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Looking at this photograph it would be easy to imagine an earlier period in time, but nostalgia for things past was already gaining a grip by the middle of the 20th century.

Famously described by the Victorian novelist George Eliot as `the finest mere parish church in England`, St Oswald`s at Ashbourne is noted for its elegant, 212ft-high Perpendicular spire, erected between

This broader area by the village pub is The Square. Street lighting has not yet arrived here. The doorway where three men are looking at a dog has now been blocked up.

This broader area by the village pub is The Square. Street lighting has not yet arrived here. The doorway where three men are looking at a dog has now been blocked up.

All this was caused by the worst floods the county had known, when a tidal surge broke through the sea defences.

This view of the Thames illustrates Cookham's potential for picnicking and relaxing by the water's edge.

Even by the 1960s the heyday of canals such as the Birmingham to Worcester was long past.

In 1954 the old railway station buildings (where the car park is today outside the Albany) were replaced by the present booking office on London Road, and the platforms moved up to the other side

More spiritual needs are catered for by the Methodist chapel on the right, built in 1876. The sea is just beyond the dunes in the distance.

High Street 1918 A view of Seaview's High Street during the final summer of the First World War.The lady on the right demonstrates the changing fashions caused by the shortage of materials.

Bridge Road c1955 Yarmouth's original church was fired by the French raiders who twice attacked the town.

Lyndhurst's main street runs from east to west, dominated by the church on the higher ground at one end. Much of the administrative work of the New Forest is carried out here.

By the 1950s the Crown Hotel had become a favoured halt for car-borne tourists, offering meals as well as accommodation.

It is said to be haunted by the ghostly figure of a nun.

The railway (then the South Devon, which was taken over by the great Western in 1878) came to Paignton in 1859, and eventually ran through to Kingswear.

The Town Hall was designed by the Leeds architect W H Crossland in a Gothic Flemish style and built between 1866 and 1871.

The old market cross still stands by the gate to the parish church of St Alkelda at Giggleswick, in the heart of Craven limestone country.

By the mid 18th century, the town was even involved in whaling; blubber warehouses were erected along the inner harbour.

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 feet).

The High Street of Skelton is dominated by the tower of the parish church.

This charming vignette seen through the old abbey ruins also manages to give us an insight into the sadly neglected state of this historic building with its grass-grown walls before it was taken over by the

The Chippingfield estate was one of the first to be built by the Development Corporation.

The cathedral has witnessed many historic events, not least the coronation of Lambert Simnel in 1487, supported by the Archbishop of Dublin and the Lord Deputy.

Frogmore Creek makes an eastward journey from the Kingsbridge estuary, narrowing by the medieval road bridge.