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On the banks of the Little Stour, whose waters flow peacefully under the bridge on the left, the small general stores and post office on the right served this little hidden village with its 18th- and 19th-century

This closer picture provides a clearer view of the power station operations.

The High Street (the A6 Leicester/Derby road) becomes Leicester Road as it runs south.

The red sandstone cliffs of East Devon break into the green and pastoral valley of the River Sid; Sidmouth lines the slopes of the gap.

The parish church of St Margaret is built from local brown cobbles. The tower has a fine spire divided by two decorative bands above the spire lights.

The tower was rebuilt in flint faced with brick in about 1390, at the time when the city took it over from the Cathedral Priory.

None of its brick buildings is outstanding yet the total effect is one of pleasing harmony. Many of the shops have retained their Victorian detailing.

The village name used to be spelt as two separate words - North Chapel. When the roads became negotiable, a brick-built toll house was constructed here.

This Thames-side town was once famed for its abbey, now almost entirely vanished; its stone was used for the building of Hampton Court.

This is the manorial core of Saling: the church and the hall. St James' dates from the 12th century, but its early details have been obscured by Victorianisation.

In the foreground stands the arch of the Conservative Club, with the solid brick-built Cambridge Hotel next door.The honey-pot style telegraph poles carry lines to the surrounding buildings.

Chilton Foliat is at the eastern extremity of the county, on the river Kennet. Here, a horse waits patiently outside the thatched pub for the return of his driver.

Here we see a typical Broadland brick tower drainage mill. It has four patent sails and a fantail, and drove a turbine pump.

The Gorleston Pavilion (left), always a popular venue with its dance hall and theatre, is hosting the summer show— The Revumorists.

The village stands on the east side of the Towy where the river breaks out to sea through a widespread expanse of sandbanks at low tide.

On the left of the cobbled High Street, notably devoid of any traffic, is Edward's Drug Store, which later passed to Boots. The building, in brick and stone, dates from the late 17th century.

The 17th-century Old Market House at Winster was the first property to be acquired by the National Trust in the Peak District, in 1906.

The old rectory, of warm red brick, with its tall chimneys and light-gathering broad bay windows has creeper running rampant all over it.

Remnants of the Earl of Leicester's castle which was destroyed in the early 13th century can still be seen in this rather dismal but interesting village.

Cobbles, brick, timber and tile - an enchanting corner of Bletchingley over one hundred years ago.

The church, up a lane on the north side of the village, is a haven from the busy A38 which passes through between Saltash and Liskeard.

The viaduct was originally erected for the Scarborough and Whitby Railway. The first brick was laid in 1882 and the first locomotive crossed the thirteen-arched viaduct in 1884.

Rye House 1904 The front aspect of the mid-15th-century red brick gatehouse of Rye House, the scene of the ill-fated 1683 Whig conspiracy to ambush Charles II as he returned to London from Newmarket

Laid down at Sheerness in 1895, engined by Clydebank, and completed in 1897, 'Pelorus' was the lead ship for a class on the Cape Station before transferring to the East Indies.