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Storrington never appears to have been very large, and far from being a centre of wealth, was probably no more prosperous than its neighbouring downland villages.

The wide porch and twin gabled west front were part of Thomas Nicholson's restoration of 1881-82.

It is a listed building and is described as '2 storeys, rough cast on brick with thatch roof, the eaves swept down on west side to form veranda with flint and rubble columns'.

The Cathedral 1911 The west door of Winchester Cathedral - one of the city’s most famous views. Inside is the stunning 12th-century black marble font from Tournai in Belgium.

City dwellers from West Yorkshire flooded in to take in the sights of this picture postcard village.

All Saints Church is an interesting one, with Anglo-Saxon 'long and short work' quoins to the nave and an Anglo-Saxon tower with an elaborate Norman west doorway and arcading.

Surrounded by these majestic trees, and with the west tower of St Leonard's Church, one of the largest and finest in Kent, rising behind them, a summer game of cricket takes place on this spacious ground

Mapledurham, with its great Tudor mansion and unchanged village, is one of Oxfordshire's most picturesque and historic ones.

This view looks up Highbridge Street from the river bridge to the Abbey church and its impressive 16th-century west tower.

The old toll house is at Pont Garreg-Fechan, at the junction of two former turnpike roads, now the A499 and A497, just west of Pwllheli. It was already derelict when this picture was taken.

Here we see the broad sweep of the garden city's main street looking west, with a wide assortment of businesses lining the wide tree-lined pavements.

Exeter Cathedral's magnificent west front, carved with kings, priests and angels, dates from the 14th century. A statue of St Peter, the cathedral's patron saint, stands high on the gable.

When Leeds town hall was opened by Queen Victoria, the streets were lined with palm trees and triumphal arches.

The chapel is on the left with the school quadrangle and associated buildings in the middle distance.

York was a military centre, and over 1,000 men were stationed here when the barracks were built. They had their own hospital and a soldiers' institute.

Downholme, where stone houses slope down to the Swale, lies 5 miles west of Richmond. In the village is a 13th-century Norman church.

Lexden was once a little village a few miles to the west of Colchester, but has now been subsumed as a suburb.

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

The North-West Tower is some 50ft high, and was built by Sir George Vernon around 1530. He was the last Vernon, for he had no male heir when he died in 1567.

Purton was a small settlement to the west of Swindon.

The summit at 1083 feet is at the head of West Down at the southern point of Cleeve Common.

This pretty village was the scene of a major disaster in 1952 when the East and West Lyn rivers, swollen by torrential rain, cascaded down demolishing all in their path.

Looking west from the top of St Bartholomew's tower, the view across the country- side has changed little over the years, and might still be recognised by Thomas Hardy, who served as a captain under

In this photograph, the road appears to sweep straight into the west door. A cab driver and his horse wait patiently in the shade for their next fare.