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A century has brought no great change to this view of the village, although it does look rather threadbare in this photograph by comparison with today's manicured look.

Originally, all the buildings except the Admin Block were sited among the woodland that comprised most of the 60-acre site.

On the extreme left, in Holden Road, is the substantial two-and-a-half storied Holder House, built of red brick around 1800 with a Doric-columned porch.

Georgian additions on the left, since reduced in size, were designed by the York architect John Carr for Sir Lawrence Dundas.

Georgian additions on the left, since reduced in size, were designed by the York architect John Carr for Sir Lawrence Dundas.

The building of Mount Edgecumbe House was started by Piers Edgecumbe in 1539 and remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The lorry at the head of the ferry queue is probably taking empties back to the Plymouth Brewery near Halfpenny Bridge in Stonehouse.

Ringwood's market brought country folk from far and wide to the town with their goods; it also became famous for the sale of New Forest ponies.

Most of the buildings date from the 14th and 15th centuries, but there are traces going back to medieval times. The Pilgrim's Hall is little altered from the 15th century.

The steep road leading down to the bridge over the River Don at Oughtibridge, north of Sheffield, leads the eye to the steel works across the river.

Weeping willows overhang the village pond and its coop for the ornamental waterfowl; they lie at the heart of a village whose history stretches back to Roman times.

It was John of Gaunt who set about transforming Kenilworth from a Norman fortress to a Gothic palace. Work began around 1389, with only the keep being retained.

The days when boats were pulled up on the foreshore almost as far as the front doors of the houses are long gone.

Filling stations are no longer allowed to have their pumps directly adjacent to pavements, but in the days of the dependable ash-framed Morris Traveller, it was pretty much the norm.

With traffic lights in the middle of the junction at Major's Corner, and pedestrian activity reasonably busy, where, one wonders, is all the traffic?

Down the street stands Batheaston House with its many chimneys: it was originally the home of the Walters family, 18th-century cloth merchants.

Here we see the hustle and bustle of Douglas in high season. The white castle-like structure in the background is the Falcon Cliff Hotel.

The magnificent topiary gardens of Levens Hall, near Kendal, were laid out by the King's gardener Beaumont, who trained at Versailles, in 1692.

The Bowder Stone, a 2,000-ton boulder which was transported to near Grange in Borrowdale by Ice Age glaciers, has been a source of tourist wonder for centuries.

Situated to the south of the town, overlooking the Test, Broadlands is an imposing porticoed house remodelled in classical style by 'Capability' Brown and John Holland in the mid 18th century.

It was wool and brewing that put Romsey on the map; several mills were established on the picturesque streams and watercourses of the River Test, which is fed by clear springs under the chalk soil and

A devout Catholic, Sir John Giffard was hauled before the Privy Council to answer charges of not conforming to the established church, just three days after lavishly entertaining Queen Elizabeth I at Chillington

The village itself is a mix of stone and local brick, as in the terrace on the right.

Would they be on the jukebox in this historic Kent alehouse?