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Just north of Floodgate Pool was the floodgate keeper's cottage, which was demolished in the 1950s. The family out for a stroll have stopped on the path to talk to the gatekeeper.

This bridge over the Stour leads from The Croft (adjacent to St Gregory's Church on the right) to Fullingpit Meadows, part of Sudbury freemen's land, on the left.

Those people who could afford it were, already in the 1800s, establishing their homes beyond the old town of Runcorn on the higher ground around Runcorn Hill.

The 16th-century Guildhall was built on the site of the priory refectory.

The tall chimneys pictured here remind us of Bollington's industrial history.

Part of the 'deal' whereby Oxfordshire surrendered Caversham to Reading in 1911 was the rebuilding of the sub-standard 1869 bridge.

From within the churchyard the chequer pattern of the walls is evident, with limestone blocks alternating with small panels of flint to give a rich decorative effect.

This is one of the oldest parts of Shirley, where Stratford Road meets Olton Road and Haslucks Green Road.

This picture gives a tantalising glimpse of the wonderful Red House Cone, which belongs to Stuart & Sons, makers of crystal glass.

The village is at the north end of a magnificent two-mile long sandy beach. Until the 1800s this stretch of coast was remote, its splendours familiar only to Ilfracombe fishermen.

The Bishop's Palace occupies the west half of the Archbishop of York's palace, which was rebuilt in the 14th century. The rest of the building is now open to the sky and used as a walled garden.

Two miles south of Maidstone, this little secretive village perched on a hillside once had thirteen watermills within its boundaries, powered by the two main streams flowing into the River Medway.

Here we see the front of the Feathers Hotel on the right. The building was erected in 1565, although the top storey was added later.

Here we see the front of the Feathers Hotel on the right. The building was erected in 1565, although the top storey was added later.

It looks quiet here now, but once the market at Leominster was so successful that the cities of Hereford and Worcester were jealous of its success.

The second highest part of Bodmin Moor is Rough Tor, at 1,311 feet.

In the first half of the century this roundabout was filled with hansom cabs, and later from 1904 by the rattle of trams.

A splendid array of 1920s motor cars occupy the market place in this view looking west.

The pinnacled tower of Oakley church has a sturdy staircase turret, a fine Tudor doorway, and a memorial window to William Warham, a local boy, reputedly born at nearby Malshanger House, who

A small market town of medieval origin where the Fens meet Breckland, Mildenhall gained an airfield between the wars, the starting point for many famous air races.

Typifying the sixties town planning dream here, Broad Walk presents a range of shops away from the hazard and pollution of the motor car.

We are on the south-east coast at Cawsand Bay; the twin villages perched above the beach, where fishing boats are drawn up. The fields and woods of the Mount Edgcumbe estate reach down to the water.

The hunt assembling at the front of the Bugle pub, a former coaching inn. Note the sturdy porch, similar to that of its opposite neighbour the Dolphin Hotel.

The building to the right of the clock tower is now Mallards Restaurant, and the next one along is still the Prince Regent.