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The two men with the horse are not far from the brook which runs through Downham - it is the haunt of white ducks and mallard.

Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable including Sir Percy Florence Shelley, the son of the poet.

Here we see the harbour on Hollingworth Lake. Not only were rowing boats, racing skiffs and dinghies a common sight, but there was even a time when the lake had its own paddle steamer.

The narrow ancient streets of Harlech, a town that sprang up to serve the stronghold, have changed little over the years, as is shown by this picture of the High Street.

It was built as the Vicarage in 1851 and became the home of Sir John Arrow Kempe (1846- 1928), who chaired the Board of Customs from 1894 and was then Comptroller and Auditor- General.

James I was entertained here lavishly in 1617 as the guest of Francis, Earl of Cumberland and his son Henry Clifford.

Browne's Hospital is one of the most important medieval almshouses in England, dating from 1475 when it was founded by the wool merchant William Browne.

Two soldiers relax on a bench next to the bandstand in the sunlight at Canbury Gardens, downstream of Kingston railway bridge.

Ecclesfield lies 5 miles north of Sheffield. The village used to be in Derbyshire. Its industry was based on small engineering and the flour mill.

Behind the disused mill was the Wharfedale Brewery, which supplied many of the town's fifteen taverns. The brewery closed during the First World War, and was then used as billets for troops.

When it was built in 1248 it was an outstanding piece of civil engineering for its time, as it involved the diverting of the River Frome from its junction with the Avon at Bristol Bridge.

The triangular-shaped Victoria Buildings was erected by the corporation in 1876 occupying an area of land bounded by Deansgate, Victoria Street, and St Mary's Gate.

The gabled Renaissance-style Town Hall, built on the corner of Pinstone Street and Surrey Street, was designed by E W Mountford and completed in 1896; its official opening by Queen Victoria took place

The Adelphi Mill in Grimshawe Lane now houses a hotel whilst the remainder of the building has been divided up for use by a large number of businesses.

The Cat and Fiddle pub is one of the highest in England. From here on a clear day the view could be spectacular: the Cheshire Plain with the Mersey beyond.

Moving into the Thames Estuary, the river passes Erith, a much rebuilt and rather forlorn remnant with its medieval church of St John the Baptist; the town is now joined by development inland to Bexley

The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal.

F Beale & Sons were builders until they were bought out in the 1960s. Their yard was in Adelaide Road, beside the swimming baths that they built in 1885.

A couple of decades later, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth writing in 1136, King Arthur fought his adversary Modred on this shore.

This little cluster of 16th- and 17th-century gabled timbered cottages, along with the pub (not visible in the photograph), was acquired in its entirety by the National Trust in 1939.

This photograph was taken on a summer's day, when the river was low.

The seafront itself is a noisy bustle of amusements, and has been for generations, providing seaside fun for the many.

This magnificent view shows Beddgelert cupped in an encircling ring of mountains.

Strange though it may seem in this fin de siecle moral climate, St Mary Magdalene's was built because, in the early 19th century, the parish church could not handle the number of worshippers.