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The 1st Eastern General Hospital was set up in Nevile's Court in Trinity College at the beginning of World War 1, with beds placed around the cloisters.

Dating mainly from the 13th and 14th centuries, and with a lofty spire dating from the time of Agincourt, the church of All Saints was extensively restored in 1862 by the Reverend W H Lowder, who had

This view, with something of a frontier town feel in 1890, is now the brashly cheery High Street. At this time, though, it is much more sedate.

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, eldest son of Sir Timothy Shelley MP, was born on 4 August 1792 at Field Place in Warnham, where he spent his childhood.

Although deserted when this picture was taken, this attractive village was populated enough to sustain two pubs, the George and Dragon, left, and the Chequers Inn beyond.

More fine buildings are in evidence in this parade of quality shops. Bickerstaffe's the ironmonger's is behind the fluted lamp, and Rhodes the butcher's (with the sun blinds) is to the right.

This fine clapper bridge has gone, but not the Methodist church to the right, which was completed two decades before the photograph was taken.

This photograph was taken from the entrance to the former East Suffolk Hotel, now the Aldeburgh Festival Office.

This scene suggests that before the advent of modern tourism there was little to disturb the peace, and a dog could safely wander the streets without fear of traffic.

The café is in the building at the top of the lane, with a post office and grocer's under the signs.

St Bartholomew's church dates back to 1240, but even before that there was a church on this high ground. The strong tower appeared in 1450.

The old smoke house (foreground) was built in 1848 in a romantic style to resemble an ancient castle, complete with mock stone cannons which aided the drainage from the private garden above.

The tour now reaches the northern part of the county, perhaps the least visited part of Nottinghamshire. The largest towns are Worksop and East Retford – Worksop was covered in Chapter 4.

This view was taken at the top of the High Street. In the centre is the New Inn public house and tea gardens, formerly owned by Cobbs' Brewery.

Built in 1592 for Ferdinand, 5th Earl of Derby, to enable him to watch horse-racing on the sands at Meols, Leasowe Castle was converted into a hotel in 1982.

The Edge was famous for its copper mines, so that this pub was originally called the Miners' Arms.

It was once said of the village that 'Puddington is singularly quiet; it is so quiet that it has never yet reached the fame of a picture postcard'.

This view up St Margaret's Street shows two fine Georgian buildings: the one on the left has a Tuscan-columned doorway, and the one on the right is Westbury House.

This photograph was taken at the corner of Sambourne Road looking towards Carter's Corner, Nos 50–54A High Street and No 2 Portway, recently restored by the Warminster Preservation Trust.

Once upon a time, quiet, low- pollution trolley buses brought people into Church Street, which, before its uninspired redevelopment, was the main shopping thoroughfare.

The Welsh slate industry developed in the heart of the mountains, and this resulted in settlements in some very bleak and exposed places.

To the south of the village, brick making has been an important local industry.

Owing to 20th century development, as seen here in Station Road, Stoke D'Abernon has merged into Cobham. However, the village does have the county's oldest church.

At the turn of the century they were for 'Ladies Only' and protected the privacy of users by being pushed to the water on wheels.