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Overlooking Chirbury is the church of St Michael. It gives one a strange feeling to stand inside the church, because the main walls of the nave have a definite lean outwards.

Undoubtedly this is one of the most romantic medieval sites in all of England.

The Victorian commercial heart of this cul-de-sac village, strung out along the back lane into Melbury Park, was represented by the Melbury Osmond shop.

The Abbey Church of St Editha dates from Norman times, but Polesworth Abbey is said to have been founded by King Egbert in 827.

These gardens in Groundwell Road were officially opened on 15 November 1950 by HRH Princess Elizabeth on her visit to the town.

The seal of Queen Victoria was photographed around the end of her reign, which lasted from 1837 to 1901.

It is also interesting to recall that there was a prisoner of war camp in the village; it was in the grounds of Marbury Hall, which was demolished in the 1960s.

Constant removal of salt and pumping of brine from the underground salt mines left great underground holes, which then filled with water.

Situated between Basildon and Southend and the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Crouch, Rayleigh is an ancient place that once sported a Norman Castle.The mound still stands, known as Rayleigh

The display board to the right of the main shop window shows guide books and postcards of Cartmel Priory - the tree to the right is by the church.

Known locally as 'the church of the four ones' because it was founded in AD1111, St Mary's is the town's parish church.

A boat sails across the bay, which was known as Polkerris or Par Bay in the late-18th century.

A fine and impressive hall was an essential requirement of any man of standing, and Robert Wynn was no different in wishing to impress his visitors.

Circling Frome, we head north to the Mells Stream valley and Mells village, the home of the Horners, the nursery rhyme Little Jack Horner's family.

This view is taken from the west, near the north-east corner of the Green, at the foot of Angel Hill. The fine west tower of All Saints dominates the scene.

All on the left beyond the monkey puzzle tree (now gone) has been demolished and the left- hand railings have been renewed.

Since the middle of the 19th century, The Groves have provided a popular recreation area along the side of the Dee.

According to tradition, the church of St Michael and All Angels is said to stand on the site of a 7th-century wooden chapel dedicated to St Chad.

The four-storey Sundial Cottage (left), and Library Cottage next door are shown before the building of the Bay Private Hotel.

The statue of Thomas Gainsborough, the artist, was erected in front of the tower in 1913. On the left is the Bank of 1903, with columns between the windows and circular fanlights.

The rest of the village is to the south. The driver of the Triumph Herald 1200 patiently waits, with his window wound down, for his wife to post a letter and buy a newspaper.

The eastern end of Hastings beach beside the RNLI lifeboat house is known as the 'Stade'- Saxon for 'landing place'; here the fleet of about 40 fishing boats are still winched up onto the shingle.

Above a great double avenue of beech trees, which line the road from Wimborne, lies the huge hillfort of Badbury.

From Lansdown Road turn left into Camden Crescent, an ambitious project begun in 1788 on the slopes of Beacon Hill, which gave splendid views eastwards.