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Situated on a rocky promontory four miles north of Oban where the waters of Loch Etive and the Firth of Lorne meet, Dunstaffnage was built on the orders of Alexander II.

Although it is the church serving the parish of Hooton, St Paul's Church sits much closer to the nearby village of Little Sutton.

At Hoveton there is a full mile of shimmering open water which is thronged with pleasure craft in the summer months. The capital of the Broads is Wroxham which is just across the bridge.

Originally the first of the Cinque Ports, its Saxon harbour had silted up by the late 14th century, ending its role as the chief place of embarkation for the Continent and as England's premier naval

650 years of shipbuilding on the Wear came to an end with the closure of North East Shipbuilders' Southwick yard in 1989.

Holy Trinity Church in West Street was built to accommodate the growing numbers of ordinary working people.

King Henry I founded an Augustinian priory here in 1131, built a palace and established a new market town that rapidly became a place of considerable importance.

One of the first known owners of the property was a member of the Brocke family by the name of Ayre. The earliest boundary was north of the stream known now as the Pip Brook.

The name of the 16th-century half-timbered Grantley Arms in the centre of the village reflects the former dominance of the family whose seat was at nearby Wonersh Park.

The charming village of Penshurst lies in a valley at the junction of the River Eden and the Medway; it is renowned for the stately mansion of Penshurst Place, the home of the Sidney family

Forming a boundary with the original Augustinian priory site established by Henry I, the High Street follows the route of the Watling Street ancient trackway.

The Grand Union Canal (more properly called the Grand Junction) was intended to be the central artery of a web of smaller canals linking London with Birmingham, the Potteries and the East Midlands.

The seaside end of the Isle of Purbeck branch railway arrived in Swanage from Wareham in 1885.

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

The charming village of Penshurst lies in a valley at the junction of the River Eden and the Medway; it is renowned for the stately mansion of Penshurst Place, the home of the Sidney family since the

This now lost view looks from Market Street towards Silver Street: the timber-framed building on the left has been replaced by a 1970s building.

Though built of quality stone, the Town Hall, designed by Reginald Edmunds in the 1930s, has little in the way of decoration; in that respect it is eclipsed by the ornate clock tower erected to the memory

Allhallows is in the hundred of Hoo, close by the Thames.

In the 18th century, Prestatyn was a centre for the lead-mining districts of north-east Wales.

Once the village of Ebbisham, its popularity as a spa resort in the Restoration period, followed by its emergence as a racing centre in the following century, saved Epsom from decline.

An open-topped bus trundles along the Ewell Road towards the crossroads of the village, passing the petrol pump of the small garage near the entrance to Park Lane, and with the trees on the edge of Nonsuch

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.

The cathedral library was started in 1624 when Dean Higgin bequeathed his collection of books to the Chapter.

Its quays were once the heart of Belfast the port, and there is no doubt that the remains of Chichester Quay on the right and Hanover Quay on the left will be found below the cobblestones.