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Ivy and creeper cover the attractive features of what is known as the Town Gate or Castle Lodge.

By the date this picture was taken, Doncaster had been a racing centre for nearly three hundred years and had been the home of the oldest classic race, the St Leger, since its first running in 1778

Rivalling the castle in impressiveness, albeit on a lesser scale, is the Elizabethan town house of Robert Wynn, built between 1576 and 1585.

The Guildhall still dominates this scene of the lower High Street. Cars fill a single line of parking on the waste of the manor. The pavement is up and men are busy in front of Burden's shop.

Here we have a wonderful picture of this peaceful seaside resort; the distinctive large hotel on the left is still there. Otherwise, Pegwell Bay has seen some changes.

Dunster Castle, set in its beautiful parkland, emerges from its tree-girt ridge as one of the most picturesque compositions in Somerset.

In 1651, Sir Richard Weston of nearby Sutton Place embarked on his great enterprise to create the Wey Navigation and make the river commercially navigable from Guildford to the Thames, by straightening

In the foreground we see the roof of Bury House and its stables at the western end of The Bury.

The most notorious abbot of Furness Abbey was undoubtedly Alexander Banks. One William Case, on behalf of the people of Sellergarth, sued him in court in 1516.

One of the most engaging characteristics of Kendal is its multitude of charming side alleys and yards, such as this one off the main thoroughfare of Stricklandgate.

During the reign of James III, the king's brothers were imprisoned here on suspicion of conspiring against him.

John Philpott Curran (1750 - 1817), the great Irish judge and orator, was a staunch supporter of Henry Grattan and father of Sarah, luckless girlfriend of the patriot Robert Emmett.

Stoborough declined in size with the passage of time, but it was once as big as nearby Wareham, with a mayor and corporation of its own.

Great Wakering is an attractive village, just a few miles to the north of Shoeburyness in the remote old marshlands of the south east of Essex.

The coming of the motor car made Lyndhurst a much busier place, as can be observed by comparing this view with earlier photographs of the same location.

As the importance of farming declined, and woollen stockings – the main product of the women of Tregaron – were no longer wanted, the local population began to find other means of making an income.

Another of Oxford's much-loved landmarks is the Hertford College Bridge, or the Bridge of Sighs as it is otherwise known.

This view of the parish church of St Nicolas is from the corner of Bartholomew Street and West Mills.

There is much texture in this detailed composition of one corner of the harbour, made by the slate stones of the breakwater wall, the heavy coiled ropes and the basketwork of the crab pots.

Waterhouse favoured the use of contrasting red brick and terracotta; as well as using it at Hutton Hall, he used it on his other two buildings in Guisborough, the Grammar School and Overbeck, a private

The house was silent and no one seemed to be about … It was one of the loveliest mornings that ever dawned upon this world … The clear pure crisp air of the early morning blew fresh and exhilarating

Grindleford's war memorial (left) at the foot of Sir William Hill in the upper part of the village is based on the design of Eyam's Saxon preaching cross, and so it repeats the strange truncated appearance

The forbidding shape of Dartmoor rises in the background of this view of the Great Western Railway viaduct over the River Erme.

The lake is part of the moat surrounding the timber-framed manor house, once the home of the de Southchurch family. The central hall is open to the roof beams.