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A caravan site at Lake Pala, in Merionethshire, Wales. Date: 1950s
St. Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Built upon the site of a 6th century monastery, it has been a place of pilgrimage and Christian worship for centuries. Date: 1950s
Looking down on the walls of Carisbrooke Castle, near Newport, Isle of Wight, England, a Norman castle built on the site of several much earlier fortresses. Date: late 11th century
Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire, originally called Castellum Godrici, after Godric Mapplestone, the builder of the first castle on the site. Date: 12th - 13th century
Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, a mansion originally built by James Paine for Sir Rowland Winn, on the site of a 12th century priory dedicated to Saint Oswald. Date: mid 18th century
A fine general view of Penparcau, a suburb of Aberystwyth, showing the council estate, caravan site and bowling green. Date: 1960s
Builders at work bricklaying in the outskirts of Moscow, Russia Date: 1890s
Amateur treasure hunters tomb raiding at the Isthmus of Corinth. Date: 1877
Triumphal Arch of Bera - Roda de Bera, Spaincirca 1910s
Lourdes, France - The Grotto and BasilicaLourdes, France - Pilgrims congregating before The Grotto with the Basilica behind. Date: circa 1908
Spain. Italica. Roman city founded c. 206 BC. Thermae, Large Baths. Near Santiponce. Ruins. Andalusia
Italy. Rome. Circular Temple of Hercules VictorItaly. Rome. The circular temple of Hercules Victor. Built in the 2nd century B.C.. Forum Boarium
WESTMINSTER SCHOOLWestminster School, Deans Yard, Westminster, London. The school was founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1560, on the site of a former medieval monastic school. Date: 1960s
EARLY MAN CARVESStone age sculptor working with stone tools at the Laugerie Basse site, France. Date: BCE
Carried Away on SiteA man clings on for dear life as he is carried aloft on a building site, high above the rooftops. Date: 1915
Building Site TraumaAn awkward accident on a skyscraper building site: a man is carried aloft by a crane Date: 1915
FURFOOZ BATTLE FRANCEA Stone Age battle at the Furfooz site, France Date: Prehistory
AN OFFENSIVE PHOTOWhen Russian dancer Tamara Swirskaya is photographed on the steps of the Loggetta del Sansovino, Venezia, there are protests against the desecration of a sacred site Date: 1920
STONEAGE BATTLE / FURFOOZStone age battle at the Furfooz site, France. Date: Prehistory
SEE-SAW / LATE C19THA group of children enjoy a makeshift see-saw fashioned from a wooden barrel and a plank of wood taken from a nearby building site Date: late 19th century
SHEPHERD MARKET / PHOTOShepherd Market, Mayfair, previously the site of the May Fair from which the district takes its name. It was laid out in c.1735 by architect Edward Shepherd. Date: 1931
PARIS / PLACE BEAUVAISPlace de Beauvais: site of todays Pompidou Centre... Date: circa 1805
EXHIBITIONS / FRANCE / PARISBirds-eye view of the site of the exhibition, erected on the Champ de Mars, where the Tour Eiffel was subsequently located; note the splendid bathing boat on the Seine Date: 1867
DANCE AT BASTILLE 1789A ball held on the site of the Bastille. Date: 14 July 1789
FORT GEORGE SITEHUDSONS BAY COMPANY Establishment at Fort George (also known as Astoria) on the Columbia River, Canada Date: 1849
Hera bull idols from Tiryns, GreeceHera bull idols from Tiryns, an archaeological site in Mycenae, Greece. Date: BCE
Theatre, Portugal StreetA theatre has occupied this site for centuries and still does today
The Rookery, St GilesVictorian montage. The rookery stood between New Oxford Street and Seven Dials, near where Centre Point stands today. It was of one of the worst slums in Britain, a site of overcrowding and squalor
St Margarets churchThe Church of St Margaret, in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, London, England, was, until 1972, the Anglican parish church of the House of Commons
Metropolitan Meat Market19th century engraving of the Metropolitan Meat Market. The market originally covered 30 acres of the site and grounds of Copenhagen House (previously a pleasure resort and tea garden)
Steelyard & NeighbourhoodEngaving depicting the Steel Yard and neighbourhood in 1540. The Steelyard was located on the north bank of the Thames by the outflow of the Walbrook, in the Dowgate ward of the City of London
The Times Printing House SquarePrinting House Square was a London court in the City of London, so called from the former office of the Kings Printer which occupied the site
The Swan with Two Necks was once a coaching in in the City of London. Until the arrival of the railways, it was one of the principal departure points for travel to the north of England
Scaffolding & observatory on St PaulsIt was when the cross of St Pauls was taken down in 1821 to be repaired and reguilt, that the noted surveyor, Thomas Hornor
Site of Former Railway Building - (Wick & Lybster Light Railway), Lybster, Caithness, Scotland. Date: 1970
Aveling-Barford General-Purpose Steam Tractor KO6739 Lorna (msn 11997), at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally. (Aveling-Barford was a large engineering company making road rollers, motorgraders)
United Reformed Church, on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, SaA man walks his dog along the towpath of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Saltaire, Yorkshire. Prominent of the opposite bank is the United Reformed Church
Docklands development, London, England. One of the preserved and listed cranes in the Royal Docks during development Date: 1989
Docklands development, London, England. A mass of cranes and jibs during construction work on tower block offices in the old docks Date: 1989
Docklands development, London, England - barge and DocklandDocklands development, London, England. An old barge lighter in a former dock - the Docklands Light Raiway passes over the dock Date: 1989
Civic Centre, San Francisco, USA - Exposition AuditoriumCivic Centre (now the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium), San Francisco, California, USA - Exposition Auditorium. The auditorium was designed by renowned Bay Area architects John Galen Howard
Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Tomb of Seti I - Zodiac Signs. Date: circa 1920s
Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Tomb of Tutankhamun - the decorated outer sarcophagus. Date: circa 1920s
Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Valley of the Kings Date: circa 1920s
Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - The Great Hypostyle Hall is located within the Karnak temple complex, in the Precinct of Amon-Re. Date: circa 1920s
Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Tomb of Nakht - Vineyard workers squeezing grapes to produce wine. Date: circa 1920s
Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Medinet HabuThebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu Date: circa 1920s
Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Colossi of Memnon. Date: circa 1920s