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This private estate was developed in 1833 by the Wakefield solicitor and Clerk of Barnsley Canal Company Thomas Foljambe (1775-1851), part of a larger scheme to build a number of grand

The village of Quernmore is three miles south-east of Lancaster. Quernmore Park Hall lies just over a mile north of the village.

Our last view in this chapter before turning north back to Hailsham shows the Horse and Groom pub at the junction of the High Street and the Eastbourne Road, the A22.

Ockley is a very fine village along the course of the Roman road from London to Chichester, which has been known from Anglo-Saxon times as Stane Street.

Within sight of the war memorial stands the Sergison Arms, the oldest pub in Haywards Heath: it dates from the 16th century, when it was the home of John Vynall (who died in 1599).

The chequered brick and weather boarded cottage (right) is Barclays Bank; it opened in 1910 in what was then the front room of a cottage. The bank was to stay here until 1999.

The interior of the parish church is very different today.

The southern end of Derby Haven is protected by St Michael's Island with its ruined chapel, Derby fort and battery.

The shops in the centre of Hawkshead are waiting for the tourists to arrive. The grey slate walls of the buildings and cobbled streets are typical of many Lakeland villages.

John of Milverton was created the English leader of the Carmelite Friars at a convention in Paris in 1456.

In the background is St Wilfred's, which was repaired in 1612 at the expense of Sir William Craven. The church houses an 11th-century font and some fragments of Anglo-Saxon sculpture.

East Cowes was once the more important of the two towns, though it has now been eclipsed by the sprawling town on the opposite side of the Medina.

Union Street was more fortunate than many of its neighbours and escaped the worst of the bombing. This view shows the tram tracks that spread along the city's main thoroughfares.

Paignton became fashionable with the arrival of the Singer family, who built Oldway Mansion in 1874.

Torpoint is actually in Cornwall, and its ferry still makes regular journeys across the Tamar, taking workers across to Devonport Dockyard and the City of Plymouth.

Paignton became fashionable with the arrival of the Singer family, who built Oldway Mansion in 1874.

As with so many towns to the west of London, Cranford lies on the old stagecoach route to the fashionable city of Bath.

The crypt at Canterbury dates from Norman times and is one of the cathedral's many treasures.

On the side of the house facing us is the date 1595. Behind the trees on the left is the church of St Michael. Note the fine example of thatching on the buildings in the foreground.

This fountain stood at the top of Monument Hill. It was erected in 1896 in memory of Henry Yool, a local benefactor and Vice-Chairman of the newly-formed Surrey County Council from 1889-92.

A small village just south of Devizes, Potterne still has some famous and wonderfully ancient buildings. It was once a manor of the Bishops of Salisbury.

Iona is of paramount importance as a Christian historical site, with an impressive legacy of Celtic and medieval buildings and monuments.

Castle Combe was once a centre for cloth weaving but now seems to trade on its picturesque qualities.

This is one of the three roads leading to the Market Place, shown at the far back of this view.