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In the background are the romantic ruins of the Augustinian priory, and to the right are the tumbling waters of the River Wharfe.

Donkeys are awaiting the arrival of the day's holidaymakers on the beach. A fisherwoman in a tall hat stands behind the donkey boys and their mounts.

On the horizon we can see the outline of the 12th-century church of Llangwyfan and the circular sea-wall of its cemetery.

The field in the foreground, with its flint wall, lies to the south of East Blatchington Farm; the view looks south down Blatchington Hill, the village main street, with Belgrave Road passing in front

Moving south-west, the tour reaches East Harting, a hamlet east of South Harting, the main village with the parish church.

The name of this lane, which runs north from the junction of High Street and Lewes Road, refers to Sackville College.

Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and

Young day-trippers on the beach are preparing to enjoy a traditional ride on one of the six donkeys retained here for the purpose during the summer months.

There are many monuments in the church and in the graveyard to famous people, including Sir Thomas Fleming, who was the Lord Chief Justice who authorised the execution of Guy Fawkes, and Admiral Lord Hawke

The house on the left, occupied by R W Fayers & Son, builders, was the home of Sir John Turner, who built The Custom House.

The next views are of the residential roads laid out to the east of Brighton Road.

The hamlet of Mill End, about a mile west of the centre of Rickmansworth, grew up along the main road to Uxbridge to serve a watermill and factories.

This architecture is not exciting, but very user-friendly: a corner shop with others adjacent, each with their good timber fronts, and on the opposite side of the road The Bell pub, making up a standard

The sign on the shop wall, where the tickets were sold, shows that admission to the Priory Church was 6d.

On the exposed Wolds, the ironstone church is situated on the south side of the village street, away from the main A606 Nottingham to Stamford road.

The West Lodge and Gates are at the head of De Parys Avenue.

Its foundation stone was laid by the Marquess of Tavistock, the eldest son of the Duke of Bedford, in 1811. The costs proved high.

Beyond the route suggested in this chapter, which finishes at Bedford Park, the 1950s and 1960s expansion of Bedford to the east was well planned with parks, shopping parades and schools - many of the

He at once embarked on a programme of rebuilding and extension, doubling the size of the house, and moved the entire village of More Crichel except for St Mary`s Church, a mile away to the south in

Although spinning and weaving were Paisley's main industries, there were also several shipyards along the banks of the River Cart. The longest lived was Fleming & Ferguson.

The 16th-century house on the left still has its original brackets supporting the exposed joists of the first floor.

The Sir Frederick Milner School was built as a secondary modern school in the south- east of the town, amid a maze of narrow streets.

This slow growth of population in the 1900s is explained by the fact that Runcorn was very much a cul-de-sac town.

A mile south of the main road, on a spur some 80 feet high on the edge of the Pevensey Levels, lies the parish church of Herstmonceux and this spectacular brick-built castle.