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The town of Shrewsbury is almost completely encircled by the River Severn.

Oast houses - kilns for drying hops - took on this characteristic 'round house' shape in Victorian times. Today, these Victorian oasts make attractive houses.

The Village Pond c1955 A tranquil view of Rottingdean pond, replete with model sailing boats hardly stirring above their reflections on a warm summer's day.

This part of the village is separated from the rest by the stream.

Kendal has always been an important service centre for the southern Lake District, and today is the headquarters of both the South Lakeland District Council and the Lake District National Park Authority

Passengers have plenty to look at whilst they await the arrival of their ferry.

On the other hand, the main street of Willaston has changed very little. Notice Aston's (right) – it is still there.

Princetown is an unlikely spot for a town—1400 feet above sea level, on an exposed col between North Hessary Tor (top left, without the TV mast that adorns it today) and South Hessary Tor, and with

This café is the sort of simple building that once proliferated in the Basildon area.

It originally stood on the corner of Argyle Street and Grange Road, but it was moved to its present location in 1929 in order to make way for the Mersey Tunnel approach roads.

Three stages of construction can be seen here, with the central section probably the oldest. The insubstantial timbers in the right-hand wing were probably plastered over originally.

Some were used for the cottage industry of glove making, but most were farmhouses, and the village is still an agricultural settlement with a working farm at its centre.

Lack of maintenance led to its collapse in 1970. A preservation trust was set up, taking many years to raise the money for restoration.

The Boat Inn, as its name suggests, sits right on the bank of the River Wye. Perhaps its name implies that there was once a ferry crossing here long ago.

The town became famous for its artistic community, the celebrated Newlyn School of landscape painters.

These are the first houses we see as we enter the town from the north; they have been described as 'an outstanding group of mostly 15th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings'.

The Butter Market also provided advertising space for all sorts of businesses, from Treleaven's outfitters to the Great Western Railway.

The Butter Market also provided advertising space for all sorts of businesses, from Treleaven's outfitters to the Great Western Railway.

By the time of this photograph the narrow gauge railway from Barnstaple had reached Lynton, and the old coaching service was retained purely for holidaymakers.

To the right of the tree is the former Elizabethan grammar school, which has two very famous pupils in its history - the diarist Samuel Pepys, and Oliver Cromwell, MP for Huntingdon and Lord Protector.

Southampton's famous Floating Bridge enabled foot passengers and traffic to cross the Itchen between the city and the south-eastern suburb of Woolston.

There may not be anything in the way of a garden, but the flower boxes and tubs certainly help to brighten up what otherwise appears to be a parking place for bicycles and hand carts.

The lace for Queen Victoria's wedding dress was made in Beer at a cost of £1000.

Fashionable hotels soon lined the front, with villa residences and smart cottages being erected along the slopes of Sid Vale to cater for a dramatic increase in the resident population.