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Described by Pevsner as 'a crazy display.... like a Harrogate hotel', it became Caldicote Towers School in 1891, and then Rosary Priory in 1926, after being acquired by the Dominican Congregation of

The Old Hall, very much the finest building in the town and now largely surrounded by Victorian housing, sits in its grassy square, a potent reminder of the town's great medieval past.

Almost swallowed up by the caravan sites to the east that merge Mablethorpe with Sutton on Sea, Trusthorpe clings to some independence.

The Long Man of Wilmington stands on the northern slope of the South Downs, today marked out in white bricks. Who he is and when he was originally cut into the downland turf is not known.

Kingsdown was a fishing village, with a strong tradition of commitment to the sea from generations of the same families. Some properties remain on the sites once lived in by their Viking forebears.

Ormesby probably derived its name from the Norse 'orm', a favourite ship's name of the Vikings, meaning 'sea serpent'.

Here on the wharf the tellers (in bowler hats) would assess the catch prior to its sale by auction.

Fifteen children have been neatly assembled by the photographer in front of the brick and half-timber cottages that comprised this small village, originally called Clandon Abbots.

The five motor vehicles in this picture presage the heavy traffic to come in the decades ahead along this section of the A281 heading into Guildford.

The Crown in Lyndhurst (left) survives in the 21st century, but the street running along the front of it is very different today.

On the right is a former chapel, or possibly a Quaker Meeting House. More recently it was used by Bill Jaggard for producing wooden decoy pigeons.

The stretch of river beyond the mud bank leads to Stanner Point, also in Sutton.

An entire colliery village was laid out east of the Tickhill to Blyth road after 1922, and named Bircotes.

Comparing this with D83003, we see that the Plume of Feathers now has bow windows and has been repainted.

The ancient Market Cross with its sundial dominates the High Street in Barlborough, opposite the Rose and Crown public house, which is on the right of this 50s photograph.

Wellington Gardens is styled in the classical manner, with a domed bandstand reminiscent of St Paul's. Here the fashionable promenaded.

Bolney is a quiet village, located just off the main London to Brighton trunk road.

The southern part of Morecambe (referred to as the west end), towards Heysham, soon developed as the more genteel side of the resort, with smart hotels; it was thought to be a little superior.

The seaward end of Broad Street was once the hub of Lyme Regis with its old Custom House, until a devastating fire in 1844.

These solid premises housed the world-famous mining college in the capital of the Cornish mining district.

Motorists heading out of Cornwall from Callington must descend a steep hill through the old mining village of Gunnislake, which is situated in the Tamar valley close to the Devon border.

The upper of two pools that are fed by chalk springs has been a popular beauty spot since the 19th century.

Warlingham Green with a line of saplings is overlooked by Mr Ringer`s Warlingham & Chelsham Supply Stores.

At this time there were hopes of a truce in the intermittent warfare between the Normans and the Welsh. Instead, William callously murdered his guests and provoked acts of revenge.