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Heading up to the old Heath, we leave the village through Wood End. This area has been recently developed with new housing on the right and Blacksmith's End, a modern development, on the left.

This area had been regarded as a holiday resort, and had been known as Wood-end 150 years before. The square tower, centre, is St Mary's Church, built in 1908.

An interesting view showing the Ha'penny pedestrian bridge across Rifts Wood and the road bridge between the old town and new town.

It supplied wood and charcoal to fire kilns for the manufacture of pottery or for the smelting of iron.

Essex lacks natural rock so skills in the use of wood and brick-making have been well developed over the centuries.Attractive wrought iron fencing surrounds the long gardens on the right.

A private boathouse on the left is constructed of wood and thatch.

Essex lacks natural rock so skills in the use of wood and brick-making have been well developed over the centuries.

This view shows the northern end of Thirlmere, looking towards Great How Wood and the Castle Rock of Triermain.

The building on the left was once a warehouse for storing wood and coal, which was brought up stream by barge.

Plenty of stone-built houses and cottages stand in the shadow of Wytham Great Wood, and just to the south lies 700-acre Wytham Park. The house is now part of Oxford University.

Moreton Paddox featured profuse neo-Jacobean decoration in wood and plaster in most areas, including the main staircase, as we see here.

The green, on the far side of the village from the church and overlooked by the village school, is now enclosed with a low wooden fence.

Beach facilities comprise clusters of bathing tents and unfolded wood and canvas deckchairs.

Built in the 12th century, the original bridge was of wood and was probably sited nearer the Guildhall. Shops and houses, perhaps as many as fifty, were built on it. In 1565 the bridge collapsed.

Here we see a tangled web of wood and rope in a photograph evoking the end of an era. Almost in the memory of this young lad, the sea had competed its final devastation of Slaughden.

The two wood and pantile shelters on either side of what was to become Tower Esplanade were useful refuges when it began to rain.

Built in the 12th century, the original bridge was of wood and was probably sited nearer the Guildhall. Shops and houses, perhaps as many as fifty, were built on it.

Dunmow's Market Place is otherwise known as Rood End. The Town Hall, in its original form, was built in 1578.

As well as Newman, who had an interesting line in metal trunks and chests, bird-cages and bicycles, there was Thomas Wood & Sons for lamps and household appliances, including zinc baths, and Shaws

In the 16th century John Leland described King's Norton as 'a pretty uplandish town in Worcs ... good plenty of wood and pasture ...' The woods and pasture have gone, but some greenery remains.

In the 16th century John Leland described King's Norton as 'a pretty uplandish town in Worcs ... good plenty of wood and pasture ...' The woods and pasture have gone, but some greenery remains.

Today, Knowle End Wood, Edge Hill Wood, Castle Wood and Edgehill Covert grace the top of the escarpment, forming a continuous band of woodland nearly two miles long.

Today, Knowle End Wood, Edge Hill Wood, Castle Wood and Edgehill Covert grace the top of the escarpment, forming a continuous band of woodland nearly two miles long.

The shops on the left remain, although the owners have changed; P G Wood & Son is now Krishna's Village Store.