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Imposing 19th-century buildings line one of Bury's main streets, which leads from the town's parish church, St Mary's.

During the 17th century, one of the country's first paper mills was built in the village, a far cry from Euxton's industrial role in the 20th century, when a munitions factory began production here

The parish church of St Mary Magdalene is all that remains from the original village centre.

The buildings on the left are still there, including the timber-framed building, which still has an estate agent's occupying the ground floor.

This part of the village has not changed: the Ship pub is still there on the right, and the line of little shops still stands on the left, but all with different owners.

In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a holiday home on lonely heathland, close to the mouth of the tiny River Bourne.

This famous coaching inn was one of 14 inns or ale-houses in the village in the 19th century.

The Bridgewater canal, built between 1759-1776, was a key transport network of the early Industrial Revolution, linking Manchester to Runcorn and carrying freight and passengers.

Built in 1561 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the half-timbered Barley Mow Inn is the one constant factor in Warrington's old Market Place.

The two shops on the left were both Morley's, one a clockmaker's, the other an ironmonger's. The tree is at the east end of the churchyard.

Pontrhydfendigaid means 'bridge of the blessed ford', and this is that bridge. By it is the village shop.

This beautiful old mansion house in Luton's Wardown Park houses a wide variety of standing exhibits - and the curators have an extensive programme of temporary events to hold the visitor's interest.

Although Arthur Conan Doyle set his novel 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' in Dartmoor, he got his inspiration here – the Baskerville family once owned Eardisley's castle and the story of the black

The Marine Gardens below the iron railings on the left are now taken up by the Embassy Centre and the Compass Gardens, whilst the row of boarding houses on the right are converted to food and drink businesses

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

At the turn of the 20th century Princes Street boasted a number of hotels. The most expensive to stay at was the North British at Waverley Station.

This is an inlet of Loch Fyne.

THE ACT OF UNION in 1707 was bitterly reviled at the time, and even for many years afterwards - Robert Burns echoed popular sentiment when he dismissed the Scottish commissioners with the lines

This decrepit-looking lock (now expertly restored) is part of Delph Ninelocks, a spectacular piece of canal engineering on Dudley No 1 Canal.

Bracebridge Pool was formed around 1420 and leased to Sir Ralph Bracebridge at a yearly rent of £10 or 120 bream.

A packed steamer is kept firmly alongside the pier as the Master on the bridge plots her progress carefully. She is either about to put warps ashore or has just taken them aboard.

Gravesend is a busy industrial town on the river Thames; here the river narrows to become a London river, and coastal pilots hand over to the river men.

Mr and Mrs Raines ran an efficient postal service from this humble shed at the bottom of their garden for many years - there was surely hardly room to swing a mail sack.

The interior is unusual, being in the form of two naves, rather than nave and aisle.