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St John's church stands in what was the inner bailey of Devizes's castle. A massive tower with a round stair turret dominates this basically Norman building.

Although the electric trams disappeared in the latter half of the 20th century, Hastings and St Leonards are still easily and best explored using public transport, a bicycle or shanks's pony.

The photographer appears to be quite the centre of attraction as the ladies from the left- hand house peer over the hedge.

It was John of Gaunt who set about transforming Kenilworth from a Norman fortress to a Gothic palace. Work began around 1389, with only the keep being retained.

This was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.

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

Edward Parry was the founder, in 1870, of a local newspaper appropriately called 'The Kidderminster Shuttle'. He also wrote the inscription on both the Baxter and Hill statues.

In the early 1920s the premises were converted into a restaurant, the Garrick, and then rebuilt to become a branch of the National Provincial Bank and later Lloyds Bank.

Even the opening date was kept a secret until a few minutes before the departure of the first train, for fear that the train would be overloaded; the railway only had one engine.

The low two-storeyed rendered building on the left in the middle distance is the 16th-century, timber-framed Saracen's Head. Here, in May 1646, Charles I spent his last night of freedom.

The brand-new tower of the Town Hall can be seen above the far shops in North End, which today is a pedestrianised road.

In the middle distance is the site of the old swing bridge, now replaced by the present 1937 bridge on the A57 bypass upon which the photographer is standing.

This is the junction of St Sepulchre Gate and the High Street. It was down Baxtergate that Freeman, Hardy and Willis had their branch.

This village, on the A4055 between Penarth and Barry, is so small that it could be easily overlooked. Station Road looks a tidy place: the hedges are well trimmed and the roadway is clean.

Here you can see the wide range of entertainment on offer on the beach. On the left, the tea tent was run by the Castle Coffee House, based in Castle Street.

The railway station—formerly called East Horndon—stood in the middle of nowhere when it was first built in 1886; the Railway Hotel was previously a coaching inn.

During the Civil War the cathedral and its surrounding Close were fortified and held for the King; the rest of the city declared for Parliament. Parliamentarian troops under Lord Brooke attacked.

By the end of the 19th century, New Street was both the principal business street in the town and the best for shopping and entertainment.This view is from Paradise Street.

Bevere Island is the second largest of all the natural islets in the River Severn and used to be a refuge for the citizens.

The council had been losing money for year on year, and felt that the drain on council rates was not good for the town.

Downstream from the old bridge, the Wharfe takes on a gentle benign feel. Here pleasure boats can be hired in the summer months.