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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 romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports.

This village comprises little more than this cluster of charming cottages just off Watling Street, but it has associations with two noted authors.

However, it was originally intended that there should be a much higher tower with two flanking domes, but these were not built because some council members baulked at the cost.

The Toll House at St Stephens was built in 1761 by the Launceston Turnpike Trust, which had come into being the previous year with the intention of 'widening and keeping in repair several roads leading

Scotland's most celebrated poet Robert Burns was born in this simple cottage on 25 January 1759.

Looming over the town is the tower of the town hall, clearly more than a little influenced in its design by its more prestigious neighbour at Leeds.

Next to Godsell & Sons is Woolworth's, which at the turn of the century was Brinsmead Pianos. If we count four awnings down on the same side of the road, we will just be able to make out Boots.

We can see the coffee house at this date. A tram moves towards the cross. The photographer is standing close to Hare Lane, out of shot on the left.

Victoria Square is in the centre of Widnes. The building on the left is the library; the Technical College is at the side of it.

The Hooton branch of the Stanleys all lie here in the church, including Sir Rowland Stanley, who died aged 96 in 1613.

Newnham College was Cambridge's second college for women, and was built a lot closer to the centre than the first one at Girton.

It may look typical, but the park has an unusual distinction in that it forms Worcester's memorial to the Great War.

St Andrew's Church is pleasant enough to look at, but fussy in its numerous outlines. It is mostly Perpendicular, but has a 13th-century chancel wall and a Decorated north chapel.

This photograph shows looms and other equipment installed in a workshop at the technical school; it shows the importance of the cloth industry to the town.

We are looking down from the keep of Clitheroe Castle to the town below.

This was how the Town Hall in Albert Square looked twelve years after its official opening in 1877.

This street was once called Market Stead Lane, and led from the newly-emerging warehouses around Piccadilly to the Market Place, Acres Field and the Shambles.

Up to 1974, Eccles was a town in its own right. It received its Charter of Incorporation in 1891, and then, of course, needed its own Town Hall.

At 42 acres, Great Bentley's village green is the largest in England. In its time, it has held tea parties, dancing, football, cricket, flower shows, horse-races and prize-fights.

Here we see two horse-drawn narrow boats, the 'Linnet' and the 'Evelyn', belonging to George Garside, at the attractively sited lock in Cassiobury Park, Watford.

The first castle at Manorbier was probably a motte and bailey erected by Odo de Barri.

We are at the heart of the city centre, and this is now all pedestrianised. The Albany Hotel, dating from the late 1870s, was originally a Temperance establishment.

The name of this historic village derives from the flatfish called 'flukes', caught off the shore in Morecombe Bay. There is a poster for cocoa in the window of the Co-op shop on the left.