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A delightful period shot of the Heasley House Hotel, a charming establishment in this tiny settlement on the edge of Exmoor. Note the twin hooks from the ceiling.

After 1803 the environs of the Dawlish Water were landscaped to provide the kind of pleasure grounds expected in fashionable resorts of this period.

This jaunty flushwork of stone and flint diaper dates from the 1535 rebuild of the collapsed council chamber.

The twin arches, with the quatrefoil over, are all that remain of the 13th-century Lady Chapel.

The bowling pavilion on the right, and some of the local housing is in the background.

The tall building in the centre of the picture is the former Barclays Bank, since demolished. To the front of it we can see the war memorial.

Chideock's main street is part of the old London to Exeter stagecoach route. This steep hill was always a challenge to even the best team of horses.

Just past the South Walney nature reserve on Haws Point is the impressive structure of the Walney lighthouse, erected in 1790 as a plain wooden tower.

Imagine the different noises, smells and preoccupations of the people seen in L117011 in the long-lost world of 1950s Britain.

Imagine the different noises, smells and preoccupations of the people seen in L117011 in the long-lost world of 1950s Britain.

When this building was opened in 1849, it faced the almost-new Deaf and Dumb Institute; the two buildings extended this edge of Belfast, bringing a formal touch to it.

Harold George Howard Perhaps one of the most influential landowners in the 1920s was Harold George Howard.

The land end of the pier was roofed over soon after the end of the Second World War, but Miss Blanchard, the Elite Violet Café (centre), a wine bar and other businesses had opened beneath the pier in the

The marble statue of John Bright, by A Bruce Joy, was unveiled in Albert Square on 12 October 1891 by Lord Derby.

'A walk through the streets on a summer's day half-a- century ago ... was different in many respects.

Duke Bar is on the outskirts of Burnley.The Duke of York public house can be seen in the centre of our picture.

They founded their town of Corinium by the River Churn, in an area occupied by a native tribe called Dobunni.

Note the inscriptions on either side of the door and the plaque above it.

St Mary's church, most of which was built in the 14th century, demonstrates the wealth of the village.

The church stands on a slight mound to the north-east where it is safe from damage, although photographs of flooding show water lapping up against the path leading to the south porch.

The Village Hall at Hunsdon was originally the school until the building of the new school in 1924 at a cost of £4000.

Wisbech's five mile-long canal once connected the villages of Outwell and Upwell with the River Nene at Wisbech. It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens.

On the other hand, in a town where immigration has been below the national average, multi-culturalism has made comparatively little impact.

In place before the Conquest, Fleckney continues to develop and extend with a population of 71 in 1381 increasing by 1950 to nearly 1500 - and the increase goes on.