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To the south of the village, brick making has been an important local industry.

The village sign was erected in 1922 and depicts St Christopher, the patron saint of travellers, and a small child, traditionally, the infant Jesus, crossing a ford.

This is one of Newbury's most attractive streets, Northbrook Street, depicted at the beginning of the 1960s.

The road leading to Chipstead Valley is dominated by Edwardian terraced houses on the right.

Here we see the English side of the De Brus Cenotaph.

This view looks towards St Lawrence's Church.

Referred to locally as the `new bridge`, it was opened by Prince Charles the Prince of Wales on 5 June 1996; it was built by a Franco-British consortium.

This 29-arch viaduct carries the Sheffield to Huddersfield railway over the River Don. It was built in 1849 a short distance from Penistone station.

A mile south-west we come to Athelney, a name redolent of Anglo-Saxon history.

Preston's War Memorial to those who gave their lives in the Great War had just been erected at this time.

The brick barn on the left at Red House Farm and the iron field fence remain, but the houses on the right have been altered and a few demolished, including the single-storey one on the corner of the quaintly-named

Netley, on the east bank of Southampton Water, was another of Henry VIII's coastal forts, though this one was a conversion of an existing building, the gatehouse of Netley Abbey.

Inland from Filey and Bridlington, this village contains a pond just behind the church of St Cuthbert, which is a chapel of ease for the mother church of All Saints at Hunmanby.

At high tide the causeway to the mount is covered and access is by boat.

This view of the village was taken from St Bride's.

Situated at the top of Mill Street, Tilly's advertised '…luncheons, teas and light refreshments, everything homemade.'

Our Lady of Lourdes' Church is situated on Leasowe Road, Moreton. Built in 1957, it features a strong architectural style.

The Green c1955 We are looking across Newick's green from the pump towards the Bull Inn, famed at one time for the annual sports- man's suppers staged by Thomas Baden- Powell, cousin of the founder

Designed by Nash in 1809 and rebuilt to look exactly the same after a fire at the beginning of the 20th century, Knepp Castle stands between the villages of West Grinstead and Shipley.

These Cub accommodation huts were ex-service huts made of corrugated asbestos, brought to the park as 'flat packs' to be bolted together on site.

This is the main road southwards, at the junction with Church Street (right). We are looking from North Street into Larmer Street.

In the 19th century this area was the centre of a busy coal mining industry.

Originally the site of the village pump, this cross is at the junction of five roads. The George Inn, behind the cross, and the King's Arms (left) are now just houses.

In 1907, a room at the Hop Pole cost 4s a night, and dinner would set you back 3s 6d.