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Much of the downland around Findon, at the southern end of the same 'wind-gap' in the South Downs, was for centuries an open sheep-walk.

Unsaddled horses are being led down the street. Could they be going to a Tattersalls sale?

Further down the street is a sign for the estate agents Woolley and Wallis, still trading today.

Polperro is the archetypal Cornish fishing village - a higgledy-piggledy maze of narrow streets leading down to a perfect, tiny harbour.

In the distance is the Manor House Hotel, the grandest in the town: in 1949 full board here cost no less than 42 shillings a day. It had its own private staircase down to the beach.

The cannon has now gone, but Davis' four pedestrian entrance gateways, two surmounted by Egyptian lions, remain: elegant and Soane-like architecture in a pared-down Greek style.

Looking west from Bathampton Down, past the villas of Bathwick across the northern half of the city, we can see how the formality of the ramrod-straight Great Pulteney Street to the left contrasts with

Looking south down Scale Hill, once known as Church Lane. The first building on the right is the tramps boarding house, on the site of the Chequers Inn.

Further along is the Timeball Tower (centre), built to give Greenwich Mean Time to passing ships by dropping a large ball down a shaft at the top of the tower at exactly 1pm every day.

This lane leads down to the Flatford Mill complex, now owned by the National Trust.

The fountain dates from the 18th century, and water flows down a channel made in 1803 'for cleansing and fire fighting'.

The old Laindon High Street had about 120 shops spreading in twos or threes from the Fortune of War down past the station to Langdon Hills.

Further down is the Rush Cutters pub.

Whitehall is the traditional home of the offices of goverment and here are the Treasury, the Home Office, the Privy Council and, of course, the entrance to Downing Street.

This sublime abbey, scene of many coronations down the centuries, is probably the most famous of English religious buildings, and considered the pinnacle of European Gothic architecture.

'Glorious Goodwood', one of the great advertising slogans, usually lives up to its name, and the racing that takes place here, high on the South Downs and a mile north of Goodwood House, is usually blessed

Note the wheeled bathing machines down by the sea, and the curious beach tents and a few deckchairs. Long skirts and parasols are the fashion for the ladies.

The factory burnt down in 1936, and a new one was built on the site.

opposition to the building from the locals: as well as fearing they might end up with a white elephant on their hands, they were understandably concerned that construction would involve the knocking down

Hadleigh, in past times a significant wool town, sits alongside a tributary of the Stour.

At Bingley, mills crowd down to the waterside.

This shows a very deserted unmade road leading into town, more familiar to motorists today, who have to slow down at the top in order to join the Bath Road into Devizes.

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

This ancient fortress has served as arsenal, prison and royal residence, and is comprised of an irregular mass of buildings erected at various periods down the centuries.