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To the south-east of mediaeval Finchley, the High Road drops down from the North Circular Road between an almost standard series of parade shops built around the turn of the century, and past the Rex Cinema

The crew of a Sheringham crab boat pose for the camera. These clinker built, double-ended open boats were approximately 18ft long and carried a dipping lug sail of up to 120 sq ft.

It is said that the first rumblings of the Luddite Movement were felt in Anstey with the breaking of the knitting frames; the village had expanded rapidly to accommodate an influx of workers.

This is the eastern entrance to Nonsuch Park, with the stone cross and drinking fountain erected in 1895 to the memory of W F Gamul Farmer by his eleven surviving children.

These eye-catching houses are situated on the bend of the road and opposite All Saints` church.

The brick and ornamented stone interior of the church was augmented by the chancel screen, installed here in 1931, which was designed by Ryan Tenison and had formerly stood in the chapel of St John's College

Farnham had been an ecclesiastical estate since the 7th century, but it was Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester from 1129-1171, who began building a castle when he ordered the raising of a motte and tower

The window boxes of the George Hotel are still a feature today, and the range of buildings on the right of the photograph continues to be used as shops, now antiques and furnishings, although previously

This view looks west towards one of two shelters, past the brick-walled sloping bed used for those 'say it wth plants' commemorations so beloved of municipal gardeners everywhere.

We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs.The Dicker, behind the brick wall and trees beyond the pub, is a rather odd-looking mansion, built by Horatio William

Through the 16th century, and into the 17th, rooms were added; in c1820 the brick wing clearly visible in the photograph was built.

We are looking northwards towards the Square (centre), with 18th-century brick and tile houses on both sides of Wimborne Street.

In front of the church is the County Museum; nearer the camera, behind the 'No Waiting' sign, is one of Aylesbury's best town houses, with arched sash windows to the ground floor.

The bold square brick tower was built onto a 13th-century base c1656 after an earlier tower had collapsed.

It is sometimes almost unbelievable when we realise how much of our heritage has been destroyed during the past century.

One of the first buildings that the visitor will meet is the picturesque 15th-century thatched Axe and Compasses public house (centre).

The lake is part of the moat surrounding the timber-framed manor house, once the home of the de Southchurch family.The central hall is open to the roof beams.A Tudor extension was added to the west

The lake is part of the moat surrounding the timber-framed manor house, once the home of the de Southchurch family. The central hall is open to the roof beams.

By the 1950s the Market Place had become a car park and the statue had gone.

The turret above the passageway adjacent to the newsagent contains the town's one-handed clock.

It is sometimes almost unbelievable when we realise how much of our heritage has been destroyed during the past century.

Here we see the gardener's house; it was originally surrounded by a kitchen garden and glasshouses to provide fresh produce all year long for the magnificent red brick Thornes House with its impressive

Previously called South Street, this was redeveloped in the late 18th century. The 'Brick' building sited opposite the Boot and Shoe was erected in 1770 out of bricks not needed for the Cloth Hall.

A little north of the High Street Junction, off Abingdon Road, is Gravel Lane, which has a number of farm buildings on each side at its west end.