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Today modern houses have replaced a number of the terraced cottages, but the three on the right still stand. The village also has a Wesleyan chapel of 1821 and the Lord Nelson Inn on Front Street.

This rambling village is a mixture of the old and the new. Here we see Terling Stores and Post Office.

St Andrew's is the mother church of Plymouth; there is evidence that a Christian community used the site as early as the 8th century. Construction of the present building commenced in 1370.

The broad expanse of what had been Ashford's original market place and a rendezvous for Kent's sheep and cattle farmers had, by the mid 1950s, been bisected by a central traffic reservation and new road

Tradition says that the church was built largely at the expense of the 'Swaffham pedlar' - one John Chapman, who was lucky enough to find two pots of gold in his garden after being guided to them in a

Here we see a peaceful scene on the upper reaches of the river Bure. There are reed-beds along the far side of the river.

Thomas Hardy used this cottage as the fictional home of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. In 1919 a very elderly man stood regarding the cottage.

Wisely, he avoided placing his slender Doric columns on the much larger Roman bases and stumps of piers that line the edges of the bath and are linked by steps leading into the water.

Here we see Addenbrooke's from the roof of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Trumpington Street.

Rodborough parish extends from Stroud to Minchinhampton on the south side of the Frome valley, and includes the hamlets of Butterrow, Houndscroft and Rodborough Common.

Maiden Newton has been a much-appreciated centre for walking holidays in recent years, for many of the best villages and beauty spots on the Dorset downlands are within reach.

This stretch of the Sussex coast is probably most closely associated with Lancing College, a famous public school, and its neo-gothic Victorian chapel.

In the distance in the centre of this photograph is the sign for The King's Head public house, which in 1583 was known as The George, and later as The Sun.

On this composite postcard of New Romney, we have the Dungeness lighthouse, built in 1904, and the Romney and Hythe District Light Railway, which started in 1927.

This view shows the rear of the Swan Hotel on the left and the remarkable turret of the Town Hall rising above it.

Harold George Howard's first row of shops appeared in 1929. It included the cinema, still known as the Broadway here, but later renamed the Century.

The cheese of the same name was possibly first made in the market during the 13th or 14th centuries, but the market was closed in the early 1900s (not long after this photograph was taken), and production

In the distance on the right stands the parish church, which dates from Norman times. It boasts one of the finest carved rood screens in the county - it is mentioned in the church records of 1479.

Although in 1960 Walkern was a peaceful village, its history included many scenes of violence.

A measure is being used to decide which of the bowls lies nearest to the jack.

The White Bull pub (right) is still in existence, but many of the other buildings have gone, and so have the telegraph posts and school sign (left).

Bossington is part of the Holnicote Estate, which was given to the Trust by Sir Francis Acland in 1944.

The car park in front of Selworthy's whitewashed church looks across the Vale of Porlock to the wooded Horner valley and Ley Hill.

Close by is the monument by Sir Gilbert Scott to Lady Edith Hastings, Countess of Loudoun erected in 1879 by Ashby residents.