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Now a crowded suburb of Folkestone, this once rural village on the heights of the Downs just behind Sandgate has been transformed by the construction and rail links accompanying the building of

Motor vehicles have mostly replaced horse-drawn carriages by the first decade after the Great War.

It was designed by the local firm Leeming and Leeming of Northgate, with a lofty roof supported by richly-decorated ironwork.

The next one, however, has been replaced by the junction with The Archers Way.

At this point, the river is placid, and silver fish can be seen darting just below the surface; to the south, in the still water by the Causeway, all kinds of ducks and wading birds are fed

Bridge Street is one of the main streets of the city of Chester, and still follows the original street plan laid down by the Romans.

The commons were largely enclosed in 1855, but the pond area was retained by the lord of the manor, Lord Sackville.

The green is dominated by the copper statue of General James Wolfe, the conqueror of Quebec in 1759, who was born at the local vicarage and spent his childhood here at the 17th-century building subsequently

The manor was held by the Rodney family of Rodney-Stoke for many centuries until it passed to the Somerville family by marriage. Today, alpacas graze by the Manor House.

Half a mile south-east of Dicker we reach Michelham Priory, the buildings set within a large rectangular wet moat fed by the Cuckmere River, which forms the moat's north-west arm.

By the 1950s, Ovaltine employed 1,400 staff at Langley - the lives of few local people were not influenced by the company or its suppliers.

Its replacement was this column, 60 feet high and bearing the following inscription: 'This column was erected by the trustees of the Liverpool Docks, by the permission of John Shaw Leigh, Esq,

This 1820s structure, built by the Grosvenor family, required the remodelling of the old nuclear village of Halkyn, including its church, to accommodate it.

A Mini, a Wolseley, a Ford Capri and Cortina, a Morris Traveller and others all suggest the age of the motor car is finally with us; this street is dominated by the motor vehicle.

In 1920 all the influential Dunlop Guide could find to say about the town was that it had 'pleasant walks by the river'.

Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.

By the end of the 19th century, Church Road was Burgess Hill's main shopping centre.

The site now occupied by this ruined castle was first fortified over 2,000 years ago by the ancient Britons.

St Paul's Square, also known as Market Place, is bounded on the west by the churchyard of St Paul.

Bosham was occupied by the Romans and invaded by the Danes, who stole the church bells. King Canute had a palace here and legend has it that this is where he attempted to command the waves.

The house was owned by the Cartwright family from 1615 until soon after this view was taken.

The van parked by the Gothic-style Methodist church (left) belongs to W Redman & Sons, the butchers, whose premises are next door to G H Handy, a tobacconist`s, which was once

The park is overlooked by the Park Hotel, and is close to a main line railway (in those days the East Lancashire Railway) which ran between two parks.

Down by the beck is the 17th-century corn mill, once owned by the Neville family of Middleham Castle. The mill closed in 1930 and lay derelict until 1977.