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St Andrew's Church stands on the high ground to the west of the River Ash's water meadows. Adjacent, to the north, is the old palace which belonged to the Bishop of London.

No one is certain about the origin of this strange name, except that it has nothing to do with Enid Blyton.

The International Stores (right) has had a shop here since c1900, but by 1986 it had become Gateway.

We are now looking towards Bagshot, with the Cambridge Hotel the last building on the right.

In the 1860s the economist Bagehot described Lombard Street, that runs to the right of the Mansion House, as 'by far the greatest combination of economical power and economic delicacy the world has ever

South-eat of Chesham town centre the road runs alongside the River Chess in its flat-bottomed valley.

Spilling down from the Yorkshire Dales, the Ribble streams under the lovely old bridge at Settle and through the valley that has taken its name.

Designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, the Forth Bridge cost £3,000,000 to build. Of the workforce of 4,500 men, 57 were killed in work-related accidents.

This fine stone bridge spans the Preston to Tewitfield Canal; alongside runs part of the A6 road. Railway trains travelling from London to Glasgow thunder nearby on a high viaduct.

The scenic A32 runs through Droxford, which lies between Alton and Gosport. The first shop on the left is the post office – it has now moved.

When a new rector came to Chipstead's church of St Margaret in 1809, he got something of a shock. It had become quite dilapidated and very unholy indeed.

Go there today and you will find a delightful little town with handsome buildings, lines of busy shops and pubs and many cars parked at the roadside - all of it creating a colourful, bustling community

The earliest scheme for a non-tidal basin at Avonmouth capable of taking vessels too large to reach Bristol was a £1.5 million project promoted in 1852.

The latter, made with spicy fruit pastry, were first produced in 1638. The Original Cake Shop in Parsons Street (run by E W Brown at the time of this photograph) was demolished in 1968.

Here ducks dabble peacefully in the beck which runs through the centre of the village, while a mother proudly poses with her baby.

The village is said to have begun as the result of a shipwreck when survivors from a French ship scrambled ashore and decided to stay.

Moorgate runs towards Cannon Square, and the trees belong to the churchyard - the pinnacled tower of St Swithun's church rises on the left.

In this view the photographer looks north from the lane that skirts Will's Neck.

After crossing the ancient causeway known as the King's Highway (which runs from Belsars Hill at Willingham to Aldreth), we reach the green at Haddenham and the road to Ely.

Note the tram lines running down the middle of the street. On the left is the imposing Georgian church of All Saints, built in 1795.

Gawcott, a mile and a half south-west of Buckingham, lies at the head of a stream (flowing north into the River Ouse) whose course runs along the right-hand side of this road.

In the distance is the tower of St Lawrence's parish church. Probably built on the site of a Saxon predecessor, it displays some of the best 12th-century Norman carving in the county.

This handsome Georgian house was where the great poet was born in 1770. It was let free to the family by Sir James Lowther of Lowther Castle—the poet's father was his agent.

A member of the local constabulary is on point duty in Lord Street.