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Huish Episcopi stands at the confluence of the rivers Yeo and Parret. St Mary's Church has a fine example of a Somerset tower.

On the left are the Abbey fields, at the end of which stands the late 13th-century church of St Nicholas.

The hilltop town of Shaftesbury became important when King Alfred founded an abbey here, and installed his daughter as abbess.

The Earl of Cornwall built stew (fish) ponds on the western boundary of his estate, and fish was an important part of the medieval diet.

This has been used in some of the older buildings around North Hill, including the tower of St Michael's church.

Outside it stands a row of watering cans on a sheet of corrugated iron balanced between two barrels. Farther along are more barrels and boxes.

Sad to say, the fine thatched house and barn have not survived; only the row of Rose Cottages stand today as a reminder of the tiny village of Wyddial.

It was originally dedicated to St Gwynllyw, a 5th-century warrior saint who established the first church on this site and is buried here.

As late as 1930, parts of the High Street at Berkhamsted were not fully made up; but with the increase of traffic on this main arterial road, it had one of the first junctions in Hertfordshire to become

We are looking down on The Square from Middle Row at the bottom of Broad Street. The shot is north-eastwards, along Bridge Street (centre) to the roofs of Coombe Street.

Already falling into disrepair in Victorian times, thatched cottages on the east side of South Street, beside South Bridge, would soon succumb to the front-line of urbanisation.

This imposing archway led up a flight of steps to another of Kendal's famous yards; this one lies off the main street, Highgate.

This view of the Lagan Canal has all the appearance of a Sunday afternoon, with no risk of getting in the way of the horses and their tow ropes.

Here we see the broad sweep of the garden city's main street looking west, with a wide assortment of businesses lining the wide tree-lined pavements.

It is high summer, judging by the height of the River Teign and the shirt sleeves of the farm labourers.

Morris & Ebson constructed this gaudy building, of red brick and Bath stone, between 1849-51, in the style of Henry VII, whose mother Margaret, Countess of Richmond, founded the seminary

Looking along the broad sweep of Lyme Bay toward the eminence of Barton Cliff, with the protective harbour walls jutting out to sea, and the signal mast of the coastguard station clearly visible.

The Bugle Inn 1923 Yarmouth is an excellent centre for exploring the western half of the Isle of Wight, with Totland and Alum Bays and the Needles being not far away.

Yarmouth has become an important entry port to the Isle of Wight due to ease of access from the mainland.

The name of the Crispin Inn in Great Longstone recalls one of the village's former specialities, boot and shoe making - St Crispin is the patron saint of that trade.

Now known as Crown Square, this busy junction at the centre of Matlock has always been the hub of the town.

The Parade was built in Georgian times as the fashionable residential quarter of the town. Near here, members of the royal family would stay during and after the reign of George III.

Wash Road was a road of many farms: Watch-House, Mundell's, Petchey's, Benson's, Puckle's, Sellers, and Laindonponds.

Many of the flowering plants enjoying the sun in this picture have been replaced by low-maintenance shrubs, including too many gloomy evergreens.