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This cross was built in the 13th-century market place in around 1500, and was used for the sale of butter, eggs and chickens. Adjacent were 'shambles' or stalls - the base of one still remains.

A view of the Tower from Tower Bridge as a police boat races downstream. Traitor's Gate can be seen in the river wall to the left.

A number of neighbourhoods—Fryerns, Barstable, Kingswood and Lee Chapel South—were in place by 1958. Then, the government issued plans for increased house-building all over the country.

These shops serve an outlying part of Corringham: they are the usual mix of grocer, newsagent and hardware shop.

Amongst the display boards outside the post office, in the Forty, is one advertising two home fixtures of Reading Football Club: one match against Arsenal and the other against Brentford.

The most famous inhabitant of West Runton died some 600,000 years ago: the skeleton of a giant elephant was found in the cliffs after erosion in the 1990s.

Fore Street is still one of St Ives' busiest thoroughfares.

As with so many churches, St Andrew's in Impington exhibits an interesting blend of styles.

The Terrace, another Georgian promenade, offers a spectacular panorama of the town.

Once a proud member of the medieval Cinque Ports, various attempts to revive the town as a seaside resort half succeeded.

One of the three surviving 15th-century entrances to the cathedral precincts, College Gate stands at the foot of Boley Hill, and is banded with stone and flint, with a timber-framed upper storey.

This industrial village on the outskirts of Rochester, now surrounded by cement works and paper mills, was the site of famous vineyards in the 14th century.

The base of the market cross is hidden by the stalls and the Victorian water pump. Ahead is the Tiger's Head and the Edwardian shoe shop of 1912.

Victoriana and mock-Tudor set the scene around the unmade road of the Crescent. The large shop in the foreground specialises as a clothing and outfitting emporium.

Originally it had one of the first framework knitting communities of the 19th century, and the local firm, Wolsey Knitwear, had its beginnings in the village.

The square is overlooked by the church of St Peter and St Paul, which commands views of the town on one side and rolling countryside on the other. The post office completes the scene.

The village is noted for its granite quarries, which furnished stone for the Duke of Wellington's sarcophagus in St Paul's Cathedral.

School children linger on the pavements close by their school. Each boy wears a smart suit and cap or boater, each girl a bright white pinafore dress.

In the foreground are Thames barges with their characteristic lee-boards - a form of offset keel which can be raised in shallow waters.

Ramblers (right) head for the hills, striding purposefully out past the Rayburne Hotel and Cafe in the centre of Coniston village.

A sign on one of the boats advertises sea trips, and the 'Frank and Elizabeth, the 'Sunbeam' and another craft seem to be quite busy.

A small broad off the busy river Bure, Salhouse in 1902 displayed the tranquillity of the English countryside beloved by Victorian artists.

Most of the Wakes Week holiday-makers provided their own food, which was then cooked for them by the landlady; each room would have its own food locker in the dining room.

The North Promenade offered walkways on different levels. Here residents from the hydropathic establishments could avail themselves of a pre-dinner constitutional and take in the bracing sea air.