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Westgate has many of the hallmarks of a medieval defensive work, including 'murder holes' from which heavy weights or boiling oils and molten lead might be dropped during an attack, while the slits

The rocks looking out over the Leven estuary are at an angle, which was caused by pressure millions of years ago. The rocks will have been passed by all the vessels leaving Greenodd.

In 1824, Baines said that the hall was 'plain, comfortable and commodious', and that the exterior had recently been renovated with a coat of Roman cement.

The railway runs along the embankment in the centre of the picture, and the Ulverston Canal passes in front of the ironworks on its way to the Leven Estuary beyond.

Some 30 years after No 31158, above, many of the fishing boats are now powered by motors. The days of sail were really over, and the boats were either converted or replaced with new craft.

The granite and brick arched St Austell or Trenance Viaduct was completed by the Great Western Railway in the year of this photograph to replace I K Brunel's timber fan viaduct of 1858.The latter can

A pony and trap (just visible, centre) pass behind a shady haven at the crossroads junction of St Blazey Road, St Andrews Road and Middleway.

A later king, Charles II, hid here briefly during his escape from the Battle of Worcester.The heart of the village is the steep main street, lined with some splendid bow-windowed cottages.

Early visitors preferred to stay in the hotels and villas in this area, within easy walking distance of the sea.

The castle was originally ordered by Edward I, but it was finished in the custody of Reginald de Grey, Justiciar of Chester, in 1284.

A recent grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund will enable Hampshire County Council, under the guidance of English Heritage, to carry out repairs, survey the site, improve access and increase public

In the time of James I, the leafy grounds where this celebrated royal place now stands grew mulberry bushes, intended for the silk industry.

As a memento to the worst degradation of the coal-mining century, and to the Industrial Revolution in general, this awful scene of the leftover debris is as bad as it gets.

An interesting and unusual view from the church looking across the Ypres Tower to the mouth of the River Rother. The marshes stretch towards Dungeness on the left.

This turn-of-the-century picture shows that it was just wide enough to accommodate the traffic of that period. These days, not surprisingly, Lombard Street is pedestrianised.

Situated a mile or so from Midhurst, the King Edward VII Sanatorium was conceived in 1901, the year before the King's coronation, 'for the care of educated persons of limited means who were suffering

Shipbuilders swarm across the Walney Bridge from the dockyards at the end of a working day. A crane at Vickers dockyard can be seen in the background on the right.

The beautiful valley of Eskdale runs down from some of the highest ground in the Lake District to reach the sea at Ravenglass.

When in 1817 the bridge opened, and was named in honour of the Battle of Waterloo victory two years earlier, the Thames flowed under this first arch on the northern bank.

Its position on the north-west corner of Finborough Road was handy for both Earl's Court Station and West Brompton Station. One of the posters outside is an appeal for lead foil silver paper.

One Jack Rattenbury, a native of the town, actually wrote a book in 1837 describing his activities - 'Memoirs of a Smuggler'.

In fact, silting has been going on for so long here that much of the land to the seaward side of the village has long since been taken over for agricultural purposes.

The use of Crickhowell House itself has proved controversial, with Rhodri Morgan once calling into question its construction standards and the financial expediency of its occupation.

In the mid-19th century, Exmouth gained importance as a shipbuilding centre and fishing port - tons of herring were landed each month.