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The miniature railway at Cofton Wood was nearly as popular as the tea room, though one cannot help wondering if the adults in this picture are not just the teeniest bit embarrassed.

The King's Arms, then run by R G Wood, has closed, but the arms remain on the present carpet shop. Beyond is the brick Lloyds Bank of 1896.

Just up river from the bridge and the castle, this would appear to be a view from Wintour`s Leap of the beginning of the great Horseshoe Bend which encompasses the peninsula of Lancaut.

Founded in 1239 by the monks of Beaulieu Abbey, Netley Abbey occupies a pretty, wooded setting close to Southampton Water. The abbey was dissolved in 1536 and later became a private mansion.

Founded in 1239 by the monks of Beaulieu Abbey, Netley Abbey occupies a pretty, wooded setting close to Southampton Water. The abbey was dissolved in 1536 and later became a private mansion.

There are reports of ten thousand being killed, and part of the local woods are still known as the Bloody Oaks.

This view from the wooded heights of Harp Edge above Cromford shows Arkwright's Masson Mill in the centre of the picture, with Willersley Rocks above and the River Derwent on the right.

past the villas of Bathwick across the northern half of the city, we can see how the formality of the ramrod-straight Great Pulteney Street to the left contrasts with, in the right distance below the woods

The barn and outbuilding seen here were demolished in the 1940s as part of the long-overdue restoration programme.

The women baked bread, washed clothes, used carved spoons made of sycamore wood (it did not stain), cared for children and eagerly awaited the weekly carrier's cart to replenish their stocks of candles

This view from the church tower was taken looking towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

Alderholt is a pleasant place to visit, surrounded as it is by the woods and heaths of the old hunting ground of Cranborne Chase. An ancient chapel once stood here, used by huntsman in Stuart times.

North Street in front of us and the Market Place to the right, are now largely pedestrianised.

More evidence of Coronation flags and bunting is shown in this view of Wood Street, Wakefield, looking up towards the clock tower of the Town Hall, built in 1880 in the French Gothic style by T E Collcutt

It is part of the elder Wood's Royal Forum, with its long, formal composition fronting North Parade.

Although no longer 'i'th wood' this wonderful building is still full of character.

St Martin's Church, with its wood-shingled spire, has a tower clock surrounded by a quotation from the poet Robert Browning - 'Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.'

In a few yards there were many clothes shops here, including Weaver to Wearer, Burtons and Fifty Shilling Tailors Ltd.

Railways made Victorian countryside accessible to city dwellers, and writers romanticised it so much that many moved out there. Urbanisation had begun.

We can see old shops in the photograph— S Selvey, the grocer, and Wood, the butcher.The ancient market cross has been knocked down by vehicles and restored several times.The scene is similar today

On the right is the just completed War Office, and beyond is the Office of Woods and Forests. Bus routes 11 and 24 still run down Whitehall today.

In the 1920s, when the Lickeys were at the height of their popularity, several tea rooms were in business, and this one was still going strong in the 1950s.

We are standing on Winckford Bridge across the Chelmer - described by Peter Muilman in his 1769 'History of Essex' as “a handsome bridge built of wood, painted.”

The village is certainly one of Devon's prettiest, not least for its setting, strung in a series of hamlets around the junction of several pastoral and wooded combes.