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Cuddesdon was once the home of the bishops of Oxford. There was a palace here, set ablaze in 1644 to prevent the Parliamentary troops in the Civil War from seizing it.

At the top of Sheep Street is the largely 17th-century Hind Hotel, perhaps the best secular building in the town.

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.

The days of floodlighting have arrived too, although at this time the lights are illuminating the George's sign rather than the front of the building as they do today.

A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day.

About twenty-five miles downstream from its source we reach the stone-built town of Lechlade on the Gloucestershire bank of the Thames. The Ha'penny Bridge was built in 1792 to replace a ferry.

In the shadow of Europe's first million kilowatt power station, opened in 1962, lies this Georgian house.

The first Norman castle at Cardiff is thought to have been built in c1081, possibly on the site of a Welsh stronghold.

There was an earlier castle on the site, but little is known about it save for traces of what might be a 13th-century curtain wall.

There are no identifiable remains of the castle built here in the 12th and 13th centuries.

East of Throwley Road is Manor Park. It grew in area as a result of purchases and gifts, but started out as a war memorial park.

Dating back to the 18th century, the deed to each of these cottages restricts the householder to replacing the thatched roof only with thatch, and further prescribes the method and colour of redecoration

The present church of St John's occupies the nave of the former priory; the choir and chancel were destroyed in 1470 when the central tower collapsed.

By 1830 the name Hothamton had been dropped in favour of Bognor. The High Street was part of the original lane which ran through the old village to the sea.

This extraordinary old manor house had been bereft of its famous author owner, Charles Dickens, for 24 years when this picture was taken. Dickens died here on 9 June 1870 at the age of 58.

Pargetting is a feature of this delightful building, which used to house the village fire engine (which was not famed for speed—it was often a case of 'first find your horse').

In days gone by there was a gate across the road at this point which barred the way to passers-by, who could only proceed on payment of a toll.

The inn occupied both of these buildings. The one to the left is 16th-century, with a brick façade of 1759. The taller building was erected in 1826.

The house opposite is The Wakes, now a museum illustrating the story of naturalist and explorer Francis Oates and of his nephew Captain Lawrence Oates, who joined the fateful Antarctic expedition in 1911

At the foot of the hill is a junction. Left is for Nether Wallop and right is for Over Wallop. Out of sight by the café sign is a large roadside pub, The George Inn.

The attractive mixture of village vernacular and Victorian buildings suggests a sleepy backwater, yet Caerleon has been an important site since Roman times, when they turned it into a major fortress, and

A Little Chef and a more modern fuel station (the Mile End service station) has now taken the place of this homely café we see here offering teas and the delights of the ubiquitous Hovis loaf.

The Buttertubs Pass leads dramatically down to this village, which is 9 miles west of Muker. It was hit by a natural disaster in 1898, the result of a cloud burst.

Originally a wooden Saxon fortress built on two islands, the building was transformed into a solid stone castle at the end of the 12th century by the Norman baron Robert de Crevecoeur.