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The building behind the Hillman Minx was originally the home of the Courbold-Ellis family.

Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'. Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

Records suggest that a church stood on this site in the early 9th century. This present building dates from the 13th century.

The oldest parish church in Edinburgh, St Giles's was erected in the early 12th century on the site of an older building.

At No 72 High Street, which was owned by the family building firm of Croad, there is a small hole in the quarter-inch-thick pane of the bay window facing north.

Rothesay is the county town on the eastern side of the Island of Bute, in an ideal location in the sheltered 'sweet Rothesay Bay', to quote the popular song.

Kempock Street is a popular street of many shops and dwellings near the pier and ferry terminal. It has become a focal point for day-trippers and tourists.

In an area of outstanding beauty and ancient and quaint villages, its hard to be noticed.

This east front faces the high walls surrounding Bedford Prison on the other side of Adelaide Square, which is itself a collection of fine buildings, some of 1801 by Bedford's own John Wing

Victorian engineering may have had its successes with its railways, bridges and steamships, but not every invention made it into the handbook of classic designs.

St Mary's Church is a very good and sturdy example of norman ecclesiastical architecture. it is said that from the top of the church tower no less than 17 other churches can be seen.

At this time Trentham Hall was still used by the Dukes of Sutherland, and local people were allowed access to the gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however, the

Lee Lane (left) at its junction with Dorchester Road, has a stone commemorating the escape of King Charles II after being defeated at the Battle of Worcester.

The size of the Looe Hotel in Fore Street reflects the growing tourist industry, which was stimulated at Looe by a railway branch that had been connected to the main line system just seven years before

In the highly stratified society of Alderley Edge village, the Liberal Unionist Club in Stephen Street was for the village`s tradesmen.

At the north end of the High Street stands the 15th-century market cross, with Malmesbury Cottage Hospital and the abbey in the background.

At this time Trentham Hall was still used by the Dukes of Sutherland, and local people were allowed access to the gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however,

The village was created at the turn of the century to house construction workers for the very large brick-built Christ's Hospital school nearby.

East of the M25 and the older River Wey Navigation, Byfleet is a suburban village; although it is built along winding lanes, it is architecturally disappointing.

The last view in this chapter and in the book looks from the large village green across the pond to housing typical of the development of Pirbright.

This is the main route from Runton and west Norfolk into the centre of town.

Along Station Lane, westwards out of Offord Cluny, the mill is silhouetted against the skyline.

Easton Socon was originally in Bedfordshire, `on the borders of Huntingdonshire`; the early 20th-century directories tell us that the parish covered over 7000 acres, but only had a population of 2000

Standing in front of a shop (now a private residence called Dial House), the sundial has been a prominent feature of Great Staughton since 1637.