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Here we see an image of disappearing Britain: the village pond, many of which have been removed since the time of this photograph, with a backdrop of cottages.

The former seat of the Earl of Ellesmere, Worsley Old Hall dates from the 16th century. It was here that James Brindley lived while working on the Bridgewater Canal.

In Anglo-Saxon times a church dedicated to St Werburgh stood on part of the site now occupied by the cathedral. St Werburgh was a daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia.

The village stands at the foot of the Hog's Back close to Aldershot, but it is actually in the parish of Guildford.

The gabled row of houses leads towards a railway bridge with St Andrew`s Church beyond.

Renowned as one of the finest parks in the north of England, Queens Park was given to the town by the London and North Western Railway Company to commemorate fifty years of the railway in the town.

Undoubtedly Bedford's most famous son - if only because of his imprisonment as the result of religious intolerance - John Bunyan was born into a tinker's family and lived something of the high life before

The Cross, the junction of the High Street, Cambridge Street, Huntingdon Street and Church Street, marks the original site of the centre of town, and was a planned medieval market place.

This was in the early phase of its transformation, mainly by the medium of brick.

Prior to the opening of the railways, considerable quantities of goods for Norwich and the villages along the way were sent up- river from Great Yarmouth.

Another view of the south front shows the extent of the alterations and extensions carried out by Richard Chaloner and his wife Margaret, who was also instrumental in the laying out of the

This is the east end of the church.

A fine illustration of the commercialisation of Windsor Road – but the buildings on the extreme left and right are apparently still residential.

A strange tale relates how many of the ancient charters of the town were lost for ever.

A strange tale relates how many of the ancient charters of the town were lost for ever.

Surbiton Common was the scene of one of the last episodes of the English Civil War in 1648.

The founders of the modern Billingham Town Centre felt the need to introduce features which helped to take away the starkness of the new surroundings.

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs. It borrows the idea of the covered bridge from the one of the same name in Venice.

Here we see a section of Hadrian's Wall near the village of Gilsland. 73 miles long, with seventeen forts, mile-castles and turrets, the wall was one of a number of linear defences built to designate

This atmospheric photograph of the Medina at Newport gives some idea of the harbour at the height of its prosperity.

It was here that the head of Richard Duke of York was displayed following the Battle of Wakefield.

Great heathlands cover much of the countryside east of the Exe, including the commons of Woodbury, Bicton and Aylesbeare.

The most striking feature of Kilnsey village in Upper Wharfedale is the great hooded cowl of Kilnsey Crag, rising beyond the whitewashed Tennant Arms Hotel.

White Nancy is a tower situated on the ridge to the south of the town, and is said to have been built by a member of the Gaskell family to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo, and to be named after one