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The church of St Mary and St Hugh was badly damaged by fire in 1708, which burnt down the spire and melted the bells.

Before it was widened, Market Street was a narrow, crooked and steeply-rising lane; in places it was so narrow that only one cart could pass at a time.

In the 19th century the church was heavily 'restored and improved in a hearty manner' by Sir George Gilbert Scott, a nationally famous architect, but the building still retains its medieval appearance

The pub occupies a picturesque setting on the crown of the hill, and is named after the leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

These women players are at a considerable disadvantage with their long, billowing dresses and broad-brimmed headgear.

George Richardson's early career was spent as a draughtsman in the office of Robert and James Adam, and indeed he was a fine interior designer in the Adam style, providing a number of drawings for Kedleston

Peter Birt, a wealthy Yorkshireman, bought Wenvoe in 1775 and commissioned Adam to rebuild it. The finished design is similar to Mellerstain Castle, Scotland.

The building of Holyroodhouse was started in about 1500 by James IV; the work continued under James V, who added a new tower and quadrangle.

The once thriving mill closed in 1947, and the Manor House, later used as a brewery, went in 1956. The First School and St Paul's Church were both built in 1838.

This stage was built to replace an original from 1835; it lasted until 1909, when it was replaced. When a tanker hit the pier in May 1932, it took a year to repair it.

Timber had always been one of Preston's main imports.

In 1835 he became a partner of the great Thomas Rickman (1776-1841), the first man to divide the medieval periods into Norman, Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular.

The 'Giant's Grave' in St Andrew's churchyard is a collection of two badly-weathered 10th-century cross-shafts and four Norse 'hogback' tombstones.

These women players are at a considerable disadvantage with their long, billowing dresses and broad-brimmed headgear.

This corner of the Cathedral (the Manchester Regiment Chapel) was badly damaged in the blitz of the Second World War.

The original castle is thought to have been built by Bertram de Verdun, who also founded the Cistercian abbey at Croxden.

In 1835 he became a partner of the great Thomas Rickman (1776-1841), the first man to divide the medieval periods into Norman, Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular.

Roger de Montgomery was a man William the Conqueror could trust.

Portreath was little more than a fishing village until it was chosen by Francis Basset (later Lord de Dunstanville) as an ideal location from which to ship copper ore from the mines around Redruth

This famous east coast resort has been a flourishing fishing port since the Conqueror's times. For centuries it suffered continual silting.

At number 68, on the extreme left, Grimmond's Bakery and teashop is now visible, but Luxford's has become Eastman's the butchers, losing the lovely stained glass decoration from its plain frontage.

The William Brown Library, with its fine portico of six Corinthian columns, was built in 1860 to house the natural history collection of the 13th Earl of Derby; this had been bequeathed to the town in

It was badly damaged by bombing in the Second World War. Originally a simple Norman construction, it was enlarged many times and given a neo-Gothic interior after the War, with broad aisles.

A field known as Joiners Hill on the south corner of St Nicholas Lane at the entrance from High Road is shown on the 1839 Laindon Tithe Map, and it is thought that the route via Laindon High