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Like its near neighbour Dunsfold, this cluster of weather-tiled cottages close to the Surrey-Sussex border derives part of its name from the term for a cattle enclosure.

Bransgore, north of Christchurch, grew over the years as a sprawling residential village. The Three Tuns is still trading, and looks much the same today as it did when this picture was taken.

This is a quiet spot just west of Beverley. The village was built around Walkington Hall, and has a charming village pond.

The old house on the right has now been restored, but the seat on which the man rests is no more. Apart from these changes, this scene is little altered.

7 miles from Clitheroe on the banks of the River Hodder amidst moorland, Slaidburn is a popular village with walkers and cyclists. The view from the bank shows the 15th-century church of St Andrew.

St Audries occupies a natural bowl looking out over the sea above the cliffs of St Audries Bay. The main A39 skirts its southern edge, and you can catch a glimpse of it from the drive.

There is no disputing the claim that the Minster is one of Europe's most beautiful and finest churches.

One of the few thatched buildings in the area, the Duke's Head is no longer a public house.

An island of commercial premises faces right, into King Street, and left, into Rowcliffe Lane.

The Street is the name of this lane joining Lower Farringdon to Upper Farringdon. In the far distance we can see a cottage which was owned in 1839 by the Rev John Benn, friend of Jane Austen.

The fronts of Yew Tree Cottage and the Prince of Wales, seen here, were to be made flush with the road, which was also to go through the next two cottages.

The stone houses on the left were built in the forecourt of the old gaol (out of view to the left); it had closed in 1868 after the assize courts finally went to Reading, and Abingdon's long battle

As we walk around the village it is not at all apparent why it should be named Cleeve or 'cliff'; but in fact the village sits just a short distance away from a steep 200ft cliff overlooking

It has the usual mixture of banks and public houses on its corners. A National Savings Centre is tucked away on the left of our picture, and the Millstone Hotel is at the far side.

Hill Bottom (centre), south-west of Renscombe Farm is seen here in a view towards Chapman's Pool and Houn's-tout Cliff The slopes of the Plain and St Alban's Head (left) rise to the south.

Behind the post office lamp on the right the tall new Lloyds Bank building has altered the roof line.

The Welsh name for the Sugar Loaf is Pen Y Fal, meaning 'top of the round hill'.

The buildings on the corner here date from the 1860s. Notice the white building on the left with the fine windows.

The 'Star Inn' on the left is being given a fresh lick of paint in this view from the railway bridge.

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham, dates back to the 13th century. In 1800 the tower collapsed and was rebuilt.

The shop on the extreme right later made way for the Central Cinema, although it has long since reverted to shopping purposes.

The school was originally located in premises opposite the parish church, but had moved to its present site to the south of the town by 1750; rebuilding began in 1809.

Beyond the houses on the right- hand side of the road is the village recreation ground complete with its new Millennium village hall, a welcome amenity for the residents of Scaynes Hill.

The Station Hotel, later the Pigeon Pair and now the Kingswood Arms, now has a profusion of flowers along its frontage as well as tables and chairs outside.