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Laleham was a tiny village when Dr Thomas Arnold, soon to be the formidable headmaster of Rugby School, came to live here in Regency times.

A few miles from the old port of Pwllheli, this small village on the side of the river Erch would seem to offer little to the passer-through; but a few houses, a church and a small shop offering anything

The earliest of Snaith's three manors existed in 1086, and for most of its early life was owned by the Crown.

Blacko Tower (just visible on the top of the hill), marking the boundary of Pendle Forest, was built by Jonathan Stansfield in 1891.

An ancient settlement, Castle Hill near the church of St Wilfrid is the site of both Saxon and Roman fortifications.

The village of Bolton-le-Sands sits astride the A6, four miles north of Lancaster.

This view shows the eastern gallery of the underground cliff quarry with one of George Burt's inscriptions (centre left) giving its potted history: 'These caves were formed centuries ago by

The two chapels, Anglican and Nonconformist, are linked by an archway, and stand in the centre of the cemetery.

In the distance is the church, partly obscured by the Hospital of the Holy Trinity founded in 1573 by Sir William Cordell of Long Melford Hall.

Under the Griffin Hotel signboard, and in the midst of the dominating chain stores and offices, Jackson's barber's shop still shows a traditional striped pole.

The tiny hamlet of Leigh lies on the east bank of the River Severn, perched on land just high enough to raise it from the floodplain, a few miles north-west of Cheltenham.

It was the home of the Arundell family, but it is now owned by the National Trust.

Foundry Cottages (left) and three-storey Foundry House (far right), in West Allington, were the hub of Richard Robert Samson`s Grove Iron Works.

This view, also taken from an upstairs window of the Griffin, looks into Broadway, much changed in the 1930s and 1940s.

The pinnacled and canopied Clock Tower, designed by Joseph Goddard in 1868, dominates the forefront of the photograph, while its four stoney local worthies, Simon de Montfort, William Wyggeston,

These gaunt 19th-century ruins stand on top of the motte built in the late 11th century by Robert of Tosny on land granted to him by William the Conqueror.

This is the first view that many visitors would have had of Borth.

Walton Castle stands to the north-east of Clevedon in the middle of what is now a golf course.

B;aise Castle was built as a folly by Thomas Farr, Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers.

This photograph was taken from the old footbridge, of which only the central pier and abutments remain; the cast iron section was added in 1869.

It was served by the narrow gauge Tal-y-Llyn railway, the first of the slate railways of North Wales to be preserved. The railway runs inland from Tywyn on the Cardigan Bay coast.

This fine church in Queen's Road was consecrated on 10 September 1879 and was named after Margaret Snowdon, the daughter of the vicar of All Saints' Church.

Highway improvements have swept away the Italianate and balustraded mid 19th-century buildings in front of the spire, which is that of St Paul's Church. At the far right is the Swan Hotel.

In 1679, the Duke of Monmouth defeated the Covenanters at the Battle of Bothwell Brig.