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Further along the bridge we look into the backwater with the lock island on the left and the old lock-keeper's cottage beyond the tree.

The Kettle Brook 1898 A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.

Horses graze the rich meadows that keep the waters of the River Bure from the village street. Here are handsome pantile-roofed red brick houses. A rotted hulk squats in a narrow inlet.

Grassington was at one time a centre for lead mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, athough there was still some quarrying in the locality.

The rocky knoll of Biskey Howe, rising abruptly above the built-up area of Bowness, has long been a favourite viewpoint—from here a large proportion of the lake is visible.

This picturesque view across the village contrasts the rugged foreground with the domestic quality of the buildings, emphasising the fact that they sit on pre-Cambrian rocks, which are among

Killin mill stands on the River Dochart. Not far away is the ruined Breadalbane stronghold of Finlarig Castle. One of its more interesting features is what is thought to be an ancient beheading pit.

Dunk's Green 1901 Some fine stone and brick cottages and an oast house stand along the road leading towards Mereworth Woods near the village centre of Plaxtol, on the edge of the Ragstone Ridge

The scene of Falstaff's miseries in Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', Datchet stands on the Thames bank, opposite Home Park.

The village of Braunston lies on a hill overlooking a picturesque stretch of the Grand Union Canal, one of Britain's most famous inland waterways.

Above the village of Rockingham lies the splendid castle, built by William the Conqueror on the site of an ancient fortress and at the heart of the great Rockingham Forest.

Botley Station (entrance on the left of the photograph), which is approached via Mill Hill, is well outside the village. One descends to it from a road bridge.

Further uphill is the village centre. The only casualty since 1899 is the wall on the right, sacrificed for road widening at the junction with Hardwick Road.

For most people, the village of Heswall is centred on this road, the A540, linking Chester with all the towns along the western side of the Wirral.

The low coastal cliffs below the village provided a pleasant walk above the beach. Hidden by the trees is St Peter's Church, believed to have been founded in 967.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

This amazingly small- scale country lane is now not only surfaced and widened but installed with traffic-calming cushions to curb speed on the main Richmond-Darlington road.

The river Burn runs through the villages of South and North Creake too. The road at the centre of the picture leads to the ruins of Creake Abbey, which lies in a beautiful setting beside the stream.

The inn is well placed near the busy Stamford Road. Once a coal business and a shoemaker's, it acquired its name from the last occupation - the Boot and Shoe Inn.

Dell Bridge was built in 1894 to span what was once the upper reaches of Dell Creek, a former tidal creek that once divided the village in half.

The Fox (left) was owned by the now-defunct Dunmow Brewery. In 1999, the pub became famous for its pet chicken, Violet, who had allegedly been pecking at the war-memorial.

When cars were rarer here, the village children used to sit on the green and hold sweepstakes, guessing on the number-plate of the next vehicle to pass through.

The county runs out here: the roads from Dormansland lead a short way to the border with either Kent or Sussex.

To the east of Stane Street, and four miles north of Billingshurst, is the village of Slinfold.