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Horbury, three miles south-west of Wakefield, was once one of the busiest railway junctions in the country; hence, perhaps, the absence of any form of traffic in the High Street in this photograph.

Before the arrival of the railway, Middleton One Row was aptly named; it consisted of just one row of Georgian cottages.

Cliff lifts became a popular solution to the problems of beach access in the later years of the Victorian period, and were used at a number of seaside resorts.

The whitewashed façade of the Rose and Crown Hotel is a landmark on the main road through Wensleydale in the village of Bainbridge, once the 'capital' of Upper Wensleydale, which was known in the 12th

Clifton House, which is now the local museum, dates from 1782 and is the work of John Carr of York, one of the country's outstanding architects of his day.

In this picture, the steeple of Rochester Cathedral seems to rise out of the castle keep in front of it, but it illustrates the strategic siting of the castle, overlooking the entire sweep of the approaches

Sandbanks is the long spit of land dividing Poole Harbour from the sea at the southwestern end of Bournemouth.

One of the fads of entertainment which has come in and out of vogue since Victorian times has been roller skating.

This stands close to the site of Assington Hall, which burnt down in 1957. Parts of the outbuildings survived, including the range to the left of the church.

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's.

The 1920s were to bring about something of a mini-boom in the amount of traffic using Gloucester, for it was then that a number of companies, including National Benzole, opened oil terminals at the docks

The jam-packed stalls of Hitchin market reflect the higgledy-piggledy dwellings that it replaced.

The tulips bloom in beautiful profusion, and the house is reflected in the almost glassy stillness of the pond.

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs. It borrows the idea of the covered bridge from one of the same name in Venice.

Holidaymakers at this time could be forgiven for thinking that there was something of an army camp about the site!

The De Brus Cenotaph is the most significant surviving relic of the town's priory.

Built south of the town, the new docks were 825 feet long by 450 feet wide and are still busy.

On the edge of the village stands the black and white half-timbered Rufford Old Hall, owned now by the National Trust, but seat of the Hesketh family for about 600 years.

The small civil airport at Lympne was developed from the wartime fighter base, prior to the enormous expansion of London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports, for short cross-channel flights.

St Michael's parish church is north of the High Street, and a reminder of a pre- Rothschild era for the village, although the chancel was restored at his expense in 1877.

The tiny flint-walled church of St Mary was rebuilt c1135, and is one of the smallest in the county. It is only 60ft long, and consists of a nave and a lower chancel.

A hint of the heavily-wooded banks of the Brun can be seen on the left of this picture.

Ripon is one of England's smallest cathedral cities; in 1836 it became the centre of a new bishopric.

That was an age of great prosperity, thanks to the flourishing wool trade, and there is little sign of such wealth and population in the small hamlet of today.