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The cathedral was renovated in the 1870s, when its partly ruinous fabric was restored by Henry Roe, who also built the Synod Hall (on the left) and connecting bridge.

As we look at the church from Broadway, we get a closer view of how large it is.

The precinct is built on the site of the Townsend tram terminus, next to a junction known as the Cross, which is also the name of a good-looking pub on the opposite corner.

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

This village of scattered houses on a steep hillside some seven hundred feet above sea level has two noted literary associations.

This interesting picture of the village street and the post office shows the village postman about to mount his bicycle.

Sykes Farm is typical of the isolated farms in this area. Another was Birkenhead Farm, where James Baines, woollen draper and benefactor to education in the Fylde, was born.

The mill is situated on the Broadfleet river near Broadfleet Bridge, where tradition has it that the devil, angered at being outwitted by the Cockerham schoolmaster, left the mark of his cloven hoof.

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.

This superb 15th-century house became the home of Essex stockbroker James Corbett and his wife Alice between 1854 and 1912, where they raised their two daughters.

The western section of the High Street (viewed here from the forecourt of The Spread Eagle) is dominated by the clock tower built by Butler and Hedge in 1847-48.

1965 saw the completion of this dam, which has made Llyn Clywedog Reservoir a nature lover's delight. The reservoir provides drinking water for consumers from Llanidloes to Bristol.

This well-preserved village, built around the old Wadworth Hall, lies just south of Doncaster.

This picture looks down the village of Wales towards Kiveton Park, both pit villages which boomed from 1867 during the heyday of the South Yorkshire coalfield.

Built out of the local creamy-white limestone, the castle keep is 90 ft high and has six semi-hexagonal buttresses which rise above it to form mini-turrets.

Scott Park was opened on 18 August 1895; it was named after Alderman Scott, who had died in 1891 leaving £10,000 in his will to open a public park.

The Town Hall and the Market Hall are on the right. Known as Over Darwen, this was a quarrying and agricultural area before turning to calico printing, weaving and paper making.

Looking at this photograph of the Druids` Stones, with the horizontal stone on top, one can understand why an early 19th-century antiquarian wanted to claim it as an Ancient British cromlech

Taken opposite Lower Quemerford Mill, this view shows Marden Bridge and the Mill House on the right.

In the intervening years since H167010 (opposite page) was taken, the Esso Garage has obviously expanded, although the cottages and shops on the right are little changed.

In 1873, this wonder of nature had a quarrymen's village at its entrance.

Stowe is of European importance in the history of landscape gardening.

The Luen family also ran the tea rooms at Watchtower Bay and the Watchtower tea rooms in the adjacent plot, which by the 50s was known by all as Luen's Cafe.

The narrow high street leading to a small square boasted a varied selection of businesses at the turn of the last century.