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The water in the pond behind the children in their smart pinafore dresses and hats (and no doubt muddy shoes) is at its summer low level - it still survives today.

The low font is Norman, as are the arches, which stand on pillars carved with water lilies, foliage and scallops.

The wooded banks of this stretch of water are best explored by boat at high tide, though even at low tide the extensive mud flats are home to a huge variety of birdlife.

The church, noted for its low battlemented 15th-century tower, dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries.

Low, single-storey whitewashed cottages face up to the marine elements.

The attractive estuary is seen here at low tide, but deep pools in the sand make it a tricky place to cross over to Crantock.

Two lads enjoy the view from the hillside above Newby Bridge, the small village at the southern end of Windermere, with the low south Lakeland hills in the background.

We are looking east down the broad, U-shaped valley of Swaledale from the oddly-named village of Low Row.

Many of the flowering plants enjoying the sun in this picture have been replaced by low-maintenance shrubs, including too many gloomy evergreens.

This stretch of the pretty little River Windrush, the collection of low stone bridges, and a fine village of Cotswold stone, all combine to make a memorable day out.

This photograph was taken from above the town of Marazion; the view shows clearly how the famous Mount is reached by a causeway at low tide.

On the right the low wall is in front of the Congregational church, now demolished. Several of the houses have later façades. The central one is where Thomas Gainsborough lived in the 1750s.

There is also a Low Hall at Steeton.

Chartham occupies a low-lying site about a large green. Here we see the River Stour flowing through the village. The river has at various times proved indispensable to local industry.

The low porticoes have granite pillars and the stone-built design offers an insight into architectural practices of the era.

Winding, hedge-bound lanes and low-built cottages thatched with wheat straw were typical of Inskip, Treales, Wharles and other Fylde villages.

Rhosili village is enclosed by an ancient field system: strips of land known as landshares are bounded by low stone walls.

With its cobbled main street, wide square and bustling market, Bedale sits astride a long, low hill on the edge of Wensleydale.

This photograph demonstrates clearly that the River Esk is tidal, for it shows vessels lying on the river bed at low tide.

From this low vantage point buildings on top of the headland go unseen, but the roof of Kymin House (left) peeps through the foliage.

The Purfleet, with its low bridge, is an old tidal inlet of the Ouse. Here stands the exquisite Custom House of 1683, with its graceful classical-style facade.

The hotel gradually gained a low reputation, and it was where the village poor came to collect their dole.

A quiet corner of the tiny village of Cark, where the River Eea flows under a low bridge into the sands of Morecambe Bay. Note the upturned cart by the bridge.

As it lies outside the ring road it may yet escape engulfment, though many residents are unhappy at the expansion of nearby Coventry Airport, from which thomsonfly.com now operates low-cost