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Local dry stone walling, brick and Swithland slate are all here in abundance, as the road drops down from Maplewell Hall to the village centre.

Leaving Daventry northwards along the London to Holyhead turnpike, we arrive at Braunston, the hub of the canal network.

Moore is so called because this was once very boggy land close to the river. In fact the peat around the village used to be dug by the local people for use as fuel.

The village was an important staging post in the heyday of horse- drawn coaches, and it is not surprising that the road across the wild heath was once the haunt of highwaymen.

At the time of the photograph the building was known as Abbey Farm; it had been the home of the Higgins family since 1786.

Church Town in the parish of North Meols had long had a tradition of sea-bathing, associated with a couple of local festivals known as Big and Little Bathing Sundays, when the natives took to the waters

The squire here, Sigismund de Trafford of Croston Hall, said that he 'preferred trees to chimneys', and was opposed to selling land for industrial development.

Once the village of Ebbisham, its immense popularity as a spa resort after the Restoration, followed by its emergence as a racing centre, brought Epsom to national prominence.

Not far from Batley, once home to the world famous Variety Club, Roberttown was part of the industrial heavy woollen district to the south of Leeds.

Fittleworth is a picturesque village of fine old houses, commons and fir woods. On the left of the picture is the Swan, a 14th-century coaching inn with a sign spanning the main road.

Another of the surrounding parishes into which Bridport borough expanded, Bothenhampton lies to the south-east, with a deep-cut village street which has left a dense cluster of terraces standing

The village street shown in this picture is now a busy part of the town. The two cars, a motor cycle and one bicycle reflect a slower pace of life.

This tranquil scene shows the Gothic-style brick Methodist church of 1878, beyond creeper-clad number 37 in the foreground.

Much of the village is owned by the Cowdray Estate, near Midhurst, and many of the cottages in Cocking have their woodwork painted the bright yellow of the estate.

The town of Strathpeffer owes its popularity to the discovery of sulphurous springs in the 18th century.

Here we see several more of the local ironstone cottages with their well kept and productive gardens. There is a fine crop of runner beans in one garden as well as the usual flowers.

Sandsend was just three miles along the sandy beach from Whitby.

The village was a Roman settlement with a tile works. It later became a centre for the iron industry with a furnace, a forge and a cannon foundry.

When the railway arrived in the village, life changed overnight.

In the 1950s a new and busy road separated the two villages of Little and Great Eccleston.

Mark Twain expected his perfect piece of England to have a castle and the odd ruin.

Church Town in the parish of North Meols had long had a tradition of sea-bathing, associated with a couple of local festivals known as Big and Little Bathing Sundays, when the natives took to the waters

Duck Street forks to the right of the tree, Monxton Road to the left. King Charles I campled near the village with a force of 5,000.

The 17th-century scholar Meric Casaubon lived in this rectory. This fine building shows a pleasing mix of different styles.