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Claygate lies southwards beyond the A3 Kingston and Esher by-pass, and into the preserved countryside of the Green Belt. The

The view from the typically landscaped municipal park is enlivened by the attractive Central Library building of 1903, with its Baroque facade and conical roof crowned by a timber belt turret.

The High Street is part of the old London to Brighton route through Henfield, which lies to the east of the River Adur on a belt of Wealden clay behind the South Downs.

Higham Ferrers is undoubtedly the smartest town, architecturally, in the boot and shoe belt that runs east along the River Nene from Wollaston to Thrapston.

This house was built in the 1850s.

The coming of the railway put Helensburgh into the Glasgow commuter belt, whilst its steamer connections helped it develop as a holiday centre.

The village of Rushton is mentioned as Riston or Risetone in the Domesday Book.

A few miles from Dunstable, through the Downs, and nowadays part of the commuter belt, Castle Hill road links the three ends of Totternhoe, Church, Middle and Lower.

All along the coastal belt, but rarely extending more than a few miles inland, rounded beach flints or cobbles were used for walls and every type of building.

Kelvedon Hatch is a popular commuter village in the Green Belt north-west of Brentwood.

A pleasure steamer, the 'Queen of the Broads', crowded with tourists and well equipped with life belts, ploughs her way round the wide bend of the river Bure and down towards the sea.

Naworth Castle, about two miles east of Brampton, is the family home of the Howards, Earls of Carlisle.

Built about the time that Jane Austen was writing in Hampshire, the simple but attractive farm house on the left graces a peaceful well-treed rural villagescape.

A minor 14th-century castle, Naworth stands on a triangular piece of land by the river Irthling with deep ditch defences on three sides and a moat and drawbridge on the fourth.

The coming of the railways put Helensburgh into the Glasgow commuter belt, whilst its steamer connections helped it to develop as a holiday centre.

Probably dating back to a chapel-of-ease on the site in the 14th century, St Michael and All Angels is a striking landmark visible from most of the town.

It was from the southern slope of Abbey Craig that Wallace launched his attack against the Earl of Surrey's troops as they attempted to cross the narrow wooden bridge over the Forth.

The Downs, like Horton and the common, were now part of London's Green Belt, and no further development would take place on them.

However, the drift from the overcrowded cities (especially London) and into the countryside is not a new idea; it has been a phenomenon of the entire 20th century.

Henry Bell, the pioneer of steam navigation in Europe, is buried in the churchyard at Rhu.

Unfortunately, a month later his Welsh rival, J G Parry-Williams, was killed attempting to beat the record.

The two shops on the left were both Morley's, one a clockmaker's, the other an ironmonger's.

One of the highlights of shopping along Briggate was the glass-roofed arcades, such as the Queen's and the County.

One of the highlights of shopping along Briggate was the glass-roofed arcades, such as the Queen's and the County.