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The parish church of St Mary is here seen under scaffolding. The tower is 15th-century, but most of the remainder of the building was rebuilt in the 1850s.

Traditional Norfolk cottages with thatched roofs and flint walls are built on the edge of a large village green: this kind of green-edge or common-edge settlement is characteristic of Norfolk.

It could be said that the life of Sir William Hillary (1771-1847) was the stuff of ripping yarns.

There is little detailed evidence on the number of people living at Twickenham during the Middle Ages but the manor of Isleworth, including Twickenham, seems to have expanded slowly during this

This sublime abbey, scene of many coronations down the centuries, is probably the most famous of English religious buildings, and considered the pinnacle of European Gothic architecture.

Until the latter part of the 20th century, the quaint stone-built town of Brackley suffered from increasing congestion.

On entering Loftus from Easington, we see Arlington Street on the right. Next to the Arlington Hotel is the Methodist chapel, with the tower of the Catholic church beyond.

The castle at Castle Bolton was built by Richard, Lord Scrope during the reign of Richard II.

This five-storey L-plan tower house was built by the Earl of Mar in 1628. It was here in 1714 that a so-called hunt was assembled by John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar.

Fishing smacks ride gently to their moorings at slack water, enhancing the peacefulness of this deserted scene.

Although the grandstand is strangely devoid of people and activity, this picture shows what Newmarket is all about: horse racing.

They were likened by Dickens to the bars of a gridiron. Congested with cottages, whitewashed yards and washing lines, they were the home ground of the working population of the town.

This view shows clearly the entrance to the courtyard in the centre of the building.

The thatched Chantry House, on the right, survived the devastating fire of 1795, which destroyed many of the older buildings in this once prosperous mediaeval market town.

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

At the southern end of Lion Street, near its junction with Market Street, is Rye's large parish church of St Mary the Virgin, much of which is hidden by other buildings.

Opened in 1874, on the site of a disused quarry on the edge of the town centre, the Arboretum is a surprisingly peaceful park where fat, contented ducks loaf around a pool.

The Queen's Hotel was built in 1837 at a cost of £47,000.

This picture captures reminders of road transport old and new. In the foreground is a toll house, a vestige from the days of horse-drawn coaches that paid to use the road.

Norfolk is full of windmills - there used to be one on every piece of elevated land.

Another iron-making village, situated on a tributary of the River Mole, Leigh (pronounced 'Lye') is centred on this demure, triangular village green with its covered pump.

The YMCA outdoor activities centre on the western shore of Windermere a little distance north of Lakeside occupies 240 acres, with a lake frontage of half a mile.

This is Main Bay, which changed its name to Viking Bay following the arrival in 1949 of a replica Viking ship, the Hugin.

The New Inn, on the edge of the village, is on the Daventry to Warwick turnpike, and the name suggests it may have been opened because of the turnpike traffic.