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Some of the county's most beautiful scenery can be seen in the Wealden region of Sussex.

The parish church of St John was described as 'one of the architectural ornaments of the town', and the interior came in for much praise.

In this view the church seems to close the end of the village green. The three groups of cottages are timber-framed and date from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The coastal village of Keyhaven was at the centre of a controversial debate before the First World War, when plans were drawn up to create a tunnel between here and the Isle of Wight.

Aneurin Bevin, Tredegar's most famous son, wrote of the coalminer's lot: 'In other trades, there are a thousand diversions to break the monotony of the work - the passing traffic, the morning newspaper

Mayer Hall commemorates the life and works of Joseph Mayer, the 19th-century antiquary and book collector who made his home in Bebington.

We can see the village of Clun in the valley, with the keep of its old castle standing guard. Actually this castle was less a military stronghold than a centre for hunting.

The photograph is taken from the Norfolk bank of the Wellstream that flows into Wisbech. A later brick front was added to the 17th-century White Lion.

Not far from Ringwood, Burley is reputedly the jewel in the crown of the New Forest. These two locals are standing just in front of the photographer, and seem engrossed in the cricket match.

Originally known as Back Street, Maidenhead Street was a bustling centre of trade and commerce.

This great round-headed doorway was once the principal entrance to the lower part of the 12th-century building that stands directly opposite the castle gatehouse, and was probably approached under

Looking across the green, on the right-hand side we can see the boot and shoe shop of the Foord family, and in the centre the butcherís shop of H J Harvey.

Like many abbeys and monasteries up and down the country, this former Cistercian monastery was dissolved in the reign of Henry VIII.

Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century fortified manor house built for the Fulthorpe family, whose coat of arms is carved on the bay window to the right.

On the right of the photograph in front of the church is the old priory. The monks had their own path through the woods to the church, where they had their own pews.

At its height in the 19th and early 20th century, Halifax was the greatest of the textile towns of West Yorkshire, a centre for woollen manufacture and clothing, larger even than Leeds or Bradford.

On the edge of Romney Marsh, this village, with its broad street, was once a flourishing seaport and shipbuilding centre; it was captured by the Danes with a fleet of 250 ships in the 9th century.

Sherborne is a charming town of book and antique shops, an essential stop in any exploration of Dorset.

The Hill of Bran rises just to the north-east of Llangollen; perched high upon its summit is the ruin of Castell Dinas Bran.

It was here in 1265 that Magnus, the last of Man's Norse kings, died, ushering in nearly seventy years of Scottish rule until the island was taken by Edward III of England.

The original idea behind the creation of the Arboretum was to give the citizens of Nottingham a scenic park in which to relax.

This is the landscape northwards from the limekilns and quarries north of Wych to the Main Street at Bothenhampton (left to right).

appears to stand on a sloping earth mound; but this earth covers a platform extending from the chapel base at the level of the entrance doors.

Created by the acquisition of land once part of Ely Common, Victoria Park was opened on the occasion of the monarch's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.