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They were set back from the road, and the existing pavement and shops gave way to a pull-in for about a dozen cars; several of the mature trees were also felled.

This was the entrance from Lumley Road to what is now Tower Gardens, before the frontage was built up with shops and cafés.

Dunk's Green 1901 Some fine stone and brick cottages and an oast house stand along the road leading towards Mereworth Woods near the village centre of Plaxtol, on the edge of the Ragstone Ridge

On the grass to the left a statue of Constantine the Great, the Roman Emperor in 306, has been erected, and the roads are now much closer and almost surround the building.

Here we look south along Church Road to the village shop, nestling behind the 17th-century Cobblers Cottage.

The old hump-backed bridge carried the main road from Cardiff to Swansea over the River Thaw, which at this point is merely a stream meandering to the sea at Cardiff Bay.

Viewed from the 23-acre Iron Age fort which stands on the steep road leading north-west away from the village, the church of St Giles stands out to the left of the picture.

Yet it was intermittent, and well into the 19th century there were fields on both sides of the road, while the postal address was 'near Worcester'.

Before the onslaught of the motorcar, a carriage road was laid and flowers and trees were planted, making it a beauty spot.

One descends to it from a road bridge. Once used for the distribution of strawberries in the season, it is still in use.

Fittleworth is a picturesque village of fine old houses, commons and fir woods.The local people call this 'Hallelujah Corner' because it is a sharp bend on a narrow and busy main road, near the church

On the opposite side of the road, Smugglers has signs offering teas and homemade cakes—no fast food yet.

Behind is the London to Bristol main line railway, and on top of the tree-clad river cliff bank is the Oxford Road.

Roebucks are the males of the roe deer, whose herds once roamed this attractive landscape along the western fringe of the Lancashire hills.

The gardener is busy at work in this small garden beside the main road in the middle of the village, which contains a memorial to those of the village who lost their lives in two world wars

The post office, the Green Dragon and, opposite, the New Inn, overlook the cross-roads at the centre of the village. Galgate's inns once played a part in nominating the village 'mayor'.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

Until the beginning of the 19th century the only crossing of the Hamble was by ferry.The first structure was a toll bridge; today the river is spanned by various busy roads and a motorway—a far

Until the beginning of the 19th century the only crossing of the Hamble was by ferry.The first structure was a toll bridge; today the river is spanned by various busy roads and a motorway—a far

much in recent years that by no stretch of the imagination could it still be described as a village.The old redundant 17th-century bridge over the Test now lies on the north side of the main road

Cyclists pedal along in comparative safety, and a lady is happy to stand in the middle of the road and ask a policeman for directions.

This amazingly small- scale country lane is now not only surfaced and widened but installed with traffic-calming cushions to curb speed on the main Richmond-Darlington road.

There are three village greens in Catterick, the village on the old A1 Great North Road which most people associate with the nearby army garrison.

This view from Tideswell Road shows the 83 feet high 'campanile' or detached bell tower and the semi-circular apse of this 'basilica' church. It remains virtu- ally unaltered.