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This seemingly idyllic rural summer scene on the banks of the River Brit, with its group of thatched cottages, lines of washing and vegetable garden, is brought acutely into focus by a closer

The village of Braemar is situated on the banks of Cluny Burn.

The waters of Nor' Loch once flowed over the area now occupied by Princes Gardens, the railway, and Princes Street, and together with an area of marshland formed a part of the castle and the old city's

Walking along the street and noting the names of some of the cottages (Shoemakers and Tanners, for example), one is reminded of another important local industry – leather and the production

The classic Palladian west front of Chatsworth House, seen from the banks of the River Derwent.

This is a closer view of the southern end of the High Street.

Duntisbourne Abbots was once the property of the Abbots of Gloucester; it is the northernmost of a string of villages lining the River Dunt.

Upper Slaughter was the home of F E Witts, the 19th-century parson, who portrayed the village in his 'Diary of a Cotswold Parson'.

The island of Iona, near Mull off the west coast of Scotland, is known as the cradle of Scottish Christianity or 'The Mecca of Gael'. St Columba built his monastery here in AD563.

This beautiful Thames-side village was once a palace of the Bishops of Salisbury.

The small stone bridges still cross the beck in front of the village Post Office in the pretty village of Bishop Monkton, south of Ripon in the valley of the River Nidd.

This bustling scene of Redhill's High Street, now a pedestrian precinct, captures the brash, commercial spirit of this town, which developed after the arrival of the railway in 1841.

In this inn, formerly the vicarage, the centuries-old Hubberholme parliament met each year to auction the letting of 16 acres of rough upland pasture behind here.

This picture gives us a brief glimpse into the daily life of some of Burnley's people. Notice the woman, right, with the umbrella near the bollard at the top of Saunder Bank.

The opening of Woburn Abbey to the general public introduced many to the delights of a rural involvement without the necessity to move home and hearth.

The cattle trough on the far side of the Square in 1965 was about to vacate its position to one outside the offices slightly behind the telephone kiosk, where it has become a feature of 'Petersfield

The High Street, which forms part of the Roman Watling Street, has been devastated by road widening in the 1930s.

This is one of the numerous large country homes which were constructed in this favoured part of the Surrey hills during Queen Victoria's reign.

Between periods of calm, Slaidburn once resounded with noise; above the bustle rose the ringing bark of the squire's favourite hound Bounty. The name of the inn had to change!

The village of Pyle is situated north of Porthcawl just off the M4 between Bridgend and Port Talbot.

The arrival of the turnpike in 1778, linking Dorchester with Somerset, had a profound effect on this village.

Mr Burden's shop and Post Office is the centre of village life. Here we see the local bobby returning to his beat—his cycle is parked under the signpost.

Thomas Berry, a yeoman farmer, built this house on the site of an abbey in 1745. In 1833 one of his descendants refaced the stonework, commemorating this with a Latin inscription over the front door.

centre with interpretative displays about the households and lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury who lived here.