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The parish church of St Mary's oldest part is the tower, which probably dates from the 14th century.

Agriculture was the dominant employer in the area, and this was often reflected in village life and facilities - note the tractor on the right of the photograph.

This village comprises little more than this cluster of charming cottages just off Watling Street, but it has associations with two noted authors.

This is the brick lower storey of a windmill built around 1800 by a Crawley millwright, Morley, and situated east of the recreation ground.

At the entrance to the Norman church is a notice that reads: 'Enter this door as if the floor within were gold/ And every wall of jewels, of wealth untold./ As if a choir/ In robes of fire/ Were saying

The Royal Naval Hospital, a counterpart to the Chelsea Hospital for soldiers, began as a rebuild of Greenwich Palace by Charles II in the 1660s, but it changed direction in the 1690s.

Four small children watch the photographer with interest as he immortalises this stretch of Wharf Road.

The parade of shops (left) proclaims that a once quiet seaside village is becoming a busy township - we can see Ellwood's, the Midland Bank, a chemist, and a newsagent and tobacconist.

Situated by the side of the main road through Alford, the church of St Wilfrid is built mainly of Lincolnshire green stone, which does not wear too well.

Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th- century flint-stone church of St Mary looks down on this spacious square lined with half- timbered

To the north of Newbury, on the edge of the downs, lies Hampstead Norris, surrounded by hills and woodland.

It was named in honour of Queen Victoria's second son, who opened the dock when he was the Duke of Edinburgh.

A first venture into council housing supplied 180 houses on the Ebbisham Road estate at the edge of the Common.

This similar view of the village gives a closer impression of the mission house and the row of managers' houses (right).

On the south bank of the Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster is this handsome building, for centuries the official residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.The entrance is through a Gothic

On the south bank of the Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster is this handsome building, for centuries the official residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.The entrance is through a Gothic

Legend relates that it was close to here that the Saxon warlord Cerdic landed to begin the Saxon invasion of southern England, only to be thwarted by the British war-leader Arthur.

The demolition of the Butter Market provided a site for the granite war memorial.

The changeover from sail to steam saw a resurgence in business for the port of Lowestoft.

Sidmouth was considered rather a select resort in Victorian times; it was frequented by royalty, and Queen Victoria had her first view of the sea here as a child.

Dodbrooke is now part of Kingsbridge, but it once had a market of its own.

'Pier now open', says one of the notices - 1904 was the year the general public could tread the boards of Weston's second pier.

Sherborne Lane is shown here when the Crown and Anchor, the large building at the foot of the hill, was still open.

It was here in February 1645, after a forced march across difficult terrain in appalling weather, that the Marquis of Montrose with 1,500 troops defeated a 5,000 strong force of Campbells and Lowlanders