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Cottages become the retreats of young executives, and thus the ugly chocolate box Grange Dairy makes its appearance.

The Norman fortress begun by Alan the Red of Brittany in 1071 dominates the entrance to Swaledale.

Behind the Barley Mow pub in the centre of the picture, the northern and southern branches of the River Wey unite.

Tirley lies a few miles downstream from Tewkesbury on the Severn. The school was established by the church in 1842, and its design is typical of others found in villages hereabouts.

There are records of millers in Neston dating back to 1672, and the Mostyn Estate map of 1814 indicates two windmills in the area, but one was demolished in 1822 following severe storm damage.

Gatesbury lies to the east of the B1368 close to the junction for Puckeridge.

It was the creation of Bernard de Neufmarche, one of many Norman conquerors, to keep the Welsh in their place. This site, on higher ground at the confluence of the Usk and the Honddu, was ideal.

The Drill Hall (left), which was then the HQ of the 4th Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, has recently had a complete restoration; it reopened on 20 March 2004 to resume its place in the entertainment

This early Elizabethan mansion was built on the site of the former house of the abbot of Bury St Edmunds by Sir William Cordell, Master of the Rolls, who founded the hospital on the Green.

Though parts of Pendle Hill reach over 1,900ft, it never quite makes it to 2,000 feet—the height when a hill becomes a mountain.

The attractive thatched house with the bow window supported by pillars dominates the centre of the village.

Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.

This inn is named after the Earl of Warwick, Richard Nevill. He was known as the Kingmaker and lived in Eridge Castle, the ancestral seat of the Marquis of Abergavenny.

South Warnborough's old church has something in common with the church of St Mary the Virgin at Greywell.

This central section of Regent Stret follows the line of the old Swallow Street, where London's notorious highwaymen left their horses in livery.

One casualty of the increasing maturity of the population can be seen in Wilmslow Opera's recent problems.

This exquisite royal estate was purchased by Queen Victoria for her beloved Prince of Wales in 1861.

The castle was briefly owned by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who later presented it to the Duke of Norfolk.

The market cross dates from 1500, and was intended to be a copy of the one at Cambridge. To the right is the former Market Toll House, adjoining the British School of 1861.

This early photograph of Castleton at the head of the Hope Valley shows the intricate network of drystone walls which surrounds the village.

The fine Guildhall and Italianate clock tower of 1859 dominate the old centre of Liskeard; they indicate the prosperity generated during the mining boom of the mid 19th century.

The black and white signpost in the foreground will bring back nostalgic memories for some of motoring as it was half a century ago.

As befitted a rapidly expanding modern town, with such a diversity of nationalities and religious persuasions, the spiritual needs of the new citizens were vigorously addressed, and there

Jack Rattenbury, the 'Rob Roy of the West', was born at Beer in 1778 and experienced a series of adventures at sea before settling down to a life of smuggling along this wild and lonely