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Dedicated to the local saint, and often called 'the Cathedral of the Weald', it was built of local yellow sandstone in the mid 15th century, and was restored during the 19th century.

Eastbourne owes its development to the 7th Duke of Devonshire: after the railway arrived in 1849, he enthusiastically developed his estates here into a huge resort, with nearly three miles of seafront

It was the opening of James Nasmyth's engineering works that led to the growth of Eccles and Patricroft.

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

It was once one of the most important castles in the country, but little now survives of Berkhamsted except for the motte.

At Christmas 1557, Oxwich would be the scene of an incident that would result in litigation before the Court of the Star Chamber. Sir Rhys was distantly related to Sir George Herbert (?

Richard Fleming Richard Fleming (died 1431) was rector of Boston from 1408 to 1419, when he became Bishop of Lincoln.

Low wooden stalls along the walls of the choir accommodate the College; a large expanse of bare wall was left to be filled with a series of wall paintings.

There is plenty of activity in the South Bay as fishing boats are prepared for sea.

The cliffs to the south of Perranporth are riddled with the adits of old mine workings, which followed the rich veins of tin and copper that ran from the granite intrusion of Cligga Head into the surrounding

The commanding tower of the village parish church overlooks the quiet South Yorkshire village of Sprotbrough, now divorced from the neighbouring town of Doncaster by the busy A1M motorway.

The garden shown in this photograph was situated in the south-eastern corner of the grounds of Castle Mound.

The River Ribble in summer is the most pleasant of rivers, and to picnic and paddle by its banks has been a delight for many centuries.

This photograph shows the magnificent hammer-beam roof of c1445, the Star of David St Edmund window of 1844 copied from the Abbey Gate, and the rood screen, which was erected as a Boer War Memorial in

William Strickland is often credited with the building of Penrith Castle.

The inner keep is on the right, with holes knocked into its 9ft-thick walls.The smallest Norman keep in England, it last saw action at the end of the Civil War, when Colonel Assheton's forces barricaded

THE BEAUTY of the area round Westbury, which stands on the western edge of Salisbury Plain, has remained unspoilt for centuries.

Probably dating back to a chapel-of-ease on the site in the 14th century, St Michael and All Angels is a striking landmark visible from most of the town.

The convergent flying buttresses of the 1907 Trinity Methodist Church spire soar above the mock-Tudor frontages over the parade of shops at the start of Cheam Road, with the Edwardian cupola of the Curzon

This wide High Street has altered little over the years, although the proprietors of many of the shops have changed.

When the Domesday Book was being compiled, Kenilworth came under the jurisdiction of the royal manor of Stoneleigh.

According to the guide- book of your choice, Bourton is billed 'Queen of the Cotswolds','the Venice of the Cotswolds', or 'the jewel in the Cotswolds' crown'.

The design of the Number 24 Bournemouth bus and the Morris Minor van opposite it take us firmly into the post-war years.

The cluster of adjacent buildings, the largest of which is the former Guildhall, are still there, and so is the pump (just visible, centre left).