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The acoustics in the main assembly hall, on the left, were so good that it was used by gramophone companies for recording classical music performances.

The Mansfield, Sutton and District Co-operative Society shop on the corner (left) was funded by Earl Manvers in 1895.

The Bible tells us that we should build our houses on rock and not sand – and all the oldest cottages in Burton sit perched on outcrops of sandstone.

It was re-discovered by Canon W H R Jones, the vicar of Holy Trinity and a keen antiquarian. He came across references to it in a text dated 1125.

Robin Hood's Bay is one of many beautiful villages which cluster around the steep-sided coves where the North York Moors reach the North Sea.

To the left is the entrance to the 100 ft long Great Hall built during the reign of Bishop Bek.

Further east, Franklins Outfitters, a mid 19th-century Italianate building on the right has gone, as have those in the distance on the left, to be replaced by the tepid Neo-Georgian Talbot Court.

The trees of this green island were planted in the late 18th century, and most are still here. This is now a one-way road system, and the van is going the wrong way!

After the First World War, there were plans to divide Westley Heights into 231 small plots of land and offer them for development.

A number of the older houses here were originally inns, for Broadway lay on the London to Worcester coaching route.

Outside the Higher Clovelly post office, postman Roy Fisher accepts the sacks of local post from the Bideford van.

That Worthing has a milder climate than its neighbours is shown by the large quantities of fruit and vegetables which it sends to Covent Garden.

Patients lay in their bed, not on it, legs together, arms out of the blankets pressed firmly to the side of the body. Those allowed to sit upright did so, but with their arms folded.

Until the 1960s, most people relied on public transport, and the green-liveried buses of United Counties carried workers and shoppers in and out of town on busy timetables.

Many of the buildings on the left-hand side of the street are now run as shops, including two art galleries.

Farther down the A330 is Stud Green, a hamlet of Holyport. Its character is now largely suburban, following much rebuilding. This view looks west.

Looking north into the continuation of the High Street, the Cock pub on the left survives while on the right is the 1886 Congregational Chapel, an Early English Gothic style front flanked by pinnacled

Looking towards Bull Head Street, a mixture of building periods come together to provide a pleasant moment in Wigston.

Look south away from Stirling Corner and past Mill Hill Golf Club bordering Thistle Wood and Scratch Wood (a rural name now adopted by the local motorway service station), and take a moment to reflect on

A striking building in the High Street is The Queen's Head Pub, mainly of the 17th century, with its welcoming atmospheric bars.

Victoria Buildings c1965 Freshfield is situated between Formby and Ainsdale on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway route between Liverpool and Southport.

The station is on the left, but is concealed by the distant shops.

Most of the buildings on the right have since been rebuilt, while on the left all up to the three-storey brick building with the parapet, now the Abbey National, have also gone (and some beyond).

The photographer has now moved west down the High Street, a superb long and wide street lined by timber-framed and brick houses - one of the best historic townscapes in Buckinghamshire.