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It is full of busy shops, nearly all of which are now closed. Note the almost informal sign directing traffic to London and Southampton.

This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.They were held on Midlent Thursday, Holy Thursday, 5

This late Victorian view shows the present buildings; they are of Norman age, built as a grange of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury.The buildings have been used as a nunnery since 1930.

A small village to the north of Cuckfield, Whiteman's Green was once on several bus routes—a single-decker bus is just visible at the bottom of the hill.A village sign is on grass verge.

Fred Atter's grocery shop and café and the old post office went to make way for the footings of the A1 flyover, which now dominates this scene.

If we walk along Cluntergate towards the town centre past John Carr's birthplace in the tidy cottage built by his father in 1739, we see the Cricketers Arms pub (1898) on the left.

Mills can be seen in the valley on the left, but the rural beauty of Whitworth is evident in this scene which was taken from Hopwood Barn Farm, sometimes known as Upwood Barn.

It was so-called because of all the apple orchards here - in fact it was said that on one day alone eight tons of apples were once picked here to be sent to market in Liverpool.

The 'Kingswear Castle' was built by Philips & Son of Dartmouth in 1924.

In this photograph the line of washing on the right seems to indicate a Monday morning.

On Friday 21 January 1949, a public meeting was held.

neglect, but now, a few years later, there have been improvements.The interior quadrangular courtyard is entered from College Street through an arched gateway.Above the entrance is a stone figure of

A number of the older houses here were originally inns, for Broadway lay on the London to Worcester coaching route.

Pendleton nestles right in the shadow of Pendle Hill: in fact, the name means 'the houses on Pendle'.

At the time of the photograph, it was the home of the London County Council. The building is now occupied by two hotels, the London Aquarium, the Saatchi Gallery, and the County Hall Gallery.

Still a busy canal for commercial traffic, everything here was built on a big scale. For example, one of the locks at Latchford (in the south of Warrington) is 600 feet long and 65 feet wide.

An interesting view from the south bank of the Thames looking east, before Christchurch Meadows on the left were made into a riverside park, and, more significantly, before Reading Bridge was built

On Swanage's mixed bathing beach tents were provided for changing and preserving the modesty of visitors.

This view, looking west from the slopes of Place Fell, is towards the head of the lake at Glenridding, and shows the northern stretch.

Guyden's Bakery (left) is a long-time landmark of the village; the front is 19th-century, but the building behind dates from the 18th century.

In the centre of this spacious village is the War Memorial, standing on the edge of the village green. It was officially 'unveiled' in 1920.

To the left of The Swan was the tap room, and further up the street are several carts and an assortment of pedestrians. The road surface improved and traffic increased in the intervening years.

The 15th-century tower has flushwork patterns on the buttresses and parapet. The eastern buttresses are unusual in that they are extensions of the nave west wall.

This must rank as one of the most picturesque post offices to be found anywhere in the country. Entry is through the door on the left, and the bulk of the building is a private house.