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Madingley is a typical example of an estate village, remodelled in order to improve the view from the landlord's mansion.

At the heart of Southampton lies the Civic Centre, with its council offices, law courts and art gallery.

The parish church of St Mary is built from deep golden Carstone with limestone details.

The memorial shelter and clock tower were erected to the memory of G W Brown by Mr Whymper in 1902. We cannot see the clock; it was made by J R Ingram of St Ives.

Much of the brick is now painted, and the 'lych gate' roof can be seen next to the inn sign. Beyond are the walls to the grounds of The Dicker, but many of the trees are now gone.

The 18th-century coaching inn, the Black Boys, with its Dutch gable, is in the centre of the picture.

A walk up Gay Street, named after Robert Gay, who granted John Wood the lease on this hilly area north-west of the old city, leads to one of the most celebrated pieces of this remarkable city's townscape

Upper Weston has all the appearance of a typical Cotswold stone village with its main street winding gently uphill.

Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.

Despite the heavy industry and the sprawling suburban reaches, the shores of the Hamble conceal hidden pockets of pretty countryside, with the local villages retaining the air of unspoilt river communities

During the 18th and 19th centuries Emsworth was an important port along this stretch of coast, and it became successful mainly through corn milling, boat building, fishing and a flourishing oyster industry

Stoneleigh took its name from Stone's Farm, at the southern end of Nonsuch Park. Its rapid development followed the opening of the railway station on the Epsom to Waterloo line in 1932.

Lymm post office, with the public telephone box outside, is on the left; on the right is the site of the present Saddler's Arms on the corner of Legh Street.

He commissioned Slater and Carpenter of London to design St Peter's in the fashionable Gothic style at a cost of £10,000.

This section of Bridge Street has changed drastically since this view towards Market Gate was taken.

Penzance was 'a place of good business, well built and populous, having a good trade and a great many ships belonging to it', according to Daniel Defoe, when he visited in the 17th century.

This is a favourite place of pilgrimage for loyal Americans. Washington House, on the main street, was the home of the forebears of American President George Washington.

Straddling Rothley Brook, the medieval bridge is a feature of this large village that has grown considerably since the last war.

It is hard to believe that this narrow road was once part of one of the major highways of England which had linked London and Chester since medieval times.

A parish clerk of Kempsey Church once caught a choir-boy eating chestnuts inside the building.

Purton was a small settlement to the west of Swindon.

Black's Canal was at the western extreme of the Gidea Hall Estate.

Hare Street existed long before the creation of the garden suburb of Gidea Park but has now all but lost its separate identity.

In the 1930s South Street was dubbed 'The Golden Mile' and retailers fortunate enough to acquire sites knew that they would prosper from the tidal wave of consumerism engulfing the town.