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Ilchester's triangular 'village green' is faced by Georgian houses and the Town Hall. The Ham stone market cross, now restored, was erected in 1795.

Allowed out during the day, the prisoners at Chesterfield were summoned back to quarters by the ringing of a curfew bell from St Mary's.

The church of St Mary and St Gabriel was built in 1869. A far noisier centre was established nearby when RAF Binbrook was built during the Second World War.

This rural scene, about a mile east of the city centre along Monks Road, is now much changed.

Overlooking the main road through the village is the church of the Holy Trinity. It was built in the 1880s to replace an earlier church dedicated to St Mary.

Unfortunately, The Green today is not as traffic-free as in this picture. No 30, left, is an attractive early 19th- century double-fronted house with a Roman Doric pedimented porch.

The parish of Whalley was at one time extensive, stretching beyond Burnley. A Roman road marks one boundary.

Chesterfield's most famous icon is the twisted spire of its parish church of St Mary and All Saints.

The church was dedicated to St Mary the Virgin during the Norman period; it had belonged to a former Benedictine priory founded by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury.

On the corner of Low Road, leading to the King's Head, are houses called St Margaret and St Mary (centre left). The prominent jettied timber-framed building facing us is Waterloo House of c1540.

The church of St Mary and the Holy Rood has many historical connections with Donington's famous son, the great explorer Matthew Flinders.

St Mary's Church can be seen behind the buildings. An old lamp-post stands at the end of the street.

The farm and its outbuildings, roofed with Norfolk thatch, date from the 18th century. The church beyond is dedicated to St Mary.

Situated on the Great Ouse (Over actually means 'river bank'), the church of St Mary is lavishly built from Barnack stone, with an ornately decorated interior, and stone seats extending around much of

The local people call this 'Hallelujah Corner' because it is a sharp bend on a narrow and busy main road, near the church of St Mary.

The Priory Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation opened its doors soon after the old parish church of St Mary was abandoned.

This Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Mary stands on Stow Hill on the site of an earlier, smaller, edifice.

St Mary the Virgin Church stands on the site of an 11th-century church which was once Oxford's most famous building.

This view was taken looking over the River Frome towards the 15th-century tower and 1841-rebuilt nave of Lady St Mary parish church (centre top).

Bridgwater prospered in the early 19th century thanks to its brick and tile industry, and many buildings in the High Street date from that time.

The edge of St Mary's churchyard, with the war memorial in the form of a white cross, is on the right. The jettied building of c1500, on the left, was the Guildhall of the Mercers and Drapers.

The unique, richly-carved granite exterior of St Mary's is one of the glories of the town.

The unique, richly-carved granite exterior of St Mary's is one of the glories of the town.

To the left is the Senate House, while the tower with four distinctive turrets belongs to the Church of Great St Mary.