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It is possible that the Battle of Brunanburgh in AD937 took place near here; 50,000 warriors perished in the battle. En-Le- Morthen translates as 'place of death'.

Buxted Park is north-east of Uckfield; the medieval parish church, dedicated to St Margaret of Scotland, a rare dedication, sits in isolation in the park near the mansion, Buxted Place.

From suburban West Bridgford we move east along the A52 to Radcliffe, its village centre some 300 yards south of the River Trent.

This village of great beauty is said to be the most photographed in Hertfordshire.

East of Crowborough the tour reaches Wadhurst, once a village of importance in the Wealden iron industry and now a quiet and typical High Weald village.

Miss Matilda Talbot donated Lacock Abbey, together with most of the village, Manor Farm and Bewley Common, to the National Trust between 1944 and 1946.

This elevated village stands at 1000ft above sea level a mile and a half from the steel town of Stocksbridge. A medieval manor overlooked the deep valley; its porter's lodge and archway remain.

It is sometimes almost unbelievable when we realise how much of our heritage has been destroyed during the past century.

East Blatchington village has changed radically since this view was taken. St Peter's Church is still there.

Moving west from Godalming, the route passes through Elstead, a village with a medieval bridge over the River Wey and this triangular village green.

The Cross and the Carew Arms 1929 Further south, Crowcombe is the largest village on the western flanks of the Quantocks, and once was a small market town.

The Village 1894 Frith's photographer paused a mile or so west of Storrington in the hamlet of Cootham.

The village is said to have begun as a result of a shipwreck, when the survivors from a French ship scrambled ashore and decided to stay.

St Nicholas' Church and the village are now bypassed from the busy A52 that thunders along towards Mablethorpe. Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'.

The three young girls could be sauntering home from school with not a care in the world.

George Gilbert Scott certainly transformed the village, 'restoring' the church, rebuilding the manor house and building the school.

The photographer almost had his feet in Sussex while taking this picture, so close was he to the county border.

Here we see Warboys church, with the 17th-century Dutch-influenced manor house next door.

The village green, the King's Head and the parish church lie at the heart of present-day Lanchester.

This photograph shows Witton Gilbert's war memorial in its original position on part of the dene on a popular and well used walk down to a bathing hole where people used to swim, and where parents brought

The 1950s and 1960s were ideal decades for taking to the quiet country roads and villages to enjoy the exhilaration of motor-car driving.

Built around the massive Sprotborough Hall, village life centred on the landowners, the Copley family.

This quiet north Hertfordshire village offers teas in the garden - or something a little stronger at the Three Horseshoes (left). The pub had been the village school in 1873.

This sizeable village, close by Liskeard, sprawls along a hill-top surrounded by high moorland. All around are the ruins of engine houses and copper mines.