Search Results

The modern shops of Littleham are some distance away from the heart of the older village.

Moving south-west, the tour reaches East Harting, a hamlet east of South Harting, the main village with the parish church.

Chalk stacks off Handfast Point, the north-eastern extremity of the Purbeck Hills, display the dynamics of coastal erosion.

The remarkable features of this shot, north-eastwards from a timber jetty, actually stand between the buildings - the Haven Hotel (centre right), an 1898-built villa (left) in an acre of land that was

The road to the right of the Three Cups Inn is St Mary`s Street.

The Royal Lancaster Infirmary is pictured in the year this building was opened by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, later to be George V and Queen Mary.

Until the M25 and M23 by-passed Godstone, it had become seriously blighted by traffic on the Eastbourne road, the A22 and east-west traffic on the A25, which peaked in the 1960s and 1970s

West of Sutton Courtenay the route reaches Drayton. The older houses are mostly along the High Street, Church Lane and Abingdon Road.

It is sometimes almost unbelievable when we realise how much of our heritage has been destroyed during the past century.

We see a view of the main street here; this was probably as busy as it got in those days! The name Borden means 'woodland pasture by the hill'.

In 1292 the Earl of Arundel submitted to the Bishop of Chichester, who had excommunicated him for walking his dog in the bishop's forest.

To the north of Newbury, on the edge of the downs, lies Hampstead Norris, surrounded by hills and woodland.

Part of a series of gardens laid out by Margaret, later the first Lady Gisborough, the rose garden afforded picturesque views of the neighbouring priory ruins.

THE STRAND has always been at the heart of the town, where people met to trade as well as socialise. The market was central to the town's economy for centuries.

Little is known of the castle's history, though we know it was besieged by Robert, Earl of Gloucester in 1142 during the troublesome reign of King Stephen.

The Recreation Ground is located to the south of the town, close to the River Wye. The slopes of the valley create a wonderful feeling of space.

It is hard to believe that this classic image of rural England was actually taken three years into the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and not at the beginning of the 20th century.

St Mary's Butts is in the centre of Reading. The chequerboard flint and limestone tower of the church of St Mary's is a distinctive local landmark. The church dates back to Saxon times.

This general view of Northbrook Street shows the gable end to the left of the shop front, above which is a clock, which is all that remains of cloth-maker John Smallwood's house.

The ancestral home of the earls of Devon is open to visitors; it has a large herd of deer roaming the finre grounds overlooking the River Exe. This belvedere was built in 1773.

Much of Victorian Newton Abbot was constructed under the watchful eyes of the influential local Courtenay family who owned much of the land.

Much of Victorian Newton Abbot was constructed under the watchful eyes of the influential local Courtenay family who owned much of the land.

This splendid red-brick Tudor house was once Chillington Manor, home of the Wyatts; one of the family, Sir Thomas the younger, led the rebellion against Queen Mary's marriage to Philip of

Here we see the type of tile-hung and weatherboarded cottages which abound in this area. The white fencing around the cottage gardens is very typical of villages in the Weald of Kent.