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We also see our first caravan of this book: there will be a lot more over the years, as people seek cheap mobile holidays.

Tucked away in a very secluded corner below Heysham, this little village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Ovretun; the name turns up very frequently in old documents, usually mentioning the

The tramway was electrified in 1895, but as the Corporation had a legal right to acquire it in 1915 at book price, or at any seventh year thereafter, the company were none too keen to spend money on improvements

There was a church in Holt by 1086, the year of the Domesday Book.

The south side of St Margaret`s Church is seen looking across the churchyard from Church Lane.

Taken from Winney Hill, this photograph looks over Harthill in the northerly direction of Kiveton Park collieries.

As this book is published, considerable concern is being expressed with regard to the already over-full graveyard, and its future is being actively discussed.

This Wednesday morning 9 o'clock photograph is the first view we have in this book of Sheep Street in the far corner of the Square.

This is how the village must have looked when the writer Eric Parker passed this way while researching his book 'Highways & Byways in Surrey', published in 1908.

Like the first photograph in this book, the timeless beauty of this scene has remained unchanged for more than half a millennium.

At the time of the Domesday Book there were already 21 houses in Christchurch, and 24 canons attached to the priory church.

When the author was researching this book (2004), the road (the A631) was almost non-existent as large road works were taking place, which were due for completion by the spring.

Booksellers and stationers T W Atkinson even operated a library from which books could be loaned at 2d a time.

He was staying in Ilkley when his book 'The Origin of Species' was published in November 1859.

Looking like a refugee from Disney World, or something dreamed up by mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, the Shakespeare Memorial Building was erected in 1879.

By coincidence, one of the best-selling books of the time was 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', so Taylor simply stuck the figurehead on the roof, and added those of Eva and Topsy, implying that the cabin was

We are looking northwards towards the Square (centre), with 18th-century brick and tile houses on both sides of Wimborne Street.

Its white- painted stone under a thatched roof is pierced by Norfolk sashed windows with extremely meagre- looking timber lintels.

The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum was built here in 1978, and is well worth a visit.

We also see our first caravan of this book: there will be a lot more over the years, as people seek cheap mobile holidays.

Many factories ran holiday clubs whereby workers could save over the year, and seaside lodgings were also cheaper if you provided your own food, which the landlady would cook.

The Abbey was originally a preceptory of the Knights Templar, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

In the Domesday Book it is written as 'Cocreham'. The original village was burnt down in the 1600s and had to be completely rebuilt.

The pub became especially well-known for its home-cooked hams. The war memorial—with Greek maiden and her once fully-operational electric torch—had been erected in 1922.