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This chapter finishes with a flourish in Glastonbury, one of England's most historic smaller towns, a major centre of pilgrimage in the middle ages and still regarded by many as of mythic importance.

The grocery stall on the right of the picture was part of a small chain that specialised in rural community operation and catered for 'discerning' customers.

Standing in 270 acres of parkland, Raby Castle was the seat of the Neville family for two hundred years.

One of the five great fortresses of Northumberland, Alnwick fell into ruins owing in part to the fate of the Percy family and the destruction wreaked by Cromwell's troops.

Eastley was a tithing in the large parish of South Stoneham, which was where births, marriages and deaths had to be registered.

The church of St Lawrence is superbly positioned on the brow of a narrow spur offering splendid views to the north of the Greensand Hills.

It was in one of the houses here that William Withering was born in 1741.

The church of St Martin le Tours, on the right, was consecrated in 1962.

As the High Street runs down toward the medieval town wall gate and through to the harbour, the influence of Robert Wynn's Plas Mawr can be seen in the transomed stone mullions of the Castle

The Victorian Church of All Saints in Harnham was built in 1854 and dedicated to the memory of a former Dean of Salisbury Cathedral.

The Victorian Church of All Saints in Harnham was built in 1854 and dedicated to the memory of a former Dean of Salisbury Cathedral.

This quiet enclave of art gallery, library and Manor House flanks the church. Out of sight to the right is the Grammar School of 1913, now the offices of the Borough Council.

The focal point of Forty Hill in the 16th century was the great house of Elsynge, which lay between the site of Forty Hall and the Turkey Brook.

In 1965, the municipal borough of Twickenham was merged with those of Barnes and Richmond (against the wishes of many residents) to become the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames under the

The lines of parked vehicles on both sides of the road tend to detract from the architectural riches of the fine Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings that adorn this spacious street; they are evidence

Tantallon was a stronghold of the Douglases, a powerful family who were wardens of the Border Marches, lords of Galloway, and by the end of the 15th century masters of much of Lothian, Stirlingshire and

Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

This 13th-century castle, home of the Comyn family, is built in the form of a square, with round towers at the corners.

Even before the arrival of the railway, Ware was home to a population of rising middle-class entrepreneurs who demanded the most modern housing.

The castellated entrance to Townley Hall, on the A671 Todmorden Road at Burnley Wood, was photographed when it was still a private estate.

Situated in the Lox Yeo valley, this village enjoyed one of the finest views of the Mendip Hills.

A busy turn-of-the-century scene worthy of detailed study. The photographer is obviously arousing the interest of the collection of boys in the foreground.

Linwood is situated high on the heathlands of the western edge of the New Forest, overlooking the broad valley of the Avon.

The High Street was named in the 13th century, when buildings were recorded east of Beeding Bridge.