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The view shows the Rose and Crown public house and, on the right, the row of fine mansard roofed terraced houses. Each of the doorways has its own fine web fanlight.

The view is eastwards from the village green to a range of 18th-century thatched cottages (right).

This remains one of the leafiest lanes in Dorset - it goes between pines and rhododendrons as it crosses the heath - and used to have a succession of picturesque fords.

Before reaching the main market or shopping area, however, we pass the wide, open square.

The locks at Fleckney are a part of the descent of the canal from its high point at Foxton into the Soar Valley.

Colaton dates from at least Saxon times, and it was a royal manor at the time of the Domesday Book.

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

Between 1820 and 1849, passenger boats on the canal were the main form of transport between Kendal and Preston, and the Packet Boat Hotel, seen here, was one of the inns built for passengers so that

The village is viewed from the inland side of Burton Cliff, looking north-eastwards from above Dove Inn and Southover, to St Mary's Church (right).

Between the racks of postcards is a recruitment poster appealing for 'Men of Dorset' to enlist in the Dorsetshire Regiment. Down the hill are Alice Cottage, Chideock Court and Chapel Cottage.

The trees of this green island were planted in the late 18th century, and most are still here. This is now a one-way road system, and the van is going the wrong way!

The name and licence were moved from a public house standing on the corner of the churchyard and owned by the parish. The rent was paid to the Overseer for the relief of the poor.

When Frith's photographer visited Kings Langley in the 1890s, cattle wandered freely along the High Street; but by 1955, the motor car was firmly established as king of the road.

The acoustics in the main assembly hall, on the left, were so good that it was used by gramophone companies for recording classical music performances.

The Mansfield, Sutton and District Co-operative Society shop on the corner (left) was funded by Earl Manvers in 1895.

The Bible tells us that we should build our houses on rock and not sand – and all the oldest cottages in Burton sit perched on outcrops of sandstone.

It was re-discovered by Canon W H R Jones, the vicar of Holy Trinity and a keen antiquarian. He came across references to it in a text dated 1125.

Robin Hood's Bay is one of many beautiful villages which cluster around the steep-sided coves where the North York Moors reach the North Sea.

To the left is the entrance to the 100 ft long Great Hall built during the reign of Bishop Bek.

Further east, Franklins Outfitters, a mid 19th-century Italianate building on the right has gone, as have those in the distance on the left, to be replaced by the tepid Neo-Georgian Talbot Court.

The trees of this green island were planted in the late 18th century, and most are still here. This is now a one-way road system, and the van is going the wrong way!

After the First World War, there were plans to divide Westley Heights into 231 small plots of land and offer them for development.

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