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Village green, church and public house are all in close proximity, but the village atmosphere in Toddington was already under threat at the time of this photograph.

Looking southwards, this photograph gives an indication of the many businesses along this aptly named road.

Buses still use the Broadway and Northbrook Street but today traffic cannot use the section of the latter thoroughfare much beyond Wheelers Garage during the daytime.

in boxes of straw. There would also have been hare and rabbit, shot or snared by the local gamekeepers and their labourers — rabbit was generally consumed by the working classes.

This well-preserved stone (now in the care of the National Trust) is inscribed in Latin 'Carataci Nepus', that is, 'nephew of Caradoc'.

Note the broad width of the street where the market used to be held, and the pleasing variety of architecture and raised pavements.

The English poet laureate Ben Jonson stayed here from December 1618 until the middle of January 1619 as a guest of William Drummond.

This is constructed of Barnack stone, apart from the base, which came from the castle ruins.

These boats are moored in a small creek off the wide waters of the broad. The pleasure craft in the foreground has a steering wheel which would not be out of place in a bus or taxi.

The fine tower at the west end of St Andrew's, built by Thomas Yogge in 1481 and now housing a peal of ten bells, used to look out over Guildhall Square, which is now a car park.

King Athelstan built an abbey here in 933, though little survives except parts of the refectory.

The Ypres Tower and the spire of St Mary's church are clearly visible in this picture of Strand Quay and the River Rother.

Leading off the north-east corner of the market-place, Red Lion Lane emphasises the local market-town character of Aylsham.

Dating back to the 18th century, the deed to each of these cottages restircts the householder to replacing the roof only with thatch, and further prescribes the method and colour of redecoration that may

Originally built as a mansion for William Cunninghame of Lainshaw in 1778-80, it was remodelled in 1827-28 as the Royal Exchange, then became Stirling's Library in 1954; it is now the Gallery of Modern

Just by way of a little more variety, Bill has been director of Birmingham's Christmas light switch-on, and directed a large performance by school children at the Millennium Dome as well

Originally an inn, the house on the left of the picture is where Jane Austen lived during the last years of her life.

The east arm of the cathedral has a lower Norman part, while the tall clerestory and flying buttresses are 14th-century; this is a direct consequence of an earlier spire falling through the chancel roof

Leading off the north-east corner of the market-place, Red Lion Lane emphasises the local market-town character of Aylsham.

There are several pleasant gardens around Weymouth for those who tire of their day on the beach.

In the church nearby is a memorial to Captain Edward Rotherham, who commanded a ship of the line, the 'Royal Sovereign', at the Battle of Trafalgar.

This old weir, where the river rushes through the gap, is near the end of the Long Range, and close to 'The meeting of the waters'. Here, a man in a rowing boat is surveying the weir.

This is a leisurely view typical of many to be seen on the rivers Trent and Soar. The need to protect the crossing of this river provided the initial raison d'etre for the castle and the village.

Ingleton is set amid the spectacular scenery of the River Greta and Clapham Beck.