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The newly completed school welcomed its first 180 female pupils on 3 May 1938 and was formally opened seven weeks later by the then President of the Board of Education, Earl Stanhope.

Solid evidence of Victorian endeavour and values, Stephenson's great viaduct carries the Liverpool/Manchester railway over the Sankey Canal.

Only the steam train (centre) interrupts the tranquillity of this scene. This view from Grip Wood shows the rear of the Tithe Barn, which defines the southern edge of Barton Manor Farm.

This must be one of the last photographs of the old military hospital at Netley before most of it disappeared from the shores of Southampton Water in a huge heap of rubble.

Cable Street is one of the older streets of Lancaster, though not one of the medieval streets.

The North Gate is the only part of the town's defences to survive, apart from the remains of the 12th-century castle.

This was the site of many an execution and the location of the Porteous Riots in 1736. John Porteous was appointed captain of one of the companies employed to keep the peace.

The original core of the White Lion—to the left of the picture—is thought to date from the 15th century.

Rebuilt in 1867 by John Loughborough Pearson, the architect of the eastern extension of Wakefield Cathedral, the parish church of St Helen looks down on the town's market place.

Four miles south-east of Westerham, Four?Elms has developed in recent years, as a result of the spread of the railways into rural Kent and the growth of commuter travel.

The Greek Doric columns and pediment of the old Corn Exchange of 1832, now a McDonalds restaurant, are astonishingly out of scale in this quiet street of smaller-scale Georgian fronts.

A good view of the town centre, the castle centre-stage and the watchtower of the new prison building behind it.

At the bottom of West Street lies the 15th-century Spread Eagle Hotel, one of the most famous inns in Sussex.

Bridport remains the capital of west Dorset, attracting weekly shoppers from a number of local villages.

This is not Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other

Middleham's massive castle overlooks the lower reaches of Wensleydale. These impressive ruins were once the home and meeting place for the most powerful men in the land.

The chapel is prominent on the right in this view of the small hamlet of Rosedale Abbey, which sits in the heart of Rosedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, seen filling the background.

This is the corner of the Bowness boating area used by rowing boats for hire, following the onset of mass tourism from the mid19th century.

A product of the increasing urbanisation of Dinas Powis at the close of the 19th century, Mill Road preserves the name of the nearby Mill Farm.

This is the second incarnation of the pub – the original was destroyed by fire in 1907.

The church dates back to the Norman Conquest, but very little of the original church remains; the initial period of restoration in the 1820s dramatically altered its structure.

The increase of the houses of visitors must tend to spoil the original individuality of a population, but in Hastings these qualities are preserved to an unusual extent, especially among the fishermen.

The east end of the High Street, looking east.

Eight miles south of Hornsea, Aldbrough is a more genteel resort about a mile inland - although coastal erosion shortens this distance each year.