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This is part of Old Leigh, with the railway on the right and the sea behind the buildings on the left.

The heart of the city changed almost continuously throughout the 20th century as new public buildings, office buildings and department stores were constructed and road building and widening schemes

The heart of the city changed almost continuously throughout the 20th century as new public buildings, office buildings and department stores were constructed and road building and widening schemes

It stands on the foundations of a fort built about 1639 by Sir Arthur Hill after he left a post at Carrickfergus Castle. It was given Royal approval and the garrison was paid for.

Yet another clothier's church, St Mary's at Steeple Ashton had a steeple, as the village name implies, but it was blown down in 1670. Stone vaulting in the nave has been replaced with wood.

Here we have a fine aerial view of the large No 9 dock and the area around it.

The first castle on this site was built by Robert de Todeni in the 11th century, and it was improved upon by subsequent owners until the 1470s, when Lord Hastings ordered it to be dismantled to provide

Tetbury's Town Hall, or Market House, is one of the grandest of its kind found in the Cotswolds, and for centuries has been at the hub of the town's life and business.

In this picture we can see the small stream that runs down from Waddington Fell and the Moorcock Inn as it runs right through the centre of the village to join the Ribble.

They founded their town of Corinium by the River Churn, in an area occupied by a native tribe called Dobunni.

An attractive village south of the railway line and the River Wreake, Frisby has a number of good houses.

St Mary's church, most of which was built in the 14th century, demonstrates the wealth of the village.

Running downhill into Stanstead Abbots from the north-east, Cats Hill presents a formidable hazard to modern motorists. It was not so in the 1960s, without a vehicle in view.

The girl carrying a baby (left) and the children playing in the boats are noticeably not visitors.

Substantial tree growth has filled the gaps around the dwelling house in our picture, and the height of the trees has rendered the windmill barely visible from Moor Lane.

Protected from overwhelming traffic by the encirclement of the Upton by-pass to the west and the M53 motorway to the east, Upton has changed little since these views were taken.

The Bell and Crown (left) is a very old inn dating back to 1675, and it stands on the old coaching road from London to Barnstaple.

The Vauxhall Iron Works moved to Luton from its London base in 1905. Thereafter it enjoyed some considerable sporting success and built cars for the wealthy and influential.

Richmond's Norman fortress was begun by Alan the Red of Brittany in 1071 and dominates the entrance to Swaledale.

Benjamin Beale, a local glovemaker and a Quaker, invented the bathing machine in 1751 to conserve ladies' modesty while they took a dip in the briny.

St Swithun's Parish Church at Allington, now in the north-west corner of the extended Bridport borough, was consecrated in 1827 to replace the original medieval church to the west of the Vicarage, in what

Originally called Dunstable Street, there is no available record of the reason for the change of name apart from the coincidence of the accession to the throne of King George V.

This photograph shows some of the numerous monuments housed within the Lumley Chapel that once formed part of old Cheam Church.

Seven miles from the Humber and to the west of Hull, Cottingham was another desirable place to live for prosperous merchants; in the 18th century there were five magnificent houses here, which were all