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The writer and social historian Thomas Carlyle was born in this house in 1795. It had been built by Carlyle's father and uncle just four years before—they were both stonemasons in the village.

Before the main A23 road was built, Cuckfield was busy with horse-drawn coaches on their way between London and Brighton. Visually, this scene is virtually unchanged today.

About half a mile south of the village of Blencow is the house known as Ennim Bank. The name derives from 'innam', meaning a piece of land which was enclosed or taken in.

William Hancocks of Blakeshall Hall and his wife laid the foundation stone of Cookley church on 20 February 1849.

Glasson Dock Bridge connects the two halves of the village.

This village is noted for its beautiful woods, a railway tunnel under the Balcombe Forest and a brick viaduct over the Ouse valley. The church of St Mary was built in 1847.

This village was built along a stretch of the old Roman road between Malton and Hovingham. Its Norman church can be seen in the middle distance.

We are on the Eastbourne main road, south of Uckfield.

This is the oldest part of the village, with some properties dating back to medieval times.

The tower of St Peter's church can just be seen above the roofs on the right-hand side of the picture.

The village of Palnackie is set in a region of wooded hills and streams.

Situated in the village which was the home of the powerful Cobham family, one of the county's most distinguished families from the time of King John to James I, this half-timbered pub is opposite the

Typical of so many Glamorgan churches, St Andrew's traces its roots back to the Norman occupation – its nave and chancel are believed to date from the 13th century.

The main Post Office was on Brows Lane. The name Formby is said to derive from Icelandic or Scandinavian, and to mean 'the village of the old wise man'.

At the time of the Domesday Book, Halton was the main administrator of the area, and Lancaster was 'under' Halton, which lies three miles north-east of Lancaster.

Davenham gets its name from the River Dane (a 'trickling stream'), although it sits just about halfway between it and the River Weaver.

We have now nearly reached the southern end of the street, and have turned round to head back to the church.

Built south of the town, the new docks were 825 feet long by 450 feet wide and are still busy.

Between periods of calm, Slaidburn once resounded with noise; above the bustle rose the ringing bark of the squire's favourite hound Bounty. The name of the inn had to change!

Formerly Garbrand Hall, this two-storied, five-bayed stuccoed house stands at the centre of the village, and was built on a Tudor site around 1775.

Situated in the village which was the home of the powerful Cobham family, one of the county's most distinguished families from the time of King John to James I, this half-timbered pub is opposite the

St Michael's parish church is north of the High Street, and a reminder of a pre- Rothschild era for the village, although the chancel was restored at his expense in 1877.

We are looking south-eastwards from the Yetminster road towards the mediaeval Hamstone cross in a triangle of cobbles (centre), with roads at the junction signed to Sherborne (left) and Chetnole (right

Byworth is a very pretty village with a single winding street a mile east of Petworth; it is set on hilly ground above a small stream flowing in a steep valley towards the Rother.