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Above a great double avenue of beech trees, which line the road from Wimborne, lies the huge hillfort of Badbury.

As the industrialisation of weaving gathered pace, the town was eventually reached by the railway in July 1848. Within forty years a bigger station had to be built.

The village also has a windmill, which at 80 feet is the tallest windmill to have been built on The Wirral.

The magnificent topiary gardens of Levens Hall, near Kendal, were laid out by the King's gardener Beaumont, who trained at Versailles, in 1692.

This large area of deciduous woods, in which beech predominates, is a favourite with walkers.

Close to the village of Nettleden is one of the most beautiful places in the county.

The western suburbs of Bridgwater grew in the late 19th century to incorporate the village of Wembdon, whose church was at the far east end of the village. In 1906 it looks remarkably rural.

Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.

We are looking north-westwards from above Lower Yondover Farm to the 1839-built Congregational chapel (centre left) at the crossroads near Laurel Farm.

Goring is a riverside village lying between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.

This picture was taken from the entrance to the church.

On the lane south from the crossroads the last two houses on the left are timber-framed, the White Cottage on the left with original framing in the side elevation and fake to the front.

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up

Farley Green is situated towards the south end of Albury parish, and its fields are carved out of the surrounding greensand woods.

Three young boys in the distinctive uniform of Christ's Hospital school at Horsham, accompanied by a lady, pass by the 16th- and 17th-century cottages which stood at the beginning of Farnham Road.

The Green has always been a focus for village life, and has several fine old buildings surrounding it.

As the motor car became the prime mode of transport after the war, every small village and town sought to capitalize on the additional, but highly seasonal, trade it brought.

The trees ... are very fine: oak, ashes and beeches; some of the finest of each sort.

Old documents relating to Whitby refer to the western part of the town as Ruswarp, though the village itself lies about a mile from the town.

At the south end of the High Street Frith's photographer looks northwards beside the turning on the right into Hawleys Lane.

Standing further back from the College, we can see part of the grounds in front of the building.

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.

This street scene has not changed very much except for the names of the occupants.

Downhill to the south and across the River Maun, the High Street continues uphill to pass The Dukeries Hotel, now for some reason called Ma Hubbard's Eating House and Hotel.