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Built by Archbishop Warham in the early 16th century, this small manor house, consisting of a three-storey brick tower, a gallery (later turned into cottages), and the single-storey storehouse beyond

High up on the Sussex border stands this ornate Victorian church, whose building was initiated by Viscount Beresford in 1839, but was then taken on by his twenty-year-old stepson Alexander Beresford

She is buried with her husband Sir Benjamin Hall (after whom Big Ben was named) in Llanover churchyard, to the left of the path.

The horse of the sign seems to be emerging from White Horse Lane just beyond the hotel. The sign on Brown & Seymour's shop beyond reads 'smoke Musketeer tobacco'.

The Frith photographer's desire to take views of post offices has led him to ignore the beautifully-situated village centre around its green and also the good 1879 church, designed, built and

Moving west, the route passes through Merstham, a village of two parts: the older part lies west of the railway, and to its east is a large former London County Council housing estate of the 1950s

The former abbey bakehouse is on the left, then the Checker with its 13th-century gabled chimney.

The Asshetons looked after their village.Almost all the villagers had jobs on the estate.The Roman road from Ribchester to Ikley passes through Downham Park at the end of the village.The grave of

Blackburn possessed six parks, but Corporation Park was the one laid out on clear Victorian lines. Sixty acres were transformed with terraced walks, as we see here.

Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.

Having opened in 1836, the Union (workhouse) offered a harsh regime until the abolition of the Poor Law in 1929. In 1948, St John's Hospital for the aged and infirm came on site.

Carmarthen stands on rising ground on the north side of the Towy. The site was occupied by the Roman settlement of Maridunum, meaning 'sea fort'.

The church was designed by John Harper, the son of the Dunkenhalgh land agent, and was consecrated in October 1840 by the Bishop of Chester.

The symmetry and lack of individuality in the houses to the right of the photograph point to this being a modern 20th-century housing estate.

It all looks very quiet along Rye Ground Lane, quiet enough for a group of locals to stand chatting in the middle of the road.

This is a dramatic example of a stratified rock formation apparently teetering on the edge of a precipice and looking out over the valley beyond.

The local school is at the heart of many an English community, being used for many local occasions after the end of the school day.

This was one of the town's main attractions. In the far background is the imposing bulk of the 300-bed Grand Hotel, which was designed by Thomas Verity and opened in 1867.

A rowing boat is drawn up in the foreground, and a group of people linger by the edge of the lake.

This classic view of the castle contrasts the delicacy of the chapel, with its triple Gothic windows and pinnacled octagonal towers, with the somewhat more robust Windsor-like tower to its left.

Bathchairs were once a common sight on the streets of Southport. They could be hired by the hour from the likes of John White in Shakespeare Street, or from the hydropathic establishments.

The tiny settlement of Bantham, with its passenger ferry and boat-houses, clings to the eastern bank of the Avon where the river makes one last sweeping curve before meeting the sea.

Here we see pleasant examples of 18th- century domestic architecture, but it looks in need of some re pointing.

Kilmington sprawls across the hillside along the line of a Roman road to Exeter.