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A swan cruises on the river as it curves into the east side of the village, running by a municipalised garden of finely-mown grass, and a statutory wooden seat carefully placed under the only tree of consequence

The elegant Abbey Crescent was built in 1858 in anticipation of the opening of the nearby railway station the following year.

Christchurch is the mother cathedral of the Church of Ireland. It is situated a short distance west of Trinity College.

The small town of Watlington, at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment, used to be famous for its many inns.

Giltar Point is an expanse of limestone projecting out into the sea at the end of Tenby's South Beach.

To a current inhabitant, the most striking feature of this view is the absence of houses in the centre.

Almost in Gloucestershire, Bushley lies but a couple of miles from Tewkesbury.

The township of Staveley-in- Cartmel is part of a civil parish of the same name. The name 'Staveley' means 'a woodland clearing where staves were to be found'.

Chideock, usually pronounced without the 'e', stands rooted in history along the line of an old stagecoach route.

Cattle graze on Emery Down's green in the early years of the last century, a more familiar sight then than now.

KIPPAX was a small estate village servicing Kippax Hall and Kippax Park for three centuries before developing rapidly in the mid 19th cen- tury with the discovery of coal reserves.

Here we see the changing face of the Co-op.

The Palace is situated upon the south shore of Linlithgow Loch. King David I built the first manor house at Linlithgow, and the church of St Michael next to it.

Under the Griffin Hotel signboard, and in the midst of the dominating chain stores and offices, Jackson's barber's shop still shows a traditional striped pole.

Under the Griffin Hotel signboard, and in the midst of the dominating chain stores and offices, Jackson's barber's shop still shows a traditional striped pole.

This tiny hamlet, almost unchanged today, is at one end of the parish of Abinger, which at nine miles is the longest in Surrey, but is never more than a mile in breadth.

On the east side of the 5-acre village green, now used for cricket matches, is the Hall, built in 1732. It was the country seat of the Duke of Leeds, who lived at Kiveton Park in south Yorkshire.

Underground caverns hollowed out by streams are a feature of carboniferous limestone country, and Wookey Hole is one of the more spectacular examples.

A promenade walk had been established along the street in the 1880s, when some of the gardens were removed.

We look eastwards from the bushes and wall of The Grove (left). This large Victorian villa was destroyed by fire in 1952, which enabled widening of the street.

This rectory for many years was the home of the Reverend Edward Stanley, brother of the first Lord Stanley.

The eastern part of the building was extended to incorporate other dwellings.

The Isle of Wight was made fashionable in the 19th century when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert made it a favourite holiday destination for the royal family.

The attractive stone built village stands on high undulating ground some four miles north-east of Oakham.