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With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

The church of St John The Baptist, whose tower dominates the rising High Street, appears to date from the 13th century.

The village grew up around the fancy goods and woollen fabric trades, so widespread in West Yorkshire.

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

It could be said that the life of Sir William Hillary (1771-1847) was the stuff of ripping yarns.

The assembled staff pose outside a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients from London set up just outside the village of Ockley.

The town was known as 'Wycumbe' in the 12th and 13th centuries, and by the 14th century it was known as Chepping Wycombe to distinguish it from West Wycombe - 'chepping' means 'market'.

Wycombe Cricket Club ground, it can now be seen re-erected at Chiltern Open Air Museum, complete with a toll-gate.

There was John Lewis Jacquet, the postmaster, who soldiered on at his work until he was 79, or Thomas Butcher, the auctioneer, who had cried the lots at the Spread Eagle; both were the sons of

St John's Bridge is on the left.

To reach our final village, Pilton, we must leave our straight route at East Pennard and travel almost due north for a couple of miles or so.

ONE of the great joys of Exmouth is its beautiful setting, caught magnificently between the sea, the long Exe estuary and the wilder countryside of heath and cliff that so defines east Devon, offering

On the left of D92001, below, we can glimpse the 14th-century church of St Peter with its 15th-century tower and modern stained glass.

The charters of Henry VIII allowed a fair to be held at the feast of Corpus Christi.

It was once a private house.

It was once a private house.

The alabaster effigies of the armour-clad John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and his wife Margaret lie recumbent on their elaborate 15th-century tomb in the presbytery.

Shoppers at John Harrison's would have been paying something in the region of 6s 11d a pound for sirloin, 2s 1d for brisket, 2s 11d for streaky bacon, 4s 11d for a dozen eggs and around 3s 5d for a pound

Shoppers at John Harrison's would have been paying something in the region of 6s 11d a pound for sirloin, 2s 1d for brisket, 2s 11d for streaky bacon, 4s 11d for a dozen eggs and around 3s 5d for a pound

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, fought in the 100 Years War against the French.

Tom Tower is such an integral feature of Oxford that it is synonymous with the city's world-famous skyline.

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, fought in the 100 Years War against the French.

Drummond was originally built by John, 1st Lord Drummond in 1491.

Having accommodated men of the United States 1st Infantry Division before they left Weymouth and Portland to land on Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion, Freshwater Holiday Camp remains one of the busiest