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Unfortunately, until recently, many of the old people in Daventry had a fear of 'ending up in the workhouse' as they became infirm.

This Edwardian view shows the footpath to Pegwell village; on the extreme left are the coastguard cottages, built to prevent the extensive smuggling activities that were then carried out at this isolated

It was famous for the production of button moulding, although, as in so many towns in the area, cotton was also produced here.

Bournemouth did not exist at all until Mr Lewis Tregonwell built a holiday home in the middle of hitherto wild heathland in 1810. During the 19th century it remained a select resort for the well-off.

The small village around the church all but disappeared at the end of the 18th century, helping to maintain the privacy of Parham House.

School House stands at the corner of Market Place and Market Street. The Hospital of Christ, built in 1398, stood on this site, which was once known as Baresplace. School House was erected in 1853.

This fine gateway is 13th-century in style, but was rebuilt by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, who became Lord of the Manor in 1621.

We are looking south towards the church of St Giles, which dates from the early 13th century; the war memorial stands behind aptly named Dunkirk Avenue on the left.

In 1922, Field Marshall Earl French of Ypres, in the presence of 10,000-15,000 people, unveiled these handsome wrought-iron gates to the Whitehall Recreation Ground as a memorial to Rugby's 404 fallen

The brigantine lying in this Dorset harbour has a heavy transom counter, an indication that she might well be fifty years old or more.

The arched entrance to The White Hart (centre) reminds us that this inn, along with others in the town such as The Berkeley Arms, rang to the clatter of hooves in the days of horse- drawn coaches.

Wenlock Priory was dissolved in the 16th century, and much of the stone was probably taken to build farms and houses in the locality. Much fine carving detail does survive.

We are looking north- eastwards from one of the public footpaths across Tarks Hill over Mill Lane and Brister End (centre) to the twin peaks of Honeycombe Wood (top left) and Lillington Hill

In the late 19th century this area of Norfolk Street offered such delights as Mrs Elizabeth Cockerill, china, glass and earthenware dealer, Plowright & Pratt (extreme right), ironmongers by

It was well known that the priory had a miraculous section of the True Cross, and a popular exclamation in 14th- and 15th-century texts was 'Oh, Holy Rood of Bromholm!'

Bridge End may have escaped major development, but the house on the right is a 20th-century addition, built onto the end of the terrace (compare this photograph with 72355, above).

A few feet to the right, a couple of early motor vehicles hint at the transport revolution to come. Meanwhile, far left, a mother pushes a pram with a penny-farthing wheel arrangement.

Witchampton's flour mill closed before the Second World War, but the remains of the huge mill wheel, including its tree trunk shaft, can still be seen outside Flour Mill House.

St Mary's parish church, on the left of Ford Road, is largely obscured by trees now, but the church clock still rings out the time to the people of Upton.

The local policeman (centre) goes on his daily beat around this peaceful village – a sight not to be seen now. The nearby River Avon attracts anglers.

Underneath this main road flows a stream that rises from a spring under the church of the Holy Rood, built in the 12th century.

These thatched cottages are by the old Reading Room on the North and South Tidworth borders. In front of the Reading Room is a red telephone box.

A number of Victorian redbrick houses survive, intermingled with more modern housing. Notice how quiet the road is. Is the lady making her way to the post office?

A variety of architecture is to be enjoyed here, from red brick houses to timber-framed cottages.