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Families are leaving the beach and strolling to the roadway, which is a short distance from the village centre.

The journey to Studland Bay was probably the favourite excursion for tourists from Swanage, who could either get there by walking along the cliff tops or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the

The memorial seat commemorates the six agricultural labourers who met beneath the sycamore tree (centre) in 1834, and were transported to Australia for taking an illegal oath during an initiation

William Leigh bought the Woodchester estate in 1845.

Once the village of Ebbisham, its popularity as a spa resort in the Restoration period, followed by its emergence as a racing centre in the following century, saved Epsom from decline.

The boat in this picture, probably a shallow draft Severn trow, would have attracted little or no attention from the locals. Not so in 1787.

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years. It also had nearby coal-pits, which transported some of their coal from the beach here.

This is the new St Mary's Church built in 1891 to replace the older building.

This is not Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other

Here we see a section of Hadrian's Wall near the village of Gilsland. 73 miles long, with seventeen forts, mile-castles and turrets, the wall was one of a number of linear defences built to designate

Here we see the appropriately named Water Lane in the village, which was named after the spring that arises here. Ospringe was once a pilgrims' stop on the way to Canterbury.

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border. The 13th-century church of St Mary is on a knoll in the centre of the village.

South-east of the village, a lane crosses the county boundary with Bedfordshire along the upper reaches of the young River Ouzel.

The village of Wyke Regis, now a suburb of Weymouth, north from Chamberlaine Road (foreground).

We are east of Bognor Regis.The poet William Blake lived in the village for four years.The medieval church of St Mary can be seen in the background of the picture.

The village of Wyke Regis is now a suburb of Weymouth.

Unlike the recently formed flashes, Pick Mere ('the lake where pike are found') is a natural feature. It was formed as a hollow in the ground filled with melted ice at the end of the Ice Age.

The cows are lying down, a sure sign of rain, the old saying goes, but whether this is true or false they add a picturesque finishing touch to a watery scene.

The apron, or uniform, on the lady in our photograph reminds us that these almshouses were also referred to as Waddington Hospital. The child on the donkey next to her could have been recuperating.

The Buttercross is to be found in the centre of the village market place. The railings have gone, as have the brick wall and the trees behind it.

Parker Almshouses, founded by Robert Parker in 1706, were later replaced by the ones we see here, which are built around a square.

The apron, or uniform, on the lady in our photograph reminds us that these almshouses were also referred to as Waddington Hospital.

Long Wittenham village is noted for its large number of late medieval cruck buildings - crucks are massive curved timbers that go from ground to ridge in one piece.

Some of the soldiers who were killed in the furious battle of 1644 are buried in the village churchyard.