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The town of Farnborough has grown enormously over the years, mainly because of its close proximity to Aldershot.

Blackwater, which shares its name with that of the river, lies just to the south of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

This packhorse bridge is one of the finest examples in England.

We cooked anything cookable we could get hold of, pinching potatoes and turnips from fields on the way there, and apples from orchards.

The Hemel Hempstead Cricket Club plays at Heath Park, and Boxmoor Cricket Club plays on the 'Oval' in St John's Road. Hemel Hempstead (Camelot) Rugby Club use Chaulden Meadow.

This was once part of a quiet residential area, with orchards and gardens.

We are looking from the Town Hall down the grand vista of the largely 18th-century Market Place; it was known as the Shambles in the previous century, and designated for the sale of fresh meat

The bandstand was the original feature at the end of the pier, and the Royal Italian Band (advertised on one of the kiosks on the landward end) were one of the first visiting bands to have

This picture shows the ruin of the donjon. The curtain wall was once a lot higher, but was reduced when the castle was slighted during the English Civil War.

The buildings on the corner of High Street and The Broadway were named Warwick Mansions.

A Saxon hill village, known as Gumeninga Hergae, or the shrine of Guma's people, in 767, it has now become well and truly subsumed into suburbia, and into Betjeman folklore through his poem of the same

The land on which Kendal Castle stands was acquired through marriage by Ivo de Taillebois, and it is he who is thought to have built the original 11th-century fortress.

Protected on three sides by water, the rock was the ideal location for a fortification; for around six hundred years it was the capital of the Kingdom of Strathclyde.

This fine old 17th- century farmhouse, built in a mixture of materials, stone, brick, tile-hanging and long straw thatch, is typical of the area around Marlborough.

In contrast to the Early English Gothic of the Congregational Church of 1886, now the United Reformed Church, on the east side of the Broadway, the Baptists chose Perpendicular Gothic for their 1901 church

The forerunner of secondary modern schools and comprehensives, Waller Street School was established during the period when extended education beyond the age of 10 was unusual.

The Market Square is at the busy cross-roads in the centre of this delightful small town.

The north side of the Market Place has seen many recent changes: The Marquis of Granby, partly dating from 1695, was restored in 1999 and the paint removed from its stonework.

It consisted of a large motte, on top of which was built a timber tower protected by palisades; the motte divided the Upper and Lower Wards.

Perhaps it will carry a passenger who had just arrived off one of the steam trains to pass through this attractive village on its way to Ashford.

Notice how the limestone roof slates are smaller at the ridge, becoming larger as they descend towards the eaves of this fine old house.

Although no longer 'i'th wood' this wonderful building is still full of character.

On the hillside, ¾ mile east of Towneley is this splendid house. Over the main doorway, concealed by the garden wall, the owner's name, William Barcroft, and the date 1614 is inscribed.

The landlord is looking at our photographer with some suspicion, which is not surprising: this was thought to be one of Lynn's pubs with a dubious reputation.