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The Grammar School was founded in 1491 by William Wood of Sudbury College. These buildings were designed by Robert Page of London, and opened in 1858 with 26 pupils.

This is the north end of North Street with the Masonic Lodge off to the left. The war memorial was dedicated in October 1921.

The half-timbered Kings Head inn in the background recalls the coaching age: Northleach was on the main London, Oxford, Gloucester and South Wales road (the main A40 road now by-passes the

The small village of Trelleck on the Chepstow to Monmouth road is often remarked upon for having such a large church.

The Gapper family cottage on Dowlands Landslip was approached from the coast path, after having been detached from the hamlet above to which it formerly belonged.

Church House (down to the left) dates from 1694, but Grassington's boom time was in the 18th century, when a Klondike rush of workers from Derbyshire and Cornwall came to work the lead mines - and the

The fortifications of the castle once surrounded the entire town to protect it from attack. Pembroke was also an important port and quays can still be seen under its walls.

Enclosed by railings, a modern handrail of tubular metal has been added for the comfort of pedestrians on the steep hill.

As well as the parish church and the village cross there are a couple of interesting memorials in the churchyard.

The abbey was founded in 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers, afterwards Lord of the Island and Earl of Devon.

Mock Tudor villas were just beginning to spread out from the suburbs of Sheffield on to the former green fields of Hathersage when this photograph was taken.

Some farm cottages date back to 1659 in this pretty village just east of Skipton.

A Benedictine priory was founded here in 1135; many of the monastic buildings were destroyed during the Reformation.

Beyond Dennis Head, on the opposite shore, is the mouth of the Helford River, which runs inland for five miles to Gweek.

The young woman on the right needs her parasol, because Castle Walk is a south-facing sun trap. A section of this part of Castle Walk has recently been fenced against the sheer drop.

Outside King & Son (centre right) can be seen their saddle-horse, and beyond is the barber's pole of W Myers, who succeeded hairdresser Charles Todd, visible in 32280 (page 18).

Outside King & Son (centre right) can be seen their saddle-horse, and beyond is the barber's pole of W Myers, who succeeded hairdresser Charles Todd, visible in 32280 (page 18).

Taken from the site of the old Hoe Police Station and lock-up before the pier was built, this view shows a largely undeveloped West Hoe (the grassy area at centre).

Horsforth is now not much more than a suburb of nearby Leeds, but when this photograph was taken, it still retained its separate, village character.

The domes of the newly rebuilt pavilions are seen here gleaming in the sunshine. On the far left a statue of a Royal Sussex Regiment soldier looks towards the pier.

At the far left, the single-storey building is the old lifeboat station of 1898, which in 1937 became the world's first lifeboat museum.

This restored medieval house, on the corner of Bullace Lane, is claimed to have been the home of the Kentish rebel Wat Tyler.

This delightful scene shows a group of youngsters enjoying the harbour beach. Behind them are classic St Ives fishing boats, known as luggers because the type of sail they used was called a lug sail.

This view looks across the Bay to The Island from the well-named Man's Head Rock on the headland of Carrick Du.