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The buildings on the far bank stand on the site of Flanesford Priory, one of the many places of worship dissolved during the reign of Henry VIII.

Thomas Hardy used the Manor at Wool as the setting for the disastrous honeymoon of Tess and Angel Clare in his novel 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'.

Having completed our tour of the central part of the city, this chapter provides an itinerary taking in the best of the great terraces, squares and crescents that were developed to its north.

Heading north-east we come to Wisbech St Mary, which is built alongside the New River, which takes the water of the Nene to the huge pumping station at Denver Sluice.

The village of Longdon lies on the western edge of some high ground, separating Longdon Marsh from the River Severn.

In place before the Conquest, Fleckney continues to develop and extend with a population of 71 in 1381 increasing by 1950 to nearly 1500 - and the increase goes on.

The land end of the pier was roofed over soon after the end of the Second World War, but Miss Blanchard, the Elite Violet Café (centre), a wine bar and other businesses had opened beneath the pier in the

Wisbech's five mile-long canal once connected the villages of Outwell and Upwell with the River Nene at Wisbech. It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens.

The marble statue of John Bright, by A Bruce Joy, was unveiled in Albert Square on 12 October 1891 by Lord Derby.

Note the inscriptions on either side of the door and the plaque above it.

Duke Bar is on the outskirts of Burnley.The Duke of York public house can be seen in the centre of our picture.

They founded their town of Corinium by the River Churn, in an area occupied by a native tribe called Dobunni.

St Mary's church, most of which was built in the 14th century, demonstrates the wealth of the village.

The church stands on a slight mound to the north-east where it is safe from damage, although photographs of flooding show water lapping up against the path leading to the south porch.

The Village Hall at Hunsdon was originally the school until the building of the new school in 1924 at a cost of £4000.

'A walk through the streets on a summer's day half-a- century ago ... was different in many respects.

Virtually unchanged since this view was taken, apart from the loss of the central chimney stacks, the Six Bells is in the old village of Horley near the parish church of St Bartholomew, whose churchyard

This view is looking westwards towards Symondsbury and Exeter along what was generally called the London Road, with a variety of hand-carts and a couple of girls failing to stay still for Frith`s photographer

This is East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (far right), looking eastwards from the north bank of the River Asker.

Tantallon Castle perches on top of cliffs overlooking the Firth of Forth. It was once the seat of the powerful Douglas family, wardens of the Border Marches and lords of Galloway.

This is how a guide to seaside resorts of 1895 described Rhyl: 'Not many years ago there was no town here at all, but merely a few fishermen's huts upon the shore.

This is how a guide to seaside resorts of 1895 described Rhyl: 'Not many years ago there was no town here at all, but merely a few fishermen's huts upon the shore.

The Victorian clock opposite the inn remains an object of interest. The National Provincial Bank commenced business in Bridgend in 1835.

This, the northern gate, stands on the site of the Roman Porta Principalis, the gateway of Eboracum. The barbican was demolished in 1835. The name Bootham derives from Buthum, 'at the booths'.