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These Grade II* listed almshouses at Nos 10-13 Kingsbury Street stand opposite the south entrance to St Mary's. They were erected by Dr John Tounson, vicar of Bremhill, in 1682.

Diss, this small, stylish town on the Suffolk border evolved around a six-acre pool called Diss Mere which penetrates almost to the edge of the main street.

Hockerill Street leads downhill into the town from the crossroads with the London to Newmarket road. Each corner was once occupied by a public house or inn.

On the left is the flat-roofed 1960s Burton Joyce Library, and in the distance is Main Street.

This end of Upper Parliament Street, with the Theatre Royal halfway along and out of sight on the left, has seen many changes since the 1950s.

Looking along the High Street past the beleaguered Burton Memorial, one would see little change today in the buildingscape.

On the main street stands Holy Trinity Church, built in 1840. The village experienced serious flooding in 1967 – flooding is always a threat, and cottagers use flood boards at their front doors.

Many of Chalford's streets are too narrow and steep to allow cars and are best explored on foot, much as the master-weavers of the cloth trade would have known them.

The church is at the end of a lane off the main street; its 14th-century tower is largely untouched, but the rest was refaced in the 1860s.

The field in the foreground, with its flint wall, lies to the south of East Blatchington Farm; the view looks south down Blatchington Hill, the village main street, with Belgrave Road passing in front

In 1955, Sun Street was much the same as it is today. Faulkner's estate agents are on the left.

Close to the road, the solid but impressive ashlar tower dominates the immediate street scene with its substantial angled buttresses and crocketted finials; these are not 15th-century, but were added

Chalfont St Giles retains much more of its heritage and character than its southern neighbour, Chalfont St Peter, with a High Street lined with good buildings, a pond and the parish church

The funnel effect of the town's main street in 1965 can be fully appreciated in this photograph. The Black Lion public house on the right was originally on the opposite side of the road.

On the left side of the High Street we have a K shoe shop, then Timothy Whites the Chemist, Hepworths, the Congregational Church and Lloyd's Bank.

But as these boaters opposite the Green Dragon pub in Water Street in Chesterton demonstrate, it does take some practice, which is why a paddle can come in handy for the less experienced.

In this picture a sporty pair zoom along Lord Street.

This peaceful village to the south of Marlborough is one long street retaining many old cottages.

This view from the tow-path looking towards Church Street is now very much changed.

From opposite the Dog and Gun Pub, the camera looks along the straight village street with its assortment of restrained houses, hedges and walls.

Gallowtree Gate runs out of Granby Street and London Road as it drops down to the Clock Tower.

The house which forms the angle with Chapel Street on the left is pre-17th-century, lately repainted and rethatched.

The war memorial is centrally placed in the village alongside the winding street by the stream. The roots of tradition run deep here, and some old customs were observed until the 19th century.

Across the street is a café. Cyclists are approaching – there were many here, for the flat Fylde plain was ideal for cycling.