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A group of young children are seen standing in front of a barrier in Datchet village.

Taken from the edge of Parsonage Woods to the north of the town, this view, almost unchanged today, looks past the cornfield towards the historic market town nestling in its Chiltern valley.

Inside the church (not visible in this photograph) lies the tomb of Capability Brown, who became a cult figure among the aristocracy for his stylised landscaping.

This well, with its thirteen water jets, is a reconstruction of an earlier one destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's troops.

Fortunately for the hotel, it has been taken over by a group of local businessmen, and it looks much, much better now.

Directly above St Michael's Church (right) one can see Abbey House and the ruined shell of the classical banqueting hall built by Sir Hugh Cholmley in 1672, roofless since the 1790s; at the

A lone tent sits on the empty sands.

Situated near the south end of High Street, this is generally regarded as the finest civic building of its period in the country.

This broad expanse of the old Portsmouth Road is lined with pollarded trees.

The church of St Mary was founded in the 11th century and was enlarged and over-restored in the Victorian era, but it still retains its Norman chancel and original windows.

This wide sweep of sand leads to Whitby in the distance.

Plans were requested for a Town Hall costing about £20,000, but by its opening on 27 September 1871 the bill was £160,000. W H Crossland designed the 88ft-long building.

This first chapter is a tour from west to east in the parts of Surrey most affected by London. We start in Egham, a town on higher ground south of the River Thames.

The war memorial replaced an earlier obelisk with gas lamps attached; this had stood in the middle of what was a sheep market until 1885, the livestock market then moving to a new site in Bury

Summertime flash floods are a fact of life at Upwey, where the River Wey flows southwards beside Church Street to Westbrook Farm and the Manor House.

The mill, on the south bank of the Great Ouse, later became a hosiery factory, and has now been converted into a prestige housing complex.

This photograph of the 15th-century Market Cross shows just how far the original concept of a market town has moved in the 20th century.

This photograph shows the view north-westwards up Church Street from beside the Old Monmouth Hotel, with the churchyard railings on the right.

The church of St John the Baptist stands virtually on the other side of Red Lion Square from All Saints'.

Following the devastating fire of 1857, a room was rented in the Ship Inn for Sunday worship until a new church could be built.

Records of the existence of this street go back at least to the 15th century and it is known to have been used by travellers and pilgrims on their way to the Abbey.

Although resented at first, the State Management Scheme soon became a badge of the city and brought many benefits.

The village population had grown to just short of 700, and there were now over 100 houses. The way of life had remained basically agricultural.

Perched on its cliff overlooking the rivers Teme and Corve, Ludlow was built in a strategic location on the Welsh borders.