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At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

There is now a scheme to encourage more livestock farming on the South Downs.

Acomb House, to the south of the village square, was built in the 1730s, though it is thought to incorporate the remnants of an earlier house.

This view, from the end of a path leading past the Brownlow Arms to the west bank of the Trent, looks across the tidal river from Nottinghamshire to South Clifton in Lincolnshire.

On the right can be seen the Romanesque doorway leading to the South Transept, a very fine example of 12th century stonework. The building in the middle distance is the Synod Hall, now Dublinia.

On the north side the walls are about two feet out of true because of subsidence and the collapse of the south walls in 1569.

Goodworth Clatford lies a couple of miles to the south of Andover. We can see horses trotting through the village (centre). The name 'Clatford' means 'ford where burdock grew.'

The photographer in this instance was looking across to the south bank, recording for posterity a scene which no longer exists: only the bridge survives.

This view looks south-east towards the Westbury White Horse.

Sawley Bridge Marina, on the Sawley Cut of the River Trent, south of Long Eaton, was already starting to cater for the ever-increasing boating trade when this photograph was taken in the mid-50s.

Whitford church, dedicated to St Mary and St Beuno, is just over 5 miles to the south east of Prestatyn.

Milnthorpe had been an important stopping place for north or south- bound traffic since the 18th century, and there were numerous coaching inns along the main road.

Great Wakering is an attractive village, just a few miles to the north of Shoeburyness in the remote old marshlands of the south east of Essex.

A pleasure boat crowded to the gunwales chugs serenely up the river at Fulford, just south of York on the Ouse.

To the south is a new development with its own shopping centre. Stoke Park Wood lies to the east of Bishopstoke.

Methwold is one of several south-west Norfolk parishes noted for rabbit farming: there was an enormous warren here, covering 1,500 acres.

Thorne was an important inland port linking the South Yorkshire coalfield and the River Don with the Aire and Calder Navigation and the River Humber via the Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

A modest train of the old London & South Western puffs into Calstock station, having crossed the slender viaduct that bridges the glittering waters of the Tamar.

A few miles south of Truro, Feock is picturesquely situated at the junction of the Carrick Roads with Restronguet Creek. Its Victorian church, St Feoca, has a detached tower.

The London and South Western Railway built their Exeter to Plymouth line to the north of Dartmoor through Okehampton.

This outstanding structure, which dates back to the beginning of the First World War and is a replica of its Venice namesake, connects the north and south quadrangles of Hertford College.

Much of the heavy industry had already moved to the Black Country, Lancashire, south Wales etc. Yet one can still sense the pall of smoke that lies over all of the buildings in the valley.

The sheer volume of boats in the South Bay is amazing. Most of them appear to be cobles, a traditional Yorkshire open boat easily identified by the square transom which has a reverse slope.

In this relatively unspoilt village the buildings are of various materials, including brick, flint, clunch (chalk) and sandstone, which reflects its location on the border between the South Downs and the