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The ancient stone circle at the farthest point is associated with the bards, and the tradition of the Gorsedd or Eisteddfod was incorporated into the general landscape.

Look closely at this photograph, and you can spot the Post Office on the extreme left with the premises of a blind and mattress maker just beyond it.

Situated at the corner of Cemetery Road and Station Road, this topiary horse was a local attraction. It was in the paddock of Mr J Littler, a veterinary surgeon.

This early 20th-century photograph shows Bargate at its best.

Paignton's harbour is an extension of a simple early shelter for shipping.

This was the earliest English settlement of the Knights Templar, who were given the manor in 1135. Cressing is known today for its medieval barns at nearby Cressing Temple.

This is a corner of the village green at Hampsthwaite, five miles from Harrogate on the banks of the River Nidd.

In recent years, the buildings at the far end of the street have been joined by a section which forms an archway.

The Ferry c1955 At one time cars were fitted so tightly onto the ferries that it was impossible to open the doors.

An older chapel at Alderholt fell into ruin during the reign of Charles II. The original was used by huntsmen to bless their expeditions into the wilderness of Cranborne Chase.

Booton is a small village in North Norfolk, known mainly for its beautiful Victorian church built at his own expense and to his own design by the rector, Whitwell Elwin, who served the church for 50 years

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

Seaview shows off a huge variety of architecture, as this photograph demonstrates.

It has an extended reinforced stone jetty at the left-hand entrance.

This photograph shows a mixed bag of buildings, many of which have since come down in the course of development.

In the second half of the 19th century, Coltishall was a major wherry building centre, and even at the time this photograph was taken, Allens were turning out the sleekest, fastest wherries on the Broads

Winchcombe was the final home of Henry VIII's surviving Queen Catherine Parr, who lived just south of the town at Sudeley Castle.

There was early criticism of the architecture of some of the college buildings. To mark the establishment's jubilee, this new chapel designed by H A Prothero was built - to great critical acclaim.

One local resident had a cynical sense of humour.

All Saints' Church contains a memorial to the Reverend Lyte, author of 'Abide With Me' and 'Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven'.

A carriage with top-hatted coachman waits patiently outside one of Cheyne Walk's many grand Georgian brick houses. Graceful plane trees screen residents from the more boisterous life on the water.

The first house on the left is Peel House, which was built in 1851 as Bagshot Police Station, one of only four in the whole of Surrey at that time.

This red-brick Georgian coaching inn stands at the centre of Great Witley. The village is situated in a pleasant spot just below the Abberley Hills, an outcrop of the Malverns.

In recent years Little Comberton has become a larger settlement than Great Comberton, though it is debatable which has the loveliest buildings.