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The main east-west axis of the Albert Park estate is a tree-lined avenue, Park Road.

This is the main shopping area of the town; the architecture matches the period of rapid development after the railway arrived.

By the 1950s the south front of Gisborough Hall was covered in Boston ivy; it still is today, and looks stunning in the autumn.

The enormous popularity of messing about on the River Thames during the Victorian era is demonstrated in this scene of the crowded lock at Molesey, just upstream from Hampton Court; it had been linked

The A50 bypass now divides the village from its castle, of which only the motte survives; the remainder was demolished in the later 12th century.

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

One of the focal points of the scattered village of Winster, the Brown Horse is a well-known local hostelry.

The mansion and the church sit amid a park of over 200 acres, in an estate of more than 10,000 acres.

The church of St Peter and St Paul, another of the marshland churches, is located by the side of the A158 main road to Skegness - during the summer this is a very busy road indeed.

It was never a financial success because of its rural course, and the success of the Kennet & Avon Canal put paid to the owners' hopes.

This classic view of England's largest lake was taken from the south end of Loughrigg. Ambleside town is round the corner to the left.

As in so many views taken of seaside resorts, Frith's photographer pointed his camera along the sea front from the vantage point of the pier.

Built in 1154 by Henry de Essex on the edge of a valley, this high-walled building became the residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.

During the 15th century, Headcorn was a cloth-making centre which prospered with the arrival of Flemish weavers, and its single, long street has several fine buildings dating back to that time.

The ladies on the left are perusing the windows of the Borough Studio, the photographic and picture framing business of J L Brown.

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.

This is a five-storey L-plan tower-house built by the Earl of Mar in 1628. It was here in August 1714 that a so-called hunt was assembled by John Erskine, sixth Earl of Mar.

East of the Misbourne, beyond Gravel Hill, Chalfont Common was one of Chalfont St Peter's three commons.

As one of four major thoroughfares leading to the Town Centre, and formerly called Tower Hill, Manchester Street's importance was typified by the presence of many privately-owned shops and businesses and

The 15th-century local granite and limestone church tower of St Peter and St Paul shows above the low rise houses which bound The Green; it was heavily 'restored' in 1872 by F W Ordish.

It must have been a considerable worry at council meetings when plans were discussed for this attractive open area, bounded by houses of quality ranging from thatches of the 17th century and earlier,

As early as January 1643 a pamphlet had been published titled 'Apparitions and Prodigious Noyses of War and Battels seen on Edge Hill near Keinton in Warwickshire'.

The corners of the squat tower of St Mary's are adorned with ornate buttresses. The lower part of the tower is medieval; the upper part was rebuilt after it collapsed in 1608.

Virginia creeper has now spread to every inch of stonework on the 18th-century house (centre right). On the skyline, in the gap, are the three-storey lines of Grove House in Rax Lane (right).