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Adderbury, south of Banbury, evolved as a result of the wool trade. Lord Montagu, William of Orange's minister, lived here at one time.

Another view of the Old Hall Hotel at Hope, this time taken from the raised bank of the churchyard.

Zennor is home to one of Cornwall's more picturesque legends - that of the mermaid of Zennor.

Lustleigh Cleave, one of the Moor's most scenic valleys, lies to the west of Lustleigh itself and was cut by the River Bovey.

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

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

'To the Sea', invites the signpost on the right hand side of this road junction.

He was sculptor to Prince Albert, and the Fountain is one of the more successful aspects of the design of the house. Note the tower to the right of the main building.

Looking across the town into Haverfordwest, the tower of the Church of St Thomas à Becket can be clearly seen on the skyline towards the centre of the picture, and the main body of the Castle with its

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

Just off the Fosse Way, this village, once the site of a Roman settlement, clusters around the banks of the wide, shallow Windrush, which is crossed by a number of simple footbridges, some

This view, taken from the fields beyond the village, shows the broach spire of the church of St John the Baptist, rebuilt in 1861, rising above the very attractive slate and stone roofscape of a village

The White Hart has dominated the High Street, allegedly since the middle of the 16th century.

There has probably been a ferry of one sort or another plying its trade across the mouth of the Dart for millennia, but the first mention of one is in the Court Rolls of 1365, when it was run by one

In 1956 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone opened a Methodist church in Langdon Hills, and in the following year the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited Kingswood Junior School, officially opened

At the top of the High Street on the right is the Cowes Advertiser office, but just before that is the NSPCC charity shop.

The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are con- cerned.

William I founded Battle Abbey on Senlac Moor, the site of the Battle of Hastings. The small town of Battle grew up when the people who built and maintained the abbey and its buildings settled there.

The most striking feature of this view of Bakewell church's choir and east end are the mass of brightly-coloured paintings which adorn the walls.

The centre of Bishops Waltham has retained its character over the years, and this picture shows one of its quaint, narrow streets.

Behind Hutchin's pharmacy we can see the tower of Lopping Hall. A blue plaque recalls that this was built in 1883 out of compensation paid for the loss of tree-lopping rights in Epping Forest.

The church of St Leonard is perched on a steep slope just below the walls of the castle, overlooking the village.

The 70ft tower of the church of St Philip and St James appears to be made of pieces from another building. Below is the Gothic-style village school, built in 1827.

The centre of the Pier, now covered, was a popular venue for concert parties, boxing, wrestling, roller skating and tea dances.