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The Normans transformed the Benedictine abbey into one of England's greatest Christian establishments, the abbey building being larger than Worcester Cathedral.

It was recently sold, and has since been converted into a number of separate apartments.

With New Town status and under the aegis of the Development Corporation, Bracknell began to expand rapidly.

The village is situated at one end of the beautifully named Golden Valley.

Situated 7 miles from the centre of Oxford, the 16th-century Coach and Horses is an old coaching inn, as its name suggests. Although coaches do not call any more, it does have a bus stop nearby.

Note the perambulators in the centre of the picture.

This view of the garden is taken from the South Cloister.

Once surrounded by forested land, this church boasts remarkable timbered west and south porches built in the early 14th century, and comprising some fifty tons of oak wood.

Fishing boats lie at their moorings on the left, while a small cargo carrier lies moored just off the beach. Horses and carts were still the best way of loading and off-loading in a tidal harbour.

Generations of visitors have been asked the same question: 'How many balls are there on the balustrades?'

Wonderful as this view is, admiration is tempered by the knowledge that the road leading to the south transept was created by the demolition in the 1830s of the mainly 12th-century monastic dormitory and

This fine brick-built village is one of north Dorset's loveliest, its cottage gardens a delight all year round. Even with modern day traffic it seems a place lost in time.

Lower Bridge Street included a number of interesting buildings. The Old King's Head dates from the early 17th century, as does The Falcon (1626).

The dome is thought to be one of the earliest ferro-concrete domes in Britain.

This town is best known as the original home of the MG sports car.

The tugs greatly improved the ship-handling capabilities of the City Docks, and were far more efficient than the old rowed towboats.

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

Instead of horses and carts, cars now clog the pavement outside the Black Bull. Note how the dark ashlar is picked out by severe white mortaring.

Looking through the Gate in to the Close, a notice on the doors is a reminder that they are shut every night at 11pm.

Village boys stand at the edge of the pond in Horseshoe Lane, which was used for washing carts - note the floating board.

Apart from the old post office, much of the left-hand side survives, but on the right only The William Hardwicke pub remains amid rebuilding, including the 1930s Bobby's department store, after which the

St Thomas Becket church is at the east end of Cliffe High Street, which runs west to cross the Ouse into School Hill and Lewes proper.

North Street's commercial grandeur is interspersed by older buildings, including the porticoed former Clarence Hotel of 1785 and the Chapel Royal.

Westborough is one of the main thoroughfares linking the North Eastern Railway station and the town.