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This pretty old Kentish village of Saxon vintage has a lovely green (alas, not now as rural as it looks here) surrounded by lime and chestnut trees, some grand Georgian houses and simpler homes.

The Spread Eagle was re-fronted in 1932 and another storey added; it has recently closed its doors as a public house.

Modern 1950s and 1960s houses of various different styles can be seen on the right of Great Houghton High Street in this photograph.

Away from the boisterous life of the river, Cheyne Walk, with its narrow, balconied houses and modish shops, was a haven of gentility, dedicated to refined if somewhat Bohemian pursuits.

Away from the boisterous life of the river, Cheyne Walk, with its narrow, balconied houses and modish shops, was a haven of gentility, dedicated to refined if somewhat Bohemian pursuits.

The row of shops and houses was built in the late 16th and early 17th centuries on the New Quay, which, as the name suggests, had only just been reclaimed from tidal mud.

The church, castle and market hall, the historic heart of the town, remain at the centre, but more modern housing fans out from it in this scene.

Horses graze the rich meadows that keep the waters of the River Bure from the village street. Handsome pantile-roofed red-brick houses line the grassy banks.

This is the late 15th-century timber-framed Porch House, pictured about 20 years after its last restoration.

The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages.

The only change to this scene is that the house on the left is now a barn, which is unusual.

The mix of shops and inns and residential houses in the High Street continues right through Lechlade, which grew up as a medieval market centre.

A winter river scene with the church in the distance; the boathouse with a path beside it belongs to Hartford House.

The line was opened in 1887 and had an enormous impact on the village, creating a dramatic increase in house and shop building to accommodate the large numbers of visitors.

Today, with increased housing development, North Warnborough has almost joined up with Odiham. A new bypass has helped to reduce the high volume of traffic running through the village.

On the side of the house facing us is the date 1595. Behind the trees on the left is the church of St Michael. Note the fine example of thatching on the buildings in the foreground.

Earlham Hall is a complex 16th- and 17th-century house in brick and flint, with early 18th-century shaped gables. It is now the School of Law of the University of East Anglia.

This tiny flint and stone church, capable of housing only some 20 worshippers, is one of the smallest churches in England.

Well-designed bollards and street signs front a typical road-house at the junction of the Great North Road with the lesser east-west Elstree to Chipping Barnet Road.

House and lane were demolished in the 1930s.

Of the buildings behind the beach, three were public houses. The central building is the famous Sloop Inn, still operating today.

Towards the edge of the village are former Rural District Council houses, now with lusher gardens, and opposite is a former Nonconformist chapel dated 1898.

The houses are mostly thatched and built of stone. Bus timetables, an important part of any village, are on show next to the other essential, the village shop.

The new A1 by-pass means that this village has become a quiet backwater, but signs of modern development can nowadays be seen - a housing estate has replaced the brick wall on the left.