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On the left are the pre-Reformation pulpit and the organ, which has 18th-century pipework. Both were restored in the early 1970s.

This is yet another parish church in secular use: this one is now the Colchester Arts Centre.

This is yet another parish church in secular use: this one is now the Colchester Arts Centre.

This superb view of Glyn Neath shows both the railway in the foreground, complete with steam engine, and the rolling hills beyond.

Witts was a 'Squarson' of the old sort, being both the Lord of the Manor and the rector of this lovely village in its exquisite pastoral setting.

Although actually very old, this is another Medway-side village that was left with a distinctly Victorian appearance by the 19th century building boom, when it was a source of brick earth and also chalk

The post office has moved to another part of the village.

The River Cam itself is not wide enough for conventional races, so races called 'Bumps' are held.

An old woman sits below this ancient creeper-clad tree, whilst another poses for the cameraman outside her cottage porch.

This is another one of the ancient bridges that span these reaches of the River Wey. There are six in total: this one, two at Tilford, and one each at Elstead, Peper Harow and Unstead.

When the Alton to Basingstoke railway line was made, the L & SWR Co built a crossing cottage at Shalden and another one at Lasham.

The church of St Wilfred is another of the hundreds of Lincolnshire limestone churches, and it has not changed in almost fifty years. The church was damaged by fire in 1599 and restored in 1601.

Heavy bombing during the Second World War led to a redesign of the traffic flow and yet another rebuilding of the pub.

Another view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.

Even though the railway age was at its height, freight was still carried on the river Great Ouse, as can be seen from this view.

Old Hill's official name is St Thomas Hill, and it was once used as a toboggan run when there was snow on the ground — rather a hair-raising ride!

At this time, Felixstowe enjoyed popularity as a seaside resort, but the dream of eccentric local landowner Colonel Tomline to transform the town into a major port had not yet materialised - that was to

of the newly-constructed Royal Hotel in the background, replacing the simpler building which had been demolished in 1981, the ever-popular and long suffering Weymouth donkeys prepare to set off on another

The pavilion has lost its minarets, but it is now equipped with both an indoor snack bar and a self-service buffet. We can also see Prince's Park with its colonnade to the right of the casino.

It is unlikely that this placid animal was anything other than a family pet, since farmers in this area would still have been reliant on ponies and horses for both transport and labour.

The Castle, in 1955 the Ravenscroft School, a boys' prep school, is a late 16th-century house of three storeys with gabled attics and a three-storey porch and stair turret, both crowned with medieval-style

Apart from making day trips for tourists, and ferrying guests from the railway station at Kingswear to the hotels at Totnes, the paddlers performed another essential function - everyday transport for

Hence comes the expression a 'Derby game' when two local teams play one another. The school has a charter dating back to the 16th century.

This photograph was taken from St James's Park, and shows the Foreign Office building when it still also housed both the Commonwealth Office and the Home Office.