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The Village Hall at Hunsdon was originally the school until the building of the new school in 1924 at a cost of £4000.

Wisbech's five mile-long canal once connected the villages of Outwell and Upwell with the River Nene at Wisbech. It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens.

In place before the Conquest, Fleckney continues to develop and extend with a population of 71 in 1381 increasing by 1950 to nearly 1500 - and the increase goes on.

The west end of Paragon Street took its name from the late 18th-century inn of the same name, which occupied the corner of the nearby Chariot Street.

Other members of the family also lived in large houses in the town.

The popularity of Box Hill, once called the White Hill from its chalk bluff and affording a splendid view across the Weald from its summit of just over 600ft, reached an apogee during the late Victorian

The little hamlet of Calenick lies a short distance south of Truro, in a valley bottom on the old road to Falmouth. Here beside the old lane is one of the few thatched cottages.

Cows graze on Southwold's Common. In the distance is the church of St Edmund, built in the mid 15th century, and one of the few buildings in Southwold which survived the fire of 1659.

The 13th-century bridge spanning the River Erme was built as a result of the increase in traffic that occurred because of the growth of nearby Plymouth.

One of the architectural treasures of Corsham is the Hungerford Almshouses and their school. Note the Baroque pediment and coat-of-arms over the entrance.

Rock-pooling has always been one of the joys of a seaside holiday, and these children are obviously enjoying themselves.

The earliest mention of a church in Sandy is in the institution rolls of Bishop Hugh of Wells (c1214), and the font bowl in the south aisle is thought to date from Saxon times.

This amount of ivy is more than picturesque, it is also well trimmed. This cosy-looking AA hotel has two distinct types of window in addition to every conceivable style and size of chimney.

Note the two interested spectators observing the photographer from the balcony of this café.

We are in a valley of the Downs near Beachy Head. The Tiger Inn is a fine building that was a barracks during the Napoleonic wars.

This photograph proves that the people of Gloucester enjoyed the waterways of the city in the earlier part of the 20th century.

This artificial harbour, first constructed between 1740- 44, stands at the estuary of the small River Brit.

The Royal Military Canal was constructed in the early 19th century; its purpose was to transport military personnel along the most vulnerable stretch of Kent's coast in the event of a French

This view of Station Road, by now renamed Station Way, shows that while the local branches of W H Smith and Boots the Chemists still occupy their premises below the flats of Cheam Court, the corner shop

The largest house in Ewell, opposite the old churchyard, this castellated building was built by Henry Kitchen between 1810 and 1814 to replace an earlier castle which stood here in the reign of King Charles

This is the furthest north part of Buckinghamshire, beyond the stone-built market town of Olney, and not far from the Northamptonshire border.

On the A52 between Nottingham and Grantham, Bottesford is the most northerly settlement in the county.

The 15th-century local granite and limestone church tower of St Peter and St Paul, heavily restored in 1872 by P W Ordish, shows above the houses of quality which bound The Green.

Sherwood Forest once covered over 100,000 acres between Nottingham and Worksop, although the great ducal estates of the Dukeries enclosed much of the north part for their parks.