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Erected in 1895 as a memorial after the removal of an ancient burial ground, St Andrew's Cross was damaged the night before the church went up in flames and was subsequently removed.

On his return from his circumnavigation in 1580, Drake anchored in the lee of the island while he sent messen- gers ashore to check if Queen Elizabeth was still alive and, if so, whether he was still

Walsden is a former woollen town in the Calder Gap between Yorkshire and Lancashire, just to the south of Todmorden.

The fortress, named Anderida, was built in the 4th century AD as one of the Saxon Shore Forts to defend Roman Britannia from Saxon raiders.

The monumental scale of St Leonard's church provides visual evidence of Seaford's medieval importance when the River Ouse actually reached the sea here, rather than at Newhaven as now.

The old 'birdcage' bandstand was replaced in 1934-35 by an altogether grander affair with a seating capacity of three thousand people.

Charming thatched cottages on Bourn's High Street. These days, Bourn is probably best known for Bourn Hall clinic, renowned the world over for its pioneering work with test-tube babies.

Built on the site of the 12th-century priory of the Holy Trinity, this marvellous Tudor country house almost became a housing estate in the late 19th century.

Notice the semi-circular oven protruding from the wall beside the chimney, a feature of many period cottages in the area. It was used to bake bread, then very much a staple of the diet.

Said to be a devotee of the black arts, he was abducted by his God-fearing tenants, rolled in a sheet of lead and taken to Ninestane Rig, a stone circle beyond Whitterhope Burn.

This part of Shrewsbury suffered a great fire in the 1390s, and so these buildings date from the 1400s. The building on the right has a particularly decorative window which is original.

Chirbury was the home of Lord Herbert, an Elizabethan philosopher, diplomat and keen historian.

Chirbury was the home of Lord Herbert, an Elizabethan philosopher, diplomat and keen historian.

In the tour guides of the period the Portland was 'well spoken of', with rooms from 3s 6d and lunch for 2s 6d.

Droitwich has a long history of salt production. The Romans mined Droitwich salt on a large scale, and this is the road they built running east from Droitwich through Feckenham to Alcester.

The Grange Hotel was built following the coming of the railway.

What was Broadwaters Lane led from the town centre as a continuation of the Horse Fair to meet the main road, where it became Chester Road.

The view shows the north side of the church, which dates from the late 12th century, and the fine Norman doorway. The 17th-century tower contains four bells.

Over the years the river has been something of a problem to this part of the town and the whole area was regularly flooded.

The Romford Golf Club, when it was founded, leased 90 acres of land from the Gidea Hall Estate.

This is another one of the ancient bridges that span these reaches of the River Wey. There are six in total: this one, two at Tilford, and one each at Elstead, Peper Harow and Unstead.

This photograph depicts a vanished way of life in the country. Horse- drawn wagons have brought in the straw from the fields.

This small village sits between the sea and fields of bright laven- der. At Caley Mill there is a lavender water distillery, and in late summer the fields shimmer with a deep blue.

At the beginning of the last millennium, marauding Danes landed on these sandy Devon beaches and put the village of Exmouth to fire and sword.