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Set upon a ridge amidst a wondrous landscape, it has cast an impressive shadow over the area for centuries.

The windows of the Unionist Association can be seen; there were also at least six trade union tenants along the way, and two of the big English railway companies had ticket offices.

Inman returned her to her builders accompanied by a claim for £140,000.

The 1920s were also when car dealerships were established at various locations throughout the town.

DORSET'S RURAL HEARTLAND is best explored on foot, for walking the lanes and paths which thread from village to village is the only way to seek out the scenes captured at a vital time in their history

To save time, an off-the-shelf Laird's design was chosen; the three-ship deal cost the GWR £100,000.

This high village of the Weald looks out on a panoramic view of orchards and hopfields, although the foundation of its prosperity in the Middle Ages was based on weaving and iron-working.

The sign seems to say it all: a garage is provided for the modern motor car, bait for those who come for the fishing, and stables for the horses.

The Moot Hall has now been renovated, and looks worthy of its status as the Town Hall.

Springs bubble up through the underlying sandstone, just as they do at Spring Grove House (now the Safari and Leisure Park).

After the Great War, it was used as a sanatorium for TB sufferers; it closed in the 1970s, when it was converted to private residences.

This is a spectacular view from the top of Portland, with the expanse of the Chesil Bank on the left, stretching 16 miles along the Dorset coast to Barton Cliff, and the broad expanse of Portland Harbour

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing

The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one.

The first was a 9th-century wooden Saxon church.

To go to Styal now, it takes some imagination to see this place as a prime example of cutting edge technology, but 200 years ago this was the case.

Designed by Capt John Kitson, Royal Engineers, Fort Perch Rock was built between 1826 and 1829 at a cost of £27,000 to defend the seaward approach to Liverpool and the Mersey.

During the Civil War, Newnham, like many Royalist garrisons surrounding Gloucester, was on the receiving end of a raid mounted by Colonel Edward Massey's forces.

The Village Sweet Shop and Hailey's have gone, and this very pretty building, which hides a 17th-century timber frame behind its brick skin, is now a restaurant, to which has been added a not very beautiful

This amazing independent brick building is staggering by its sheer size, scale and style.

In the early 1900s, no village was without its blacksmith's shop.

In medieval times it was a small town, having been granted a charter in 1226.

The reputation of Sheffield for its cutlery and edge tools grew and grew throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, and by the early 19th century it had an international reputation second to none

A knight of St John of Jerusalem, soldier, author and philanthropist, he was also a suspected bigamist, who settled in the Isle of Man in order to put a few miles and a little water between himself