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Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC–2000BC.

This little lad demonstrates the ingenuity of a stile which maintains the integrity of the field boundary without the need for steps over the fence. Simply push the three rails down, and step over!

AT the start of the Victorian era, all the roads around Enfield had been turnpiked. These were under the care of the Commissioners for Turnpike Roads, who charged a uniform toll of 3d.

Just past the Stepping Stones public house is one of the roads leading to Polesden Lacy.

Other forms of transport are too swift: the greater delights of Dorset's scenery are missed by using them.

All parts could be reached from this corner, and its popular name of Castle Junction had become fixed. The 114 cars and 1,000 horses were the property of the Belfast Street Tramway Company.

Before the building of the Dartford tunnels and the Queen Elizabeth II bridge, the Tilbury ferry was an important means of crossing the Thames for motorists in this part of Essex.

In this early view of Matlock Bath, the crocketed spire of the parish church of the Holy Trinity is prominent in the right centre, with the River Derwent on the left.

The excellent quality of the buildings at Marnhull shows that this part of the Blackmore Vale was wealthy from agriculture.

Fernhurst lies due north of Midhurst in rolling, wooded border country near the Surrey town of Haslemere.

A Sunbeam Talbot and a Morris Oxford Estate stand in the cobbled courtyard of Rockingham Castle outside one of the main entrances.

Nearer the castle the contrast between the Bath stone of the keep and the crisp, pristine granite of the 1830s prison gatehouse is clear.

Once one of the principal fortresses of the Bishops of Durham, Auckland's transformation into a palatial residence began in 1661 when Bishop John Cosin had the 12th-century Great Hall remodelled: he added

Here we see an almost deserted Westbourne during the last summer of the Great War. The Bournemouth district remained a popular escape from the horrors of that conflict for soldiers on leave.

There has been a great deal of building in this part of Dorset in recent years, but many of the heaths and woodlands remain unspoiled.

The tearooms are to the left of the picture, with the bandstand to their right and Clare House Pier in the centre.

Lying about ten miles east of Hawes, Aysgarth is famous for a series of waterfalls on the River Ure, the upper of which can still be viewed from a 16th-century single arched bridge.

The wall on the right would be that of the Police Station, near the junction of the High Street with Portesbery Road.

The Cathedral city of Worcester is situated almost in the centre of Worcestershire, on the banks of the River Severn.

Powick stands where the waters of the Severn and the Teme mingle.

This circle of stones, known locally as the Druids Circle, was placed in the park and used for the proclamation ceremony of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales in Barry in 1920.

The hatch cover of the square-rigged wherry 'Widgeon' has been lifted away in sections for its cargo of planks to be offloaded - they are stacked neatly under the stone arches of the mill.

By 1904 holidaymakers were discovering the delights of the locality, and some of the sandier areas of Poole Harbour were attracting bathers.

This building is the last remnant of the Tannery, and still stands east of the bridge opposite Greenaway's car park.