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Here we see a quiet summer scene in the valley bottom, where the Wadebridge road crosses the River Camel at the foot of a long descent from Bodmin.

The sign in the background reads 'This House For Sale' - a restrained version of the estate agent's notices of today.

Diverse materials make up the warp and weft of this village.

St Pauls Church of 1837, by William Railton, dominates the village with its intricate pattern of roofs.

Dartmoor Prison at Princetown was built in 1806, initially to house French prisoners of war.

The 19th-century church of St Michael stands on a steep hill, and was built of snicked stone.

At East Runton you could walk out along broad stretches of beach and enjoy digging for fossils in the soft cliffs, a pastime made popular by the Victorians.

The coming of the railways and the subsequent growth in Formby's population led to a number of new places of worship being built.

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.

The Revolution House, formerly the Cock and Pynot (or Magpie) Inn, at Old Whittington, north of Chesterfield, was the scene of the hatching of the plot for the Glorious Revolution of 1688, which aimed

Chawton is relatively quiet today, but at one time the A31 ran through the centre of the village, with traffic thundering past Jane Austen's home.

The A465 road on its way westwards from Abergavenny links several South Wales valleys. The stretch from Abergavenny to Ebbw Vale rises at its highest point to 1350ft.

Situated at the top of a hill, Paul is the mother village for Mousehole down below.

Eric Parker was quite dismissive about Milford, describing it as 'less a village than a road', and having 'some pollarded elms and dusty jasmine'.

The Bourne stream runs through the area of Lower, Middle and Upper Bourne, joining the River Wey at Moor Park.

The rocks looking out over the Leven estuary are at an angle, which was caused by pressure millions of years ago. The rocks will have been passed by all the vessels leaving Greenodd.

In the 17th century, Judge Fell and his wife, Margaret, lived at Swarthmoor Hall, which is part Elizabethan and part Jacobean.

A pony and trap (just visible, centre) pass behind a shady haven at the crossroads junction of St Blazey Road, St Andrews Road and Middleway.

Are the ladies conscious of the camera? This marvellous image encapsulates the changes taking place in Llanfairfechan and similar villages at this time.

Although it only has a small population, Clun is always referred to as a town rather than a village.

In the Great War the landlord at the Anchor Inn (left) was Reginald Bugler. He was succeeded by Alfred Root. We are looking south-westwards from the River Winniford.

The new-found cleanliness following the demise of the tin plate industry can be clearly seen here.

New villas sprang up along the front at Kents Bank on the Kent Estuary as the village became popular as a holiday resort.

The beautiful valley of Eskdale runs down from some of the highest ground in the Lake District to reach the sea at Ravenglass.