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West Horndon is a planned village dating only from the 1940s. Before that, it had been a sparsely-inhabited parish, whose medieval church had collapsed by the early 18th century.

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.

It is appropriate that our east to west town tour should start in the cathedral city of Chichester, the county town of West Sussex and one with a very long history.

Situated on the south-west side of the village, the church was heavily restored by Frederick Peck of Maidstone in 1872.

In a well-treed setting, the church is seen from the west. This small elevated village lies about a mile to the north-east of Melton Mowbray on the A607 Grantham road.

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north-west corner of the Town Hall.

They used local oak and hazel. The pots are kept stable on the sea bed with a cast iron weight. Can you guess which one is 'Red Eye' West, 'Lotion Tar' Bishop or 'Bumshee' West?

St Mary's Church is on rising ground west of the town, with Lowndes Park to its north and east and The Bury to its west. The large cruciform church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries.

This view of Worcester Cathedral was taken looking west along the length of the quire and nave to the great west window.

Further west the photographer looks east along the Parade with the ornate iron archway into the former Esplanade Park.

On the west side, Middlesex County Council built Ealing County Boys School in 1913 in Queen Anne style. It is now part of Ealing and West London College.

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

Southend Pier and Views to the West

The tour moves west to a remarkable building.

This is St Mary's Parish Church, seen from the north-west, showing the two bays of the nave and aisles extended in 1860 (right).

The Castle Gatehouse 1898 The tour moves west to a remarkable building.

The north and west curtains faced the town and were considered vulnerable to assault should the town fall.

The old village consists of a number of small, picturesque thatched and timber-framed cottages to the west of the church and along a lane running west from the river bridge.

This evocative photograph is taken west of Chertsey on the A30 London Road at its junction with Christchurch Road, the B389, which lies beyond the policeman on points duty and to the left of the

West Walk was reserved for banks, solicitors, estate agents, a cinema, and small specialist shops.

These views show the town from the 1890s to the 1960s; they record both the many changes that have taken place and also, paradoxically, how much of the old town survives.

Pennard stands high above a tidal creek some eight miles west-south-west of Swansea.

Moving west, the route passes through Merstham, a village of two parts: the older part lies west of the railway, and to its east is a large former London County Council housing estate of the 1950s

St Swithun's Parish Church at Allington, now in the north-west corner of the extended Bridport borough, was consecrated in 1827 to replace the original medieval church to the west of the Vicarage, in what