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William Crowe, rector of Stoke, wrote a paean of praise to Lewesdon Hill, which drew the admiration of William Wordsworth: '...of hills, and woods and fruitful vales, and villages, half-hid in tufted

Beyond can be seen the Limpley Stoke viaduct, built for the Black Dog Turnpike Trust in 1834.

The original parish church is now a picturesque ruin some distance away on the clifftops of Stoke Point.

The manor was held by the Rodney family of Rodney-Stoke for many centuries until it passed to the Somerville family by marriage.

Stone was on the North Staffordshire line from Stoke, which linked with the London & North Western at Colwick West Junction.

The enormous piles of white stone are actually piles of china clay from Cornwall awaiting trans-shipment onto narrow boats so they can be taken to the china factories in Stoke-on-Trent.

Just a handful of people and two bathing machines can be seen in this late-Victorian photograph of Stokes Bay.

Just a handful of people and two bathing machines can be seen in this late-Victorian photograph of Stokes Bay.

In the 17th century, the only stretch of the Fosse Way known to have been maintained was that between East Stoke and Newark.

Now a centre of excellence in spinal injuries, Stoke Mandeville started as an isolation hospital, built in the 1930s.

Go back to the Avon valley, turn right at the traffic lights by the Viaduct Inn, then left towards Lower Limpley Stoke.

King John granted the manor of Rodney Stoke to Sir Osbert Gifford, and it was transferred by marriage to Sir Richard de Rodney.

Beyond the still- functioning railway station, the lane reverts to its pre-railway name of Stoke Lane, and heads for the Trent between an avenue of fine Lombardy poplars.

In the late 17th century the main road from Nottingham to Newark went via Charlton (Carlton), Burton, Gunthorp (Gunthorpe), Horingham Ferry (Hoveringham), Bleasby Ferry and Stoak (Stoke) where it joined

It was donated by local resident William Frederick Stokes in 1964.

Climbing out of Limpley Stoke, head west through Hinton Charterhouse with its fascinating remains of the 13th-century Carthusian priory, Hinton Priory, to the village of Wellow, four miles south of Bath

Within a few years, however, the Sutherlands had abandoned Trentham: in 1910 the fourth Duke offered it for sale to the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.

Stokes the butcher`s (right) still has the wooden sign on its roof to this day.

Owing to 20th century development, as seen here in Station Road, Stoke D'Abernon has merged into Cobham.

In an area of architectural gems (Rockingham Castle, Lyddington Bede House and Stoke Dry parish church), the village has a number of good ironstone houses of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

In this picture, the camera is looking down Church Street from High Street (renamed Stoke Road in 1959).

the gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however, the Sutherlands had abandoned Trentham: in 1910 the fourth Duke offered it for sale to the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.When

gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however, the Sutherlands had abandoned Trentham: in 1910 the fourth Duke offered it for sale to the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.When

Then comes the Presbytery and the red brick Roman Catholic church of St Mary and St John, designed by the Catholic architect Leonard Stokes, which opened in December 1893.