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Looking west from the chalk hills east of the town, undeveloped to this day, Chesham nestles in the deep-cut valley of the River Chess.

The design of the building on the extreme left of the photograph is 'restrained Co-op' of the 1930s, not pictur- esque but solid and honest.

Nearly four hundred feet above sea level, this principal inland resort of Kent owes its popularity to the accidental discovery of a chalybeate spring by Dudley, Lord North in 1606, which led to the fashion

The castle at Acton Burnell was built at the end of the 13th century by Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Chancellor of England.

This is the Anglican parish church of Chigwell. Parts of the fabric of the church are Norman, from the 12th century.

The house was built around the remains of a former Benedictine nunnery.

A few years earlier, one local commentator had written: 'the other side [of Earle Street] has been considerably improved with the growth of the local Co-operative Society.

Located in the suburb of Allerton, this junction provides access to West Allerton train station and to the B5180 and A562 arterial roads.

A sign of the times is here in the form of the AA box (right) with two AA patrol men going across the road for a quick one!

Here we see a simple, well-proportioned range of three-storey shops and flats of around 1890, with their fine sensitively-crafted pilastered fronts.

In 1891 a fire caused considerable damage to the fabric of the building, and the impression from the photograph is of a complete rebuilding soon after that date.

Overlooking the fascinating village green from the direction of Dakyn House (1678), we see the parish church of St Peter and St Felix, which itself looks out over the remains of Ravensworth Castle.

The enormous popularity of messing about on the River Thames during the Victorian era is demonstrated in this scene of the crowded lock at Molesey, just upstream from Hampton Court; it had been linked

At the north end of the park the focus is a statue of Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort, who had died in 1861 and in whose honour the estate had been named.

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing

The Corporation's policy of providing a sufficient number of public parks and recreation grounds for both residents and visitors was actively pursued during this period of expansion.

The Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence, where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

Judging by the state of the road, rose growing did not appear to be high on the natives' list of priorities.

At this time, views such as these could be replicated a hundred times throughout the county of Devon. Thatch, unsurfaced road and total absence of traffic was the norm.

Victoria Park lies to the east of Newbury town centre.

The precinct is typical of a style that dominated redevelopment and new town schemes of the late 1950s and 1960s. Examples can be seen throughout the UK, many of them now looking the worse for wear.

The covered walkway of The Pentice was created when the upper floor of its houses was extended in the 16th century. Until 1279 a Royal Mint of the Norman and Angevin kings stood on the site.

Once famed for bluebells, Nicky Nook remains a favourite part of the countryside, within easy reach of Garstang. The wooded ravine of Nicky Nook draws botanists and sketchers.

It is thought that there has been a building on the site of the church since Roman times.