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Here we get a good view of the banded masonry along the south front. Inspired by the Theodosian Wall at Constantinople, its use at Caernarvon was deliberate and designed to impress.

Off the north side of the High Street, the buildings are encroachments on the market place; Bletchingley had been a borough by the 13th century.

Heawood Hall was a small gentry house in Nether Alderley, once the home of the Hollinsheds, a family that included the 16th-century chronicler who was Shakespeare`s source for many of his

Further up Church Road, we are looking at the backs of 18th-century houses on Church End, the lane which leads to the medieval parish church of St Laud, out of shot to the left.

Looking towards Blucher Street the old and admittedly somewhat run down cottages survived until Brandon's store replaced them in the 1930s, a three-storey white painted block at odds with everything

Friars Fleet winds along the back of the town and joins the Ouse close by the quay. King's Lynn flourished into one of richest ports in the land in medieval times.

After a spell as the Hustlers, this pub has reverted to its original name.

Here we have a fine overview of the town centre against a backdrop of the Fairfield Horseshoe group of mountains.

Worthing's was a good example, with screens to protect the band from the sea breezes and an elegant wrought iron openwork cupola to its ogee roof.

One of the darkest deeds in English history took place in Saxon times, when King Edward was murdered, probably by order of his stepmother, in 978.

This view is taken from the brick four-centred arch into Market Square. The brick footpath heads towards the porch which, with the south aisle, was added in 1870 to designs by H E Rumble.

The parish church of St Martin is described as 'Anglo-Saxon origins, c1200, C13, C15, restored 1850' (Department of Heritage List). The former school, now the village hall, is dated 1846.

Many of the old houses were weaver's cottages, built in a time when hand-loom weaving was the major industry in the area.

Here we see Hutton Hall from the north, showing the main entrance and driveway, the view that house party guests would first see upon arriving by carriage, having been brought up from the Pease's

This view shows the prospect as revealed through the west door, seen in the previous photograph.

This view shows the prospect as revealed through the west door, seen in the previous photograph.

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

Central Park ran from Queensway to the back of Western Road, whose c1900 houses can be seen in the distance.

This view, also taken from an upstairs window of the Griffin, looks into Broadway, much changed in the 1930s and 1940s.

We are looking over Lancaster and the outer parts of the castle from the higher inner ramparts.

Dale Street was one of the ancient streets of the city and the main road to all points south.

Putting ashore the catch is a perennial attraction for bystanders on any jetty. These, judging by the smartness of their dress (complete with pocket handkerchief), are clearly not fishermen.

The Royal Infirmary, with its high dome and clock face, lords it over Piccadilly.

At the north end of the park the focus is a statue of Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort, who had died in 1861 and in whose honour the estate had been named.