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By the entrance is Epstein’s St Michael and Lucifer, one of his last

St Mary Magdalene's church runs west from the Market Place and was heavily Victorianised and extended – the new chancel's foundation stone was laid by the Duke of Portland in 1887.

The Palace, designed by the illustrious London architects Ernest George & Peto and built in 1882 at the then enormous cost of £20,000, was funded by Viscountess Ossington, sister of the 5th Duke of

It was sold by the 10th Lord Middleton, still a Willoughby, to the City of Nottingham in 1924.

Here we have the old centre of the village, now by-passed by the main road. The Roman Catholic church of St Mary of the Angels with its free-standing spire dominates the centre of our photograph.

At the opposite end of the High Street, past the North Street junction, stands the Wesleyan church; its foundation stone was laid by the splendidly named Williamson Lamplouch in September 1868

West of Dorking up on the chalk and just inboard of the North Downs escarpment, and west of the valley cut by the River Mole, is Ranmore Common.

The school opened in January 1906 and was run by the Sisters of the Community of St Mary in Wantage.

At the top of the High Street next to the Majestic Cinema (1931-1959) are the old swimming baths, opened in 1926, and mostly financed by the miner's union.

The spacious market place is dominated by the venerable flint church of St Mary's with its Norman tower, 14th-century arcades, impressive clerestory, and knapped flint chancel.

Abingdon's stone bridge was built by the Fraternity of the Holy Cross, a guild of town merchants and prominent citizens founded before 1416 and incorporated by royal charter in 1441.

By the 1950s the south front of Gisborough Hall was covered in Boston ivy; it still is today, and looks stunning in the autumn.

Twenty years ago it was used by the scouts, but now it is a private house. At the furthest end of the village is a fountain (1897) and the remains of the pinfold for stray sheep.

Much of its life was tied to the pilgrim trade: the George and Pilgrim Hotel was built by the abbey in the 15th century to cater for pilgrims, a splendid survival.

It is now occupied by the British Legion. The sandpit has been filled in, and the opposite bank of the Great Ouse is more overgrown.

The villa has been owned by the National Trust since 1924.

This was not successful, and was bought by the Watts Naval Training Organisation; the little lads in their sailors uniform were familiar sight in the town at weekends.

Here we see a very traditional streetscape, with original shop fronts and a unified feel uncluttered by the traffic of today.

If you do it properly, both forward motion and steering is provided by the pole.

During the English Civil War the castle was held for the King, changing hands once before being recaptured by the Royalists.

The village is on the north-west edge of Pinner Park, itself a 14th-century deer park owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The eastern end of the road leads to the restored Marsh windmill and its village complex, which was opened by the Duke of Westminster.

Situated by the side of the main road through Alford, the church of St Wilfrid is built mainly of Lincolnshire green stone, which does not wear too well.

its narrow street, many of them timber-framed and jettied, including King John's Hunting Lodge on the left; it is a house of about 1500, now a museum, with its fine timber-framing exposed and owned by the