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Boscombe was built across a wooded chine (a wide ravine) that led down to the sea; these features are common along this coast.

This secluded community lies in a wooded valley on the outskirts of Guisborough.

Baron Rothschild transformed a bare hilltop near Aylesbury into a wooded park, crowned with a spectacular French-style chateau. In the valley he built Waddesdon, an estate village.

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

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

The church of St John the Baptist is mainly 13th-century and has a wood-shingled broach spire.The village has many historic houses.

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

This was built in 1901 at the junction of Newton Road, King Street and Cornard Road. The police establishment comprised an inspector, a sergeant, and four constables.

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.

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.

Beyond are Madeira Cottage and the Assembly Rooms (centre right). The offshore rocks are Lucy's Ledge Jetty, Cobb Gate Jetty and Broad Ledge.

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.

It is low tide, and the swingboats and roundabouts are out of reach of the waves.

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.

This side of Bridge Street in the 1880s and 90s could quite easily have been renamed Ironmongers Row.

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.