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The triangle with the phone box was once a grassy area where there were hustings at election times. The signpost now sits in a flowerbed, and there is a new phone box next to the Crown Inn.

Holt Fleet in the 1950s was popular and unspoilt; today it is cluttered with caravans.

Sir Richard Scope's formidable 14th-century castle at Castle Bolton commands extensive views over his estates in lower Wensleydale, as this view from the castle walls shows.

Though restored in 1855, the church at Tolpuddle is nine centuries old. In the north transept is a memorial carved in Purbeck stone to a 12th century priest called Phillip.

Note the shopkeepers diligently scanning the High Street in search of custom. Outside E.W.

Wherwell is famous for its ruined priory, established by the Saxon Queen Elfreda, mother of Ethelred the Unready, possibly as an act of repentance following several dark deeds.

To the right of Romsey's Corn Exchange, built in 1864, is a glimpse of Romsey Abbey, which until the mid 16th century was home to a Benedictine order of nuns.

This is a wonderful view of the old mill at Shiplake. The top gate of the lock is closed, and the unusual three sluices can be seen as a rowing skiff leaves the chamber.

Wrotham stands at the foot of chalk hills alongside the Pilgrim's Way, and was once a substantial market centre.

This view of Weetman's Bridge, looking upstream, shows the pedestrian refuges above each pier, as on Great Haywood's Essex Bridge.

The shops on the left were sacrificed when the new A13 cut across Pitsea in the early 1970s.

Ambleside is situated at the centre of the Lake District; this is now a haven for walkers, and a very busy place in the summer months. Here a lady negotiates the stepping stones with trepidation.

In many villages in Kent are the great gardens and oast-houses devoted to the growing and processing of the hop, which gives beer its taste.

Gimlet Rock, a prominent landmark, forms the cornerstone of the sand-spit that provides shelter for Pwllheli's superb natural harbour; the rock's unusual name is derived from its Welsh name, Carreg yr

Mechanisation might well have reached market traders, but down on the farm things were different. Here a sled is being put to good use during haymaking near Hawes.

This view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford. The pub seen here—the Bull—is displaying a 'Sundays: No Coaches' sign.

Queens Road, at the top of Park Street, was chosen as the site for both the City Art Gallery and the City Museum.

The Town Hall covered a site of nearly two acres; building began in 1868 and was completed in 1877 at a cost of about £1million.

Manor Road would not win any architectural awards; in fact, the picture could have been taken in any one of a hundred or so towns where similar houses were built.

Though the shore to the south of Ramsey is rocky, a stroll along it at low tide was a popular Victorian way of taking some gentle exercise.

The Rose and Crown is dated to 1641. The town's main hotel, the Royal George, is mentioned in Mrs Gaskell's novel 'Cranford'.

Outside Chester stands Eaton Hall, seat of the Duke of Westminster. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse in grand Victorian Gothic, the hall and estate even had its own railway.

The narrow-gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway - affectionately known as 'Lil' Ratty' - opened in 1875, to link iron mines in Eskdale to the main line at Ravenglass.