; both streets contain timber-framed and later Georgian houses of quality.

Until the 1960s there were two boat building and hiring businesses occupying the west part of the island.