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This house had been built on the site of The Friars, a private residence that stood where the Dominican priory's tumbledown refectory had once been.

It changed the look of the town.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

Formerly the prime harbour for the export of Welsh slate for shipment round the coast, Porthmadog is now a thriving holiday resort.

Fortuneswell 1894 The Isle's main town of Fortuneswell grew up, as the name implies, around a supply of fresh water, as did many of the Portland settlements.

The park on the south side of the old Dee bridge is known as Edgar's Field in memory of the Saxon king, Edgar.

The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Agriculture in the 1950s had not changed much since the 19th century, and horses were still commonly used on the land.

This railway town was some two miles north of the original village of Old Woking.

Here we see some of the forty arches of the Digswell, or Welwyn viaduct, built between 1848 and 1850 out of bricks fired on the site.

Hundreds of houses in old Taunton were torn down during Victorian times and throughout the 20th century, particularly in the aftermath of the First World War.

D & E Flack's (left) was a general store and post office serving the area north of the Southend road.

The spectacular beauty of the beech woods near the village of Cranham, particularly in autumn when the foliage changes colour, has long attracted visitors.

Formerly the prime harbour for the export of Welsh slate for shipment round the coast, Porthmadog is now a thriving holiday resort.

This superb view of Glyn Neath shows both the railway in the foreground, complete with steam engine, and the rolling hills beyond.

A lower view of the High Street.

This popular sea town sits on the western shore of the Roseland promontory under its castle.

St Ives, the pilchard capital of the west and Mecca for artists, encapsulates everything Cornish.

This church, dedicated to St Martin of Tours, is the oldest of the town`s three medieval churches and was built in the 12th century settlement of Castleton.

The Island of Kerrera faces Oban, and is linked to the town by a ferry service.

Lady Margaret Hawkins, after whom the school is named, was the wife of Sir John Hawkins, one of the commanders fighting against the Spanish Armada in 1588.

The wall beyond the boating pool is part of the north defensive wall of the Roman town.

The people of Hitchin are fortunate in living in a rural district.

Note the handsome facade of the Old King's Arms at the top of the street.