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This is a wonderful memory of a fascinating part of Teesside which was completely obliterated from the map not long after this photograph was taken.

Originally the site of a Saxon hunting lodge, much of the present Corfe Castle, which gives its name to the stone-built village beneath, dates back to the troubled reign of King Stephen.

Charcoal burning was one of the New Forest's earliest industries, though it is a rarer occurrence today. The charcoal produced had a multitude of uses, particularly in the smelting of iron.

The small hamlet of Rosedale Abbey sits in the heart of Rosedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, seen in the background. It was a boom town during the 19th-century iron-mining era.

Known today for the nearby open prison situated on an old RAF camp, Eastchurch's claim to fame in earlier days was that it was the site of the first British airfield.

The Market House, seen here on the left, was built in 1772 and has fulfilled a variety of roles since.

Once at the heart of King John's hunting ground of Cranborne Chase, the village of Cranborne is rich in history.

This is a slightly earlier view over the rooftops of the hotel complex, with some of the buildings of Clappersgate visible below Loughrigg.

Situated next to the Pest House and south of the church, this single-storey block of ten houses ranges on three sides of a courtyard.

St Andrew's church, in Church Lane, has served this ancient parish for hundreds of years.

This is one of the significant relics of the industrial past of the Ebbw Vale area, and at one time a busy railway line ran over the top of this arch.

One of the striking features of this photograph is that many of the shops have awnings to keep their wares cool and shaded in summer – a rare sight today.

A nostalgic scene of tiny Dooega, a cluster of cottages on the south western seaboard of Achill. Fishing nets are left out to dry on the cobbles at the top of the beach.

This was yet another popular spot with smugglers, who often ensured the silence of the local parson with the odd cask of brandy.

In the one hundred years following the building of the Peak Forest Canal in 1801 the population of Romiley tripled.

The pride of the stationmaster at Burry Port is typical of the time - it was considered the stationmaster's duty to make the platform as attractive as possible.

The waterfalls of Stock Ghyll Force have been a major attraction to visitors to Ambleside for well over a century, but this is a very early photograph of them.

An Old Yard off Stricklandgate 1914. One of the most engaging characteristics of Kendal is its multitude of charming side alleys and yards, such as this off the main thoroughfare of Stricklandgate.

The sign on the left of the picture indicates a free car park.

Kenilworth began its transformation from bleak fortress to luxurious palace in the 1360s when it became the property of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.

Designed by Thomas Hopper and Edward Haycock for C R Mansel-Talbot, Margam is featured in some of Fox-Talbot's earliest photographs.

A local landowner, the Earl of Plymouth, encouraged the building of Barnt Green Station (on the left here) for the convenience of his tenant farmers.

The chain-ferry at Reedham is one of the last survivals of its kind: it is a raft hauled across the river by means of a wheel pulling on a chain.

Village shop and parish church form the heart of this cliff-top village. Walls and houses are built of whole flints.