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A policeman stands on point duty; once again, one is struck by the lack of heavy traffic.

By the time this photograph was taken, Crowthorne was firmly established as a community, though the centre of the village really only dates back to the 1860s.

By the entrance is Epstein's sculpture of St Michael defeating Lucifer, one of his last works. The cathedral contains work by many contemporary artists, including Graham Sutherland and John Piper.

An ornamental Swiss Garden in Old Warden Park complements the Swiss styling that was built into the village by the third Lord Ongley in the 19th century. The Swiss Garden is open to the public.

This exquisite Royal church was designed and erected by the architect James Gibbs in the 1720s.The expansive portico is generally admired, but the heavy steeple is said to lack elegance.

Built around 1750, Stonebridgehouse Farmhouse is situated close to the site of the original stone bridge built by the monks from Bradwell Abbey c1350.

A hamlet of Duntisbourne Abbots, Leer was held by the Abbey of Lire in Normandy until 1416, after which date the manor was given to the great Augustinian abbey at Cirencester, some six miles

Industrial housing is dominated by the tall chimney stack and circular kiln complex of the Plymouth Brickworks at North Dimson. Fire bricks were produced here in the second half of the 19th century.

This busy shopping street has buildings of human scale of the 1920s and 30s, with a prominent well-designed Midland Bank sign now replaced by the anonymous HSBC of the Eastern Banking Empire.

There has been a partial rejection of the traditional bucket and spade family fortnight by the sea.

A ship lies rotting by the quay.

The market here was established under a royal charter of 1372; by the 19th century it was specialising in lambs and cattle. The Magpie Hotel, with its fine inn sign, was built in about 1710.

Roundhay Park was purchased by the council in 1872. It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.

Note the bathing machines down by the water's edge on the extreme left.

'The Meat Porters' , a cast bronze structure by Ralph Brown, was commissioned by the Harlow Art Trust. It was a popular choice and has been in the Market Square since 1960.

The mail and passenger ship 'Hawarden Castle', along with her sister ships the 'Dunrobin Castle' and the 'Norham Castle', were operated from Dartmouth by the Donald Currie Line from 1871-

The public were provided with a diving board, dry and wet-side changing cubicles, a children's paddling pool, a first aid room and a staff mess room, which was provided by the Chippenham Amateur Swimming

The view is again dominated by the Albert Memorial. The cobbled streets are much in evidence, and the road belongs to pedestrians.

From Welshmill, going up Innox Hill, you discover this lovely church built in 1864 and designed in early English style by the Frome-born architect C E Giles.

Lying between Mount Karrin and Slieav Managh, Sulby Glen was often referred to by the Victorians as 'the Manx Switzerland', though the compilers of the Baedecker Guides thought the place more reminiscent

The ornate fountain and clock tower forms the centrepiece of the Market Place, but it looks as though Willenhall will soon have another attraction, the Zorba Grill—no doubt inspired by the film starring

This lovely leafy scene is somehow made complete by the attentive man below the fallen tree looking at the lady ...

This beautiful Tudor house is owned by the Petre family. Sir William Petre moved here in 1539, and the Hall was built over the next ten years. Above this arch there is an impressive clock tower.

She was shot in Brussels by the Germans in 1915 for helping wounded British soldiers escape the country.