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An overview of Ludham from the tower of St Catherine's Church shows the well-wooded, rich agricultural land surrounding the village before many of the hedges had been removed.

The lake, originally the reservoir for the cotton mill at the far end, was used for boating and swimming, whilst sunbathers and picnickers enjoyed its wooded banks.

A scattering of mansions, cottages, and odds and ends of streets nestling beneath a limestone cliff or half hidden away among wooded slopes, this tiny Torquay of Lancashire has, as yet, escaped the notice

The word 'hope' was an old Welsh word meaning a valley and so here we have the settlement in the valley under the hill fort, 'mawr' being a reference to the ancient hill fort at one end of the hill

The word 'hope' was an old Welsh word meaning a valley and so here we have the settlement in the valley under the hill fort, 'mawr' being a reference to the ancient hill fort at one end of the hill

Croxley Green lies east of the River Chess, separated from Rickmansworth by the open space of Rickmansworth Park and Croxley Hall's woods.

We look north-eastwards, above the gable-end of the Bay Private Hotel (centre right), to the Spittles and Black Ven. Beyond are Charmouth and Stonebarrow Hill (top right).

A mile or so south of Quorn, the camera looks north towards the weir, with Hawcliff Hill and Buddon Wood to the left.

A mile or so south of Quorn, the camera looks north towards the weir, with Hawcliff Hill and Buddon Wood to the left.

Moving on north from Dunsfold, we come to Hascombe, a most attractive and tranquil village set in a curving wooded valley in the greensand hills.

When they see it from the road or the nearby railway, travellers are puzzled by this church with towers at both ends.

This lovely old building stands in Leighton Road, close to its junction with Wood Lane.

Records of an iron and wire works here go back to the 16th century, and production continued until around the end the 19th century.

Its crossing tower is possibly of the 14th century; it is buttressed by simple moulded half arches at the east end of the nave.

The medieval stone screen dividing the nave from the choir was demolished some time in the 16th century and replaced in about 1665 by one of richly carved wood.

This is the east end of the chancel and side chapels of the parish church of St Michael the Archangel. These walls date from 1505, but the building becomes older as it rises to the west.

The A47 Leicester-Uppingham road forms one side of the roughly triangular market place; although the photograph shows, in the main, modest cottages of 17th- and 18th-century date, more impressive houses

Three additional bays at the west end designed by Charles Blomfield were completed in 1926 to give seating for more than 500 boys.

A wherry breasts Thorpe Reach en route to Norwich past Thorpe St Andrew. Here the Yare cuts close into a wooded 150 ft ridge, a view now obscured by trees between village and river.

A wherry breasts Thorpe Reach en route to Norwich past Thorpe St Andrew. Here the Yare cuts close into a wooded 150 ft ridge, a view now obscured by trees between village and river.

The resort is described in an 1890s guidebook: 'it has a wooded and well-sheltered situation and a singularly lovely seaward prospect.

Boscombe was built across a wooded chine, a wide ravine, that leads down to the sea; chines are common on this coast.

Llanfairfechan is regarded with increasing favour by tourists and holiday-makers, who frequent the out-of-the-way parts of Wales.

Samuel Greg's Quarry Bank Mill stands on the banks of the Bollin where it flows through a wooded glen. Originally water-powered, the mill remains intact, and is now in the care of the National Trust.