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Between the 14th and early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the River Hamble providing much of the timber.

This college of the University overlooks the War Memorial, and is the second oldest college after Aberystwyth.

Many of the other buildings adjoining this old spa are also the work of the former architect to the King of Wurttemburg.

The 19th-century church of St Michael stands on a steep hill, and was built of snicked stone.

Broadwas is a pleasant village in pastoral Teme Valley farmland, six miles west of Worcester. This handsome farmhouse survives unaltered and unspoilt today, though no longer part of a working farm.

The area is known as the Eye of Yorkshire, or the Eye of the Ridings. Parliamentary elections were held here until the 19th century. Two of the courts are still used on a daily basis.

The coming of the railways and the subsequent growth in Formby's population led to a number of new places of worship being built.

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece'; its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated ter- raced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

A little way back from Freshwater Bay is the former home of the poet Tennyson, who loved the place but hated the constant procession of visitors.

Justice Fleming survived into the reign of James I, when he presided over the trial of Guy Fawkes; an act of judi- cial importance that is commemorated in Newport's Guildhall.

Peeping into view on the left of the picture is the sturdy tower of Wantage parish church, which dates from the late 13th century and was restored by the distinguished local architect George Street in

Situated to the west of Stratton, Bude Castle was built on a promontory by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney in 1850.

The rich deposits of fuller's earth in this area, used in the cleaning and preparation of woollen and worsted cloth, have been utilised since Roman times.

Chawton is relatively quiet today, but at one time the A31 ran through the centre of the village, with traffic thundering past Jane Austen's home.

The Village 1908 This view of quarrymen's cottages is an echo of a long-gone past for this area. It is now very much a tourist mecca.

The church of St Cuthbert is of Early English origins, but was restored in 1877 and partially rebuilt in brick. There was once a south aisle, but this was removed, as was the chancel arch.

Continuing the development of houses along the main Dunmow to Colchester Road, these fine houses, dating from the turn of the 20th century, were also built for the growing middle class.

It was dedicated by the Bishop of Winchester on 10 August (St Lawrence's Day) 1898, the money having been raised as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

We are downstream from Bewdley, and the course of the River Severn can again be defined in this photograph by the line of trees.

It is to the credit of generations of Romford councillors, developers and benefactors that the borough has so many avenues of fine mature trees.

Shelley is a parish north of Ongar, consisting of a Victorian church, a hall, and a handful of houses and farms. The Hall was built in the 15th century.

Situated at the top of a hill, Paul is the mother village for Mousehole down below.

Agriculture in the 1950s had not changed much since the 19th cen- tury, and horses were still com- monly used on the land.

Pictured from the first tee of the course, the Runton Links Hotel was built in 1890. It was named after the renowned links designed by the champion Open golfer J H Taylor.