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

The fine avenue of box trees was removed - box wood was in great demand by the Luton hat makers for use as blocking moulds - and houses and shops were built.

Farley Green is situated towards the south end of Albury parish, and its fields are carved out of the surrounding greensand woods.

Bolton Abbey is rich in prospects for the artistic eye: there are the stepping stones across the river, the deep green hanging woods, the lively bubbling waters, and the ancient stones of the abbey itself

The pool was opened on 7 June 1907 by Alderman Woods. The 32yds by 16yds pool, only 3ft to 4ft 6ins deep, was very popular with the children. It lasted until the early 1970s.

The pool was opened on 7 June 1907 by Alderman Woods. The 32yds by 16yds pool, only 3ft to 4ft 6ins deep, was very popular with the children. It lasted until the early 1970s.

The Glastonbury Thorn on the hilltop left of the wood is missing from the photograph.

The A46 from Bath can be seen snaking down into Nailsworth, which lies at the meeting place of three steep and wooded valleys.

The abundance of Union Jacks and other flags in this view of Wood Street suggests that the photograph was taken in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation.

The church of St Martin was originally Norman; its spindly 13th- century wood-shingled spire is augmented by a brightly-painted clock-face, which was added the year before this photograph was taken

The bare chalk in this view of the Whiteleaf Cross is nowadays not seen so clearly; the downs have since become covered in trees and scrub, with woods in the middle distant field.

The police station was demolished after the opening of the new station in Acton Road in 1967 - the site is now a wooded traffic island.

Silverdale is a beautiful limestone village in the midst of woods and craggy outcrops.

On the Chepstow side of the bridge, stacks of wood on the quay give evidence of the timber trade, while two boys standing on the quayside watch people working alongside the 'Alice'.

Before the birth of theme parks, a day out in the late 1950s (when comparatively few people owned a car) was by Midland Red bus to Groby Pool, Swithland Woods and Bradgate Park, with the

By 1869-70 the body of the church was found to be suffering from wood rot and was declared unsafe. Demolition began in 1870, but once again the tower and spire were spared.

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.

St John’s benefited from a number of bequests, including a weekly load of wood; this was negotiated by Roger de Montalt, Earl of Chester, when he sold off his lordship rights in the Earl’s Half to

At Kinver, a lofty wooded red sandstone ridge offers delightful views over the Staffordshire countryside.

Nestled in the rear slopes of the North Downs, the village derives its ancient name from the Saxon word 'wudmeresthorn', meaning 'thornbush by the boundary of the wood', and was mentioned in the Domesday

Two castles, one in ruins, the other inhabited, can be discovered just inland, high in the Mulgrave woods. The railway viaduct dominated the village from 1883 until its demolition in 1958.

Looking East from Wood Street An inn has stood on this site for 400 years.

Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods. The local wealden clay district is remarkable for large oak trees.

The village, seen from Okeford Hill with Piddles Wood beyond (left), was estate-owned until April 1966, when it was auctioned by Sturminster Newton estate agent Arthur Richards.