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The absence of traffic makes this stretch of London Road in Horsham seem unusually spacious. In those days children could stand safely in the road and pose for photographs.

One of the larger villages of Sussex, Billingshurst may get its name from the Saxon 'Billings', or perhaps from the Roman engineer Belinus who was responsible for Stane Street, the Roman road linking

The Sculpture Gallery at Chatsworth illustrates better than anywhere the fabulous art collection which successive Dukes of Devonshire have acquired over the years.

We can see of Wightmans' hardware shop, and on either side are the garage's petrol pumps. Small shops on the other side of the street sell Lyons cakes, Woodbines, and Walls ice cream.

A deserted Church View in Brompton, a few miles further along the A170 west of Scarborough from Ayton.

By the 1950s motor traffic was beginning to dominate the centre of Bournemouth, though it was still possible for drivers to easily pull in at the side of the road.

Driving through West End, the visitor is reminded of the Dutch engineers who were brought over to work on the fenland drainage and for whom some of the terraced cottages were built.

The four reservoirs of this valley were created between 1892 and 1903 from a 9-mile-long string of natural lakes to feed the demands of Birmingham.

Camborne's massive Dolcoath mine reached a depth of over 3000 feet. To work it economically many thousands of gallons of water had to be pumped out.

Down the years, pyramids of waste have scarred the landscape above St Austell, creating an eerie, lunar atmosphere.

An excellent view of the gable end of this church showing the 13th century lancet windows and above them the roof-line of the original nave.

This church, dedicated to St Martin of Tours, is the oldest of the town's three medieval churches and was built in the 12th century settlement of Castleton.

On the right is the clock tower of Cambridge Hall; the clock and chimes were paid for by William Atkinson.

The rugged nature of the cliffs is typical of the Cornish coastline, where at low water level jagged rocks continue to cause hazards to the unwary mariner.

The name of the town was first recorded in AD 955 as Andeferas. Andover was a municipal borough as long ago as the reign of King John, and later became an established centre for the wool trade.

Brixham has known sadness and tragedy as well as the tough but idyllic life of the fishing heyday. Two hundred Brixham men died during the First World War, many of them fishermen.

An exceptionally rewarding High Victorian church and typical of Woodyer, Christ Church was built in 1861-62 and enlarged in 1874.

By 1960 some of the 1890s trees were fully mature. Subsequently there has been much thinning and opening-up to the benefit of the castle's setting.

The old cattle market occupied part of the former bailey of the castle, until 1960 when it moved out to make way for a car park.

Yet another vanished Surrey watermill, testimony to a virtually forgotten source of power. This mill stood on the Pippbroook, a tributary of the Mole, but has now been demolished.

We have an attractive glimpse of the medieval castle keep on its mound, which dominates the roofs of the town and the surrounding countryside.

A distinguished 16th- and early 17th-century three-storey building, which incorporates part of an earlier structure, and stands close to the eastern wall of St Ann`s Church.

Here we see the east front of Chatsworth from the French Gardens, now with pillars removed and known as the Rose Garden.

The uniformity of dress amongst the men is striking. The sheer size of the building indicates the importance of Brunel's railway to the town. Gas street lighting was common at the time.