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Warwickshire's vernacular architecture characteristically uses a mixture of building materials; with stone in the Cotswolds, for instance, and an abundance of timber in the formerly well-wooded areas of

Still on view here is the home of Jeffrey Hudson, the world's smallest man, who hopped out of a pie to amaze Queen Henrietta, wife of King Charles II.

We are looking down the Main Street of the charmingly-named hamlet of Appletreewick in Wharfedale, with the prominent 1,550ft fell of Simon's Seat in the background.

This view shows the solid Georgian façade of the Wheatsheaf Hotel in the Wensleydale village of Carperby, halfway between Hawes and Leyburn.

On the right, the warm, brown fletton brick tower of Sir Giles Scott's Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of the Assumption soars above the surrounding buildings lining the broad street.

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

Queen's College, named after Philippa, wife of Edward III, was originally founded to educate 'Poor Boys' from the north of England.

In 1872 the surgeon Joseph Lister wrote enthusiastically of Looe's health-giving properties, favourably comparing its climate to that of Switzerland.

The County Hotel is one of the main hotels in the centre of Kendal. It dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

This view of the church tower clearly shows the tenuous link between it and the main body of the building.

The steep, winding stairs and the difference in levels of the houses show how the buildings cling to the steep cliff, the summit of which rises high above.

In the niches either side of the central arch of Stonebow are statues of the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary, an Annunciation scene in effect.

This chapel takes its name from Dr David Lewis, the son of a vicar of Abergavenny, who became the first principal of Jesus College, Oxford. His tomb is on the left.

The bustling holiday town of Largs has long been famous as the site of a battle in 1263 between the Norwegians and the Scots.

Long a centre of iron and steel making, using the iron-rich local limestone, Corby already had a vast 1930s steelworks and a population of about 15,000 swamping the original small village when it was designated

Built in 1856, the church has the crossed keys of St Peter below the east window. Behind the church are the hospital of 1826 and the birthplace of the Victorian novelist Ouida (1839-1907).

This interesting scene at the top of the principal highway through Helston shows the granite classical-style Guildhall of 1839 behind the covered delivery wagon.

The delivery boy with his basket, lounging against a pillar of the Harbour Office, seems to have adopted a far more natural pose than that of the lad nearest to him or the stiffly standing

Situated on the south-west side of the village, the church was heavily restored by Frederick Peck of Maidstone in 1872.

West Bradford gets its name from being west of the broad, shallow ford of the River Ribble.

In the years immediately prior to the Great War, a number of British car manufacturers got round the problem of the poor state of most of the country's roads by offering 'colonial' versions of

Worth village stands in the Forest of Worth, east of Crawley, and was a place of pilgrimage.

This photograph shows the old village centre, looking from the Roman Catholic church of St Mary of the Angels. Carnforth Co-operative Society looked after the villagers' grocery needs.

This view was taken from the churchyard of ruined St Andrew's Church below the sycamore trees of Pennsylvania Castle grounds.