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This photograph somehow conveys the feel of a picturesque West Country creek, with its thickly wooded shore and little boats stranded at low tide.The scene has changed little today.

On the right is the Swan, the only hotel in the city in the 1920s to be RAC and AA listed.The city's other leading hotel, the George, was once the main coaching inn and is also the setting for George Farquhar's

A scattered village on a hilltop in the centre of Sussex.

This view from Skerton Bridge looks back down the River Lune to Lancaster.

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle. St Mary's Parade is to the left, going up to the church. The Judge's Lodgings are at the bottom of Castle Hill down the lane.

Built at No 65 Oxford Road, the church was opened in 1964 after years of fund- raising.

St George's was one of three churches built in Sheffield between 1825 and 1830 that were originally district chapels belonging to the parish church of St Paul's.

In January 1898 the Privy Council gave its approval for Sheffield to have its own Bishopric.

The Anderton Boat Lift at Northwich was built in 1875, providing a link between the Weaver Navigation and the Trent & Mersey Canal.

This evocative scene at Pangbourne no longer exists, alas. Mr. Ashley no longer lets 'Boats by the Week, Month or Season', nor are they 'Housed and Varnished'.

On the left a woman stands in the door of the Post Office, which in 1895 also acted as a money order and telegraph office. Just beyond a carpenter is at work.

The green was at the heart of the old village. The tower of the Norman church of St Cadfan stands in the centre. The church was restored and partly rebuilt in 1882.

The sea has long retreated from Porlock village to the present seashore: it is now a mile and a half drive to its outlet to the sea at Porlock Weir, a charming small harbour with three hotels as well

The last tour heads west from the Wiltshire border to Devonshire; we are never far from Dorset to the south. We start close to Stourhead, at King Alfred's Tower.

John Wesley visited Dorking in January 1764 on one of many visits that he made to the town.

Landslips have been known to occur here when rainfall has been exceptionally high.

When the Domesday survey was carried out in 1086, Budworth was listed as one of the largest parishes in all England.

This photograph shows the western end of the Square. There are few genuinely old buildings in Nantwich, because most were destroyed in a severe fire during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Land behind the Town Hall was used for industry for many years: the Spring Mill buildings and the cupola of Pleck Brass Works are visible to the right.

This view looks towards the Jubilee Clock Tower, with Lumley Road to its left.

From the beginning of the 19th century most resorts had bathing machines in which bathers could change while being dragged into the sea, initially by horses and later by winches.

Only the left-hand wing of the building is occupied by the police, while the right-hand wing is the Civic Hall. The photograph perhaps gives the impression of intimidating size and spacious grounds.

St Bartholomew's enjoys an elevated position, possibly the site of a prehistoric fort, at the corner of Church Hill and Vicarage Road.

This row of quite modern-looking cottages at Bank Top, lying behind a neatly cultivated garden plot was, in fact, built in 1833.