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This large dwelling is just north of the church, and was ideal for conversion into a youth hostel.

This pleasant but rather undistinguished wide street was the scene of a Saturday market since it was granted in 1219.

There is an extensive choice of military museums, including two in neighbouring Surrey.

Corpus Christi College is on the right hand side, with St Botolph's church just in the foreground. In the distance are the unmistakable slender spires of King's College Chapel.

In 1688 the first recorded curing of red herrings took place here.

It had its characters, such as Percy-from-Painswick, mentioned by Laurie Lee, author of Cider With Rosie, who grew up in nearby Slad.

The timeless occupation of harvesting oats, at one with nature when performed by man and beast, is seen here on Anglesey.

A boy is sat on a rock in the centre of the picture - are the shapes in the sand his handiwork?

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

The village, 3 miles east of Bedale, grew up around Scruton Hall, and contains a church, a rectory and a manor house. Scruton Hall was built in the Queen Anne style; it was demolished in 1956.

A medieval manor house, Athelhampton was built in 1485 by Sir William Martyn, who became Lord Mayor of London in 1493.

Note the pair of imposing carved lions guarding the entrance and the carvings about the colonnades, which were designed and executed by Mr T A Jones.

Transport has always played a key role in the history of Pangbourne. Its station on the Great Western Railway helped to widen its appeal as a popular inland resort.

In the early years of this century the village included an apothecary, a butcher's shop with traditional glazed tiles, a forge, dairy, a shoe-maker and an undertaker's.

Now, housing occupies the land on either side of the road, which leads from Grange to Cartmel.

The ornate fountain and clock tower forms the centrepiece of the Market Place, but it looks as though Willenhall will soon have another attraction, the Zorba Grill—no doubt inspired by the film starring

This massive-looking church was built between 1867 and 1869 in a 13th-century style to the designs of W J Hopkins. The broach spire was added in 1879. Note the rounded windows in the clerestory.

The chief glory of the church is its early hammerbeam roof.

The Fishpond has been a central feature of Matlock Bath since the village became an important resort and spa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

This is one of the few sites where it is still possible to find otters.

The great natural arch of Durdle Door braves the sea just a little way from the more famous Lulworth Cove.

The post office stores stands on a corner in the centre of the village near the church, and is still trading today.

On the right is horse-drawn cart of the Royal Mail.

This is a children's paradise: blend open grass, trees and a pond with a lively imagination, and a never-ending variety of worlds can be created in a single afternoon - and lost forever in later years.