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Although it is only one and a half miles from Camelford, St Adwena's church stands very much on its own by the fringe of Bodmin Moor.

It was built in 1844 by T H Wyatt; he added a square imitation Norman font, which he presented on completion of the building.

This beautiful and intriguing building has survived and prospered and is now part of the United Reformed Church ministry.

Unfortunately, the town had much of its heart punched out by 1960s development. The 1897 Diamond Jubilee drinking fountain was reerected in The Steyne gardens in 1969.

Here are a group of young citizens of Burwash with rural baby carts (hardly prams) photographed over a century ago.

The abbey was founded by Richard de Granville in about 1130, at the same time as he established his castle on the other side of the river.

The Southport & Lytham Tramroad Co came up with a proposal to construct a transporter bridge due south of Hesketh Bank at a cost of £183,500.

Freshfield is situated between Formby and Ainsdale on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway route between Liverpool and Southport.

Built of local oak, the gaff-rigged wherry was precisely designed for Broadland conditions, and fleets of them once plied between Yarmouth and Norwich.

Most of the buildings are timber-framed and date from the 15th to the 17th century, although several are now covered by weather-boarding.

I am old enough to walk on my own now!' says the child standing by her pushchair.

Dartford was home to two of the world's most famous rock stars, Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and this is how they would remember the town of their youth.

However, the houses on the right would not fare so well three years later when high winds hit the coast, rendering the new sea wall completely inadequate.

From Saxon times it provided the motive power for local corn and cloth mills, in addition to feeding the local system of water meadows, which were made fertile by regular flooding.

The 65-acre Meare was the first stage of the development. All the bays and islands are named in J M Barry style. The Boat House was built in 1911, before the Meare was completed.

One of the cottages in the row was occupied by Frederick Butcher, the parish gravedigger.

In this village, just off the Knaresborough to York road, stands the ancient church of St John the Baptist, a thousand years old.

The most northerly village in Nidderdale is Middlesmoor, consisting of a church and a few cottages. Beyond here is Scar House Reservoir, providing water for Bradford.

Around the village green stands this collection of cottages leading back to St Michael's Church (1552). There has been milling here in the village since the 14th century.

It is also said that the origin of the name Stydd is 'stood', because during a severe earth tremor this was the only building undamaged.

The tower, unusual architecturally for this part of Britain, is thought to have been influenced in style by King Henry VI during his stay in Bolton Hall.

Bossington, at the foot of Bossington Hill and on a loop road from the A39, merges with the hamlet of Lynch; it is a pretty village, with whitewashed sandstone rubble houses.

The buildings are shaped here to follow the curve of the road. The first shop on the right is now a florist. Morgans, 'Complete House Furnishers', has become the Alamo restaurant and bar.

For a very built-up area, Dudley has always had a number of green, open spaces, including the Civic Gardens, situated between Priory Road and The Broadway, opposite the Council House.