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Entering the hamlet, the main A483 crosses the River Camarch en route to Builth Wells.

The development of this part of the town only really dates from the opening of the railway between Crewe and Derby in 1848.

Prettily situated among trees and fields, the church of St Mary the Virgin is small but contains many treasures, including a silver chalice dating back to Elizabethan times, a 500-year-old font and

We are looking across Cook Lane towards Townfield Gate. All of this was cleared for the new shopping centre and bus station.

This ancient cross head bearing a crude carving of a crucifix must pre-date the church by many centuries. The texture of the coarse granite of the district can be seen in the steps.

This photograph looks towards the level crossing, where at the moment we can just see a steam train drawing away from the station.

Nothing much has altered here except that the Narrow Road sign has been changed and there are some new power lines across the road.

Nothing much has altered here except that the Narrow Road sign has been changed and there are some new power lines across the road.

A swish, up-to-the-minute dual carriageway was created to relieve the pressure of excessive traffic in 1931 by widen- ing and extending a street which, until that time, ran only between Humberstone Gate

North of the old windmill is the Manor House in mid seventeenth-century brick, which retains its original cross windows.

Felton stands on the north bank of the Coquet, and it was here that the Great North Road once crossed the river by way of the old bridge featured in the picture.

The village of Bramber probably dates from the building of its Norman castle, since there is no evidence of a pre-Conquest settlement.

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

This view looks southwards across Lyme Bay from the main path through Langmoor Gardens, which were given to the town by James Moly of Langmoor Manor, Charmouth.

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

The first church in the Palatinate in the Early English Gothic style, St Cuthbert's dates from about 1180, when its construction as a collegiate establishment was begun by Bishop Hugh le Puiset.

Beyond the nave and the crossing is the medieval choir and sanctuary, the oldest part of the church, dating from the 12th to the 14th century. It is crowned by an 18th-century vaulted ceiling.

Looking back upstream past the boathouses in front of the 1830s St Helena Terrace and The White Cross, we see a fine view of Richmond Bridge, which dates from the 1770s and is one of the Thames' finest

Here in the centre of the village in the market place is a three-sided cross: three arches carry a spirelet, all in mellow golden limestone.

One of Kent's most ancient villages, Aylesford occupies a strategic crossing of the Medway, and dates from the time of the Saxons. The parish church crowns a hillock and is principally Norman.

With the wrought iron gate and lantern frame in front of us, we look northwards towards Bourne Close and eventually, by a footpath across the fields, to Moles Farm and the Sow and Pigs public house at

Although the church is of relatively modern construction – it was built in the mid 1860s - the site has religious significance probably dating back to before the Norman Conquest.

This view across the 18th-century bridge was taken looking past the gate to the Bishop's palace and up to the cathedral.

It dates from the 15th century, but was built on the site of an earlier church. It was restored in 1881. The rich carving of the stall-ends in the chancel is a notable feature.