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Bromsgrove lies a few miles west of Redditch, and it is an ancient market town which has become a suburban satellite of Birmingham.

The flamboyant thatch of a former infants' school was turned into a cottage orne by Matthew Knight in 1881; at the turn of the century it was the home of the local headmaster, John Charles Bucknall.

In the 1920s and 30s Walter Collins printed a well-known series of sepia postcards of the town.

Bromsgrove lies a few miles west of Redditch, and it is an ancient market town which has become a suburban satellite of Birmingham.

This is a typical example of many luxury homes built in the first half of the 20th century which enabled owners to enjoy life beside the water.

The town is a mix of stone, brick and colour-washed render.

Lancaster's beautiful canal, with its magnificent sea views of Morecambe Bay, was originally the vision of the factory owners of the locality, who were eager to connect their mills with the national canal

This monastery lies west of the church, along what is in effect a back lane; its main building, here seen from the north-east with the lane on its left, is of the 1850s and built in a suitably

Market stalls were supposed to be erected and removed either side of market days, but inevitably it became easier to leave them stacked for use (left).

This narrow gateway, constructed of cobbled flint and brickwork, was built in the 13th century to defend the northern entrance of this well-preserved town, which was also fortified by earthworks connected

Croxley Green lies east of the River Chess, separated from Rickmansworth by the open space of Rickmansworth Park and Croxley Hall's woods.

Dated 1923, the neo-Georgian terrace of shops and flats was built to coincide with the arrival of the Northern Line in that same year.

By the beginning of the 20th century the national retail chains were opening branches along what was considered one of the finest streets for shopping in England.

Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.

One of its most famous pupils was the radical writer and activist Tom Paine, author of 'The Rights of Man' (1790-92). There is a statue of him in the town.

The pretty village of Shackleford, west of Godalming, has a mixture of houses in different styles, as evidenced here by the creeper-clad building on the right, the tall-chimneyed cottages with their neatly

Many estates of what we now call social housing sprang up around Britain following the war.

The ancient name for the village is Barelegh (meaning 'wasteland'), but lush meadows now support flocks of sheep.

The abbey was founded in AD670 as a nunnery by Sexburga, widow of Ercombert, King of Kent; the original building was burnt by the Danes.

In this very settled community, very little has happened during the past forty years to change the appearance of either the building or its surroundings.

The manor of Offord Cluny was held by the monks of Cluny from 1086. The parish church of All Saints is built of brown cobbles with Barnack limestone, repaired in brick.

Clanfield sits in a valley to the west of the A3, 12 miles north of Portsmouth, and 6 miles south of Petersfield. Its name derives from Old English, and means 'field clean of weeds'.

Even the wooden gate (centre) is newer, but of the same functional design.

The contraption on the brick wall of Allin's Newsagents beside the pub is a vending machine.