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Lancaster was an important place throughout the medieval period, but although the pattern of many of its old streets remain, few of today's buildings pre-date the Georgian period.

This was the main entrance to the secular part of the Abbey of St Edmunds. The original gate was probably a duplicate of the Norman tower.

One of the greatest glories of Tideswell's parish church is its wonderfully light and airy chancel. This lightness is the result of the large, plain glass windows on either wall.

French soldiers were held as prisoners at Odiham during the Napoleonic wars, living in a camp dug out of an old chalk pit. The churchyard contains the graves of several prisoners.

This Pembrokeshire store sports a veritable Aladdin's cave of goods from whitewash to ice cream, and from newspapers to cake and cigarettes.

The western suburbs of Bridgwater grew in the late 19th century to incorporate the village of Wembdon, whose church was at the far east end of the village. In 1906 it looks remarkably rural.

In the mid-1950s Sheffield was one of only a handful of cities that still had faith in its tramway system.

The house at the top of this view was that of the Sergeant Major from the Staff College.

The street patterns of Evesham have probably changed little since the days of the battle, when many of the rebels fleeing from that desperate fight were slaughtered amongst its houses.

The Somerset chapel on the left is the last resting place of several of the Earls of Worcester, masters of Raglan Castle.

The signpost makes a central focal point on the flat-topped ridge looking towards the solid tower of Cane Hill Hospital on the skyline.

This view is now partially obscured by a development of old people`s homes.

The four pointed gables were built in 1899 on the site of two small cottages and a plastered building that seemed to be the remainder of an ancient chapel.

Moving closer to the main town of Southend-on-Sea, The Westward Ho! Boarding Establishment dominates this scene. It went on to become one of the premier hotels of the town.

Lyme Regis, seen here from the heights of Timber Hill, is situated at the westernmost end of Dorset.Walking through the fields and cliffs of Lyme the visitor can never be quite sure whether he or

Conwy was already something of a tourist attraction by 1898 with its castle and remnants of the planned medieval town.

The intricately-decorated Market Cross is considered to be one of the finest of its kind in the country.

Some of the 420 Chelsea Pensioners pose on 29th May in front of the decorated statue of their founder Charles II.

A fascinating photograph showing Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street.This corner of Eastleigh has changed significantly: the new buildings interposed with the older ones on the left-hand

At this time only some 10 per cent of the county's agricultural land was in the hands of owner-occupiers; the majority was still controlled by the great estates.

Here we can see a portion of the gardens of Bank House in the days before they became accessible to the public. Note the thatched summerhouse.

Of the two pubs shown here, The New Red Lion (centre) survives. The Bell Inn (left) is now a private house. The retaining wall on the right was part of Chalford Station yard.

Sad to say, many of the timber-framed buildings in St Andrew's Street were demolished in the 1960s.

Originally one of the largest country houses in the town of Cheshunt, Grundy Park is now home to one of the Borough of Broxbourne's leisure centres.