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The Church of St Peter and St Paul overlooks the River Tame and was founded c1150 by Osbert de Arden. The Norman nave survives, but the chancel and tower were added in the 13th century.

The abbey church of St Peter and St Paul is all that remains of an Augustinian abbey built on the site in 1170. The High Street has many interesting houses, some dating back to the 16th century.

Not to be outdone by Benson, Wallingford also had a diving stage in the mid 1950s.

This photograph shows the house to its best advantage. It stood in a delightful position in the years before Burnley started to expand into a modern town.

This churchyard stands at the top of Thundersley Church Road, well removed from the bustle of the town below.

The steeple of the 12th-century church of St Peter and St Paul collapsed in the 17th century. It was never rebuilt, and the tower has been heavily buttressed to prevent it from collapsing.

Flitwick is a village that has been the subject of substantial population growth during the 1980s and 90s, tripling its physical coverage with ease.

The foundation stone was laid in October 1954 by the late Princess Margaret and blessed by the Lord Bishop of St Albans.

This is another picturesque Hampshire village, home to a good selection of perfect whitewashed thatched cottages.

St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

Many years before D G Sheppard opened his Orchard Stores, an entrepreneur named Alfred Reader had set up his cricket and hockey ball factory in the 1820s.

A young boy pushes a handcart towards the camera on this street running south towards the church of St Peter, as two elegantly hatted ladies drive their pony and trap past a sunbathing dog on the pavement

The church, which is dedicated to St Peter, was built in 1545 and almost rebuilt between 1800 and 1820.

This exquisite view shows the tall 14th-century tower of St Peter's Church with a small but richly ornamented spire and very tall pinnacles.

Looking south across the River Wey, with a group of children posing for the photographer in front of the wooden Boarden Bridge, the centuries-old crossing point.

This photograph shows this Domesday village, now much consumed by the tentacles of Market Harborough's suburbs, with its large irregular green and attractive houses, some dating back to 1567 and 1664,

We end this chapter in St Peter Street, which originally led to the old wooden bridge replaced by the present one further west.

We are looking north across the river toward Bishop's Road, conspicuous by its buses.

In 1695 many had a narrow escape when the bell tower collapsed during an energetic ringing session serenading a visit by William III.

The Bell occupies a pleasant site, almost semi-rural in character, tucked away on Old Church Road, with the sandstone tower of St Peter's as a backdrop, and Victorian houses nearby.

The familiar statue of Thomas Gainsborough in front of St Peter's was not erected until 1913. Note the double step from the pavement to the left.

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham, dates back to the 13th century. In 1800 the tower collapsed and was rebuilt.

Roydon was once a market- town. A fair that used to be held every August (to mark St Peter's Day) lapsed during the Great War.