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This view looks from the garden of the Old School House, built in about 1850, and once the village school, of course.

Moving north of the Checker and across Abbey Close and into Abbey Gardens, we reach the site of the abbey church, which was about 300 feet long, and the cloisters and monastic buildings.

When this market hall was built a number of houses, shops and even a church were demolished to make way for it.

Dartford is an ancient market-town which grew into a busy industrial centre on the River Darent, at the point where it was crossed by the Roman Watling Street, parts of which lie buried four feet beneath

Northleach lies between Cheltenham and Burford, and most of this former wool town's buildings date from Tudor and Jacobean days.

This delightful street is named after the watch bell which hung here and was rung to warn inhabitants of approach- ing French raids.

The church beyond is St Michael's, rebuilt in 1901 to the design of Sir Arthur Blomfield, who was also the architect of the Bank of England in London.

In the middle of this collection of buildings is a pub called the Admiral Rodney.

Soon after the Conquest, the Normans built a wooden motte and bailey castle at Tamworth on the site of the Mercian fortifications of 913.This was replaced by the shell-keep and tower, which still

Chalets, a villa and the Bay View Hotel overlook the Hive and Burton Beach from the end of Beach Road. The sandy rocks of Burton Cliffs project towards Lyme Bay (left).

At the time of the Domesday Book there were already 21 houses in Christchurch, and 24 canons attached to the priory church.

Irby Hall was built on the site of the ancient manor house of St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester. The building dated from the early 17th century and was completely half-timbered.

It was along this street that the men of the town swarmed in 1381 towards St Albans. They demanded and received a charter protecting their right of pasture, fisheries and so on.

Grove Street runs east from the Market Square, a mix of 18th- and 19th-century buildings, and a mix of shops and houses.

There is evidence of a Christian community in Overchurch (the original settlement, now incorporated into Upton) since AD 700- 900, and a Norman church building there survived until 1813

Lacock was given to the National Trust in 1944 by descendants of William Fox Talbot, who lived at Lacock Abbey between 1800 and 1877.

Dartford is an ancient market-town which grew into a busy industrial centre on the River Darent, at the point where it was crossed by the Roman Watling Street, parts of which lie buried four feet beneath

The YMCA outdoor activities centre is on the western shore of Windermere, a little distance north of Lakeside.

Built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Mersey, Halton passed by marriage in 1311 to the House of Lancaster, and was later a favourite hunting lodge of John of Gaunt.

The Old Bank building, which stood at the junction of Chertsey Road, High Street and Broadway, failed to survive the post Second World War swathe of redevelopment which saw many of the town's Victorian

The cottages and mature trees are typical of Bolton-by-Bowland. This beautiful village, once famous for its skilled bowmen, stands on the edge of Bowland Forest.

Croston lies on the banks of the River Yarrow, 10 miles from Preston. Cobbled Church Street leads to the church of St Michael and All Angels - the parish boundaries once extended to Chorley.

The imposing early 19th-century building to the right is timber-framed, with the ground floor of the house imitating stone blocks; the shop front has fluted Ionic pilasters.

The church is surrounded by the parkland of Woolverstone Hall. The exterior looks unusual because the church was rebuilt three times by the Berners family between 1830 and 1890.