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Overlooking the water is a row of 16th-century gabled and mullioned cottages, two farmhouses, a Victorian school and a former forge and pub that still shows the sign of the Dragon on the Wheel, a local

The tower of the church is 13th-century, but the unusual copper cupola was added in 1769 - it was designed by Anthony Keck. The main body of the church was demolished in the 1930s.

Parked cars dating from the 1960s fill the cobbled square at Grassington, the pretty Wharfedale village whose wealth was founded on lead mining in the nearby limestone hills.

This was one of the principal cab ranks in Manchester, and licensing, fares and conditions were regulated by the local authority.

Opposite the well-known Miller of Mansfield hotel and pub, mainly Georgian with older parts, is the Goring Free Church, dated 1893, on the corner of Manor Road, still looking pretty fresh in this view

This Wiltshire village is known locally as the village of four crosses, all medieval.

Moving east, this view looks along the Embankment from Charing Cross Bridge to Cleopatra's Needle, an Egyptian obelisk of 1500 BC, given to Britain in 1819 by the Viceroy of Egypt, but only erected here

Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.

It was constructed primarily of wood, except for the section that passes over the river bed, which is of iron girders and pile-driven steel cylinders.

Heavy bombing during the Second World War led to a redesign of the traffic flow and yet another rebuilding of the pub.

Completed in 1789, All Saints' survived in its original form for less than sixty years before it was remodelled and the west tower added.

This is a late-Victorian development just off the seafront; the castellated roof of the Falcon's Nest Hotel can be seen rising above the terrace.

Lombe had worked as a silk weaver in Italy where he secretly made drawings of the machinery. He returned to England and opened his factory.

Pike 'o' Stickle (2,323 ft) is the thimble-shaped peak prominent on the skyline in this view taken from near the head of Great Langdale.

Netley Hospital, which opened in 1868, was a quarter of a mile long and cost more than £300,000 to construct.

Here we see one of the many pleasure steamers that used to ply on the river Severn in the Worcester area.

A major boating centre to this day, Braunston was the northern end of the Grand Junction canal. At this point it met the Oxford Canal; there used to be a small lock outside the house.

Since 1968, this village has been officially known as Hoo St Werburgh; it is named after a Saxon princess who became a nun, and who was buried on the site of the present church.

It was created from a raised area of ground where the river Yeo describes a large arc.

Following bomb damage in the 1940 air raid, the building was altered in 1956; its outward appearance took on an Elizabethan style in contrast to this austere Gothic design.

Telegrams were still a popular form of communication, but they were on their way out: for many people, they had always had a macabre association - having been bringers, frequently, of bad news during

The castle had two main towers and a further tower guarding the entrance on the north side. There was no keep.

This scene has changed considerably since this photograph was taken at the junction of Fore Street and East Street.

The church was restored in the 19th century when part of the roofing was renewed.