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This attractive group, which makes the most of the possibilities of tile-hanging walls, is on the Petworth Road just south-west of the Green.

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

On the exposed Wolds, the ironstone church is situated on the south side of the village street, away from the main A606 Nottingham to Stamford road.

The east side begins with the projecting porch of the 16th-century building known as the Old Castle (far left), which is now Bridport Museum.

Moving down the lane away from the green there is a row of architecturally more mixed houses, some 1840s Estate houses, others older before the Estate went into picturesque Tudor mode.

The actual width of the road can be estimated by assessing the relative sizes of the open-top bus and horse-drawn vehicle passing it.

This much fought-over castle dominates the skyline of the Isle of Purbeck. The Saxon King Edward was murdered here in 978.

The church of St Margaret was rebuilt in 1852 and has a tower dating from 1507, which is just visible through the trees. The Pigeon House is a medieval yeoman's house.

Apart from a plethora of now silent industrial mills, now mostly put to other uses, the steep lanes of Nailsworth are lined with the cottages of former cloth workers. The streets are steep.

We are inside the three-sided courtyard of Sizergh Castle, near Kendal. Originally a 14th-century defensive pele tower, Sizergh was the home of the Strickland family.

We are looking in the opposite direction from 72955 (pages 52-53) along the Esplanade, with the tower of the town church of Holy Trinity to the left of the clock tower.

This labourer would not dare loiter for the camera in the middle of the street today.

The obelisk was erected in 1892 on the site of the execution of two Royalist captains, Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, on 28 August 1648.

It is now the School of Law of the University of East Anglia. It is screened from the modern university buildings by dense trees.

In the background is St Wilfred's, which was repaired in 1612 at the expense of Sir William Craven. The church houses an 11th-century font and some fragments of Anglo-Saxon sculpture.

St Mary's was originally part of a Benedictine Priory, one of several founded by King Athelstan.

Devonport stands to the west of the city of Plymouth, and is the newest of the three towns that make up Devon's largest urban area.

As with so many towns to the west of London, Cranford lies on the old stagecoach route to the fashionable city of Bath.

The miller looks out over the pool of this old Surrey watermill at Barford, an isolated part of Churt village.

Some of the buildings here would appear to be in need of some maintenance. Looming over the rooftops in the background is the vast bulk of the 19th century granary on the quay.

Winchester's High Street boasts a variety of Georgian, Victorian and half-timbered Elizabethan buildings; some of them still have their original shop fronts and doorways.

Torpoint is actually in Cornwall, and its ferry still makes regular journeys across the Tamar, taking workers across to Devonport Dockyard and the City of Plymouth.

Another view of Sackville Street, looking north to the Nelson Monument. This monument was badly damaged in 1966, and later demolished.

The harbour was begun in 1817, and ever since has been the principal terminus of the Holyhead run.