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The miniature railway was one of the major attractions of Drusilla's and still is, though the engines are somehow less utilitarian and more convincingly based on steam locomotives - the best one

It is fortunate that the church at Great Witley, built by Lady Foley in 1735, and decorated under the guidance of the artistic Earl of Dudley, survived the fire.

Seaforth Cottage, a neat and symmetrical Georgian Cottage ornée with rustic porch, would not look out of place on Marine Parade in Lyme Regis.

Still a mixture of residential and commercial properties, Fleet Road is nonetheless well on the way to becoming Fleet's principle shopping street.

Described by Edward Thomas the poet, as 'hunching soft' in Lutcombe Bottom, this idyllic scene below Stoner was lost to us in the late forties with the demolition of the cottage.

In this view, the Market Place shows signs of a limited amount of redevelopment.

Charlotte Bronte stayed at the vicarage of the hillside town on Hathersage in 1845; the rector Henry Nussey proposed to her but she declined him.

It stands in front of a row of pretty tile-hung buildings. In total, 107 buildings in the village are listed as having special historical and architectural interest.

'The large cellars or caves beneath the town, dug out of the sand rock, are highly curious.

Men an Tol means 'stone of the hole'; this most famous of Cornish landmarks probably belongs to the Neolithic period.

The village stands under the downs near the source of the Len and has a broad, attractive market square fringed with lime trees, which create a shadowed path over the uneven setts and cobbles.

When they see it from the road or the nearby railway, travellers are puzzled by this church with towers at both ends.

The King's Arms (right, and now no longer a pub) was the scene of the Haslemere Riot and the murder of Inspector William Donaldson on 28 July 1855.

By the mid 1980s, most of the mines had shut, with dire consequences for the communities here. However, all that was still to come at the time when this photograph was taken.

Land around here was once one of the royal hunting grounds. The White Horse, a chalk hill figure, was carved in 1857. It is still a major attraction and can be seen for miles.

In medieval times the town also supported the Hospital of St John the Evangelist, founded in 1189 for a chaplain and twelve poor people.

The flour mills (B399087, left background) are a reminder of the port's heyday when the trading vessels of the world would have queued to unload.

They lived in a cluster of mud-daubed cottages built of wreck timber close to the walls of the church - hence Church Town.

In 1997 a statue of William Webb Ellis was unveiled by the rugby player Jeremy Guscott in front of the New Quad building.

This motor historian's delight contains many cars and vans typical of its date.

The slate-hung buildings are 11 and 13 High Street, two of the oldest in town.

The slate-hung buildings are 11 and 13 High Street, two of the oldest in town.

In medieval times the town also supported the Hospital of St John the Evangelist, founded in 1189 for a chaplain and twelve poor people.

Ranksborough, to the west of Langham, is the most famous of the Cottesmore hunt coverts, looking out over the choicest pastures and flying-fences.