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A late 19th-century advertisement for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties or

A late 19th-century advertisement for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties

Another recreation ground available to Rugbeians was the Whitehall Recreation Ground on Hillmorton Road, which housed a 28-ton, armoured First World War tank presented to the town in 1919,

Many of the shops on both right and left had only recently been, or were yet to be, converted from private dwelling houses.

On the extreme right is Kemplah House, a private preparatory school run by Miss MacDonald and originally the residence of Mr Clarke.

The now much enlarged thatched house on the right is the only Bridge Inn building standing today; the left-hand one has been demolished.

Architecturally something of a dog's dinner with bits added to the 1860 house piecemeal, Bletchley Park is famous for the cracking of the Nazi 'Enigma' code during the last war, admittedly in huts around

The shop is now a private house.

One of Gloucester's new electric street tramcars rattles along Southgate Street in hot pursuit of a local horse-drawn omnibus.

Little remains of this medieval fortification, and a later manor house was 'slighted' in 1645 during the Civil War.

To the north-west of Ringwood is Somerley House, sometime residence of Lord Normanton. In the valley to the east are the winding waters of the River Avon, to the west the trees of Ringwood Forest.

In the heart of the park stand the ruins of Bradgate House, a Tudor mansion; it was the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey, the tragic nine-day Queen of England who was executed in 1553.

Here, grand houses enjoyed a superb view overlooking the town and coastline below.

As the town expanded, because of the burgeoning holiday trade, trams were introduced to convey visitors from the seafront to their boarding houses.

At this time Moffat was one of Scotland's chief inland resorts, boasting several hotels, a hydropathic establishment and private boarding houses.

Place House has been the seat of the Treffry family for centuries. It was rebuilt in the mid 15th century, then almost entirely remodelled in the Victorian era.

On the right is Mr Turner's grocery shop, with the Standard public house in the distance. Many of these old cottages remain.

The houses in the background are those in Southwell Park Road. The tennis courts and bowling green are to the left.

A medieval manor house, Athelhampton was built in 1485 by Sir William Martyn, who became Lord Mayor of London in 1493.

The home of the de Hoghton family, the house (which is still there today) was mainly built in the reign of Elizabeth I.

Although only visible from its sign in this picture, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.

One is devoted to a working display of mechanical music machines, the other - housed in a former prison - is the Countryside Collection.

It still houses the excellent collection of historic weights and measures and the instruments of torture shown here.

The shops and houses on the left back straight on to the sea.