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The strange pole erected on the roof is the local telephone system. In the early years, all subscribers had their own separate line from the switchboard to their home or business.

along the present B1514 road past the turning to Pepys House, the road forks at the roundabout where the main road runs eastwards towards the A14 and the left road takes us into the village of

The Norman church keeps the registers of Kingston, a village long lost due to coastal erosion. Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground.

On our left as we approach Dorking from the north are the Stepping Stones. Contrary to belief, the much-photographed Stepping Stones are not that old.

The town of Kingston was awarded County Town status in 1893, which it retained even after becoming a London Borough in 1964.

In January 1905, whilst laid up at Milford for the winter, she caught fire and sank under the weight of hose water in her hull.

After the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace was moved to Sydenham in south-east London, where it was filled with lavish displays.

Situated five miles north of Sheffield, the large parish of Ecclesfield was semi-industrialised by the late 18th century.

Its real name is Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, and the minute 6th-century St Trillo's chapel, built over a holy well, still stands on the promenade.

Originally this area was called Acres Field, and it was here that the Manchester Fair was held on the eve, day and morrow of St Matthew, September 20-22.

Perched high on its hill, Alton Castle dominates the area. The original castle is thought to have been built by Bertram de Verdun, who also founded the Cistercian abbey at Croxden.

The popular Century Cinema was built in 1937 on the corner of Kingsway Road and Station Way.

This slightly severe-looking three-storey mansion was built in 1767 on the site of a Benedictine priory, long ruinous and partly converted to a house around 1550.

Beyond the delivery van parked on the same side as The George Hotel stands a row of cottages once quaintly named Ship's Yud Row.

Looking down the High Street we can see Fosters Brothers (centre right) in a new building that replaced the Bear Hotel, one of Daventry's coaching inns.

Before the Chester to Holyhead railway opened in the 19th century, Prestatyn relied on agriculture and various mining and quarrying activities.

This pleasant market town sits on the road from Thetford to Norwich, and was once a resting place for pilgrims - it still has a Guild Chapel dedicated to St Thomas a Becket.

This lovely building is at the southern end of the High Street, in the former market place where the High Street meets Worcester Road and St John's Street.

On the left stands Barclays Bank. This was built around 1905 on the site of the London and South West Bank, which in turn had replaced a Tudor farm house.

Between the underground station and the parish church, this is a wonderful neo-Tudor pub of 1936 by A E Sewell; he also designed the Crown and Anchor in High Street, Chipping Barnet, and the Goat near

Here is a pauper asylum of gigantic proportions, built to house 1,000 patients and designed by S W Daukes in 1851.

As well as the usual statutory facilities, such as tennis courts and a football ground, there is an attractive series of lakes and ponds, as well as Broomfield House with its stableyard, an early 18th-century

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the coal industry dominated the area, and the Lambton family rose to prominence through wealth founded on coal.

This building exhibits all the usual features of a post office, including letter boxes, a clock and an information board giving details about collection times.