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The old Barley Mow public house was based in the last building on the left. We now take the road towards Yateley.

The original 18th-century nucleus around the High Street and the church was still enclosed by orchards and elms in 1950, and Georgian houses still overlook a green.

Old Bracknell consisted of little more thatn a few houses and shops before New Town status allowed it to expand virtually beyond recognition.

The long terrace of cottages is known locally as The Row; it once housed local workers, but it is now holiday homes.

Looking west towards Pidley cum Fenton, we see Somersham before the start of the building programme which has brought an industrial estate and several large housing developments.

Toad's Mouth stands on the moors to the east of Hathersage near Burbage Bridge, where it overhangs the A625 Fox House road.

The bricks that were used to build many of the houses in the High Street were the same kind, the magnificent Fareham Reds, that built the spectacular railway viaduct, whose seventeen arches loom

Rows of houses and quaint ironstone cottages line the street; in the distance is the familiar figure of the local postman out making his deliveries.

Beyond the high brick wall with its iron restraints, a very good array of Georgian houses lead the eye into the market place and on to St Dionysius Church.

The bay-windowed house to the left of the photograph remains intact but neglected, while shops have taken over the remainder.

Sumptuous Victorian houseboats line the River Thames on 'Boat House Reach', close to the bridge.

The fine houses are an indication of Mells's prosperity during the time when the woollen industry was thriving.

Once surrounded by the deer-haunted woods and heaths of Cranborne Chase, Alderholt has kept much of its original character, despite some new houses and a church of little antiquity; the latter is a building

The simple spire of St Peter's Church, Sheffield is typical of many such post-modern churches, which were built as large new council housing estates were erected in the suburbs of 'the Steel City', now

The Houses of Parliament, rebuilt after a fire in 1834, were completed in 1860. The new buildiing was built into the river over the beach.

In Blakeney itself stands Swan House, built as an inn in the 17th century, and the 18th-century King's Head Inn.

This general view shows typical houses of the time; the terrace in the foreground is followed by 1950s semis leading down to the waters of the inlet of Carmarthen Bay, with the Gower peninsular just visible

From 1892 this pathway and steps was known locally as 'Dead House Steps'.

The mill closed in 1879, and the stone was later used for house building in Frome.

The church tower houses a peal of twelve bells. In the tiny square nearby are the town's unusual stocks, made from iron.

The Cross Public House, which according to its sign was established in 1652, almost certainly took its name from its position on the crossroads.

The house on the left apparently has a public telephone installed. Note the two ladies, one with a bicycle, posing for the picture.

All the buildings in this view survive, including the smaller houses in Elms Avenue and the rather good 1850s stucco of the Belle Vue Hotel, with its arched ground floor windows and heavy moulded cornice

The village's name derives from a long bank along the river Ouse, on the right of the photograph, defending the low-lying land from flooding.