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Ardingly is a village overlooking the Ouse valley, north of Haywards Heath.The 14th-century church of St Peter has an impressive tower.

We can assume that it is winter by the look of the tree. A lady waits for her husband beside their car. Has he leaned an item of furniture against the telephone box?

This is close to the site of the magazines: ships entering the Mersey had to deposit any gunpowder there during their stay in port.

Wilburton lies on the Haddenham ridge of the Isle of Ely. The medieval route from the Aldreth crossing to Ely went along the High Street.

Its name refers to its position on the river Anton. In 1945 its population was 16,000, but today it is three times that. High Street remains unchanged, and is still used for markets on Saturdays.

In the distance are the ruins of a once great mansion, Scotsborough, dating back to the 14th century.

East of the Central Avenue/Bridgford Road junction is Bridgford Park; the house's extensive grounds are now a very popular public park.

Gone are the sailing vessels, and in their place are the fishing smacks of the town.

It has been said of Bebington that 'though the town centre is lacking in character, it is also open, green and wholesome', and that description still works well now.

This fine street is part of a local conservation area. It used to be called Canhold Lane. On the left, No 5, the house with the centre gable and timber frame, is 16th-century.

The wide streets, stone buildings and the war memorial in the centre of Langley Park look much the same today.

One of the 18th-century vicars incorporated a large section of it into the grounds of the new vicarage with the Bishop's permission, enraging the local inhabitants.

William Nicholson of Thelwall Hall financed its building in 1843 to replace an earlier chapel. All Saints is seen here after the addition of a chancel in 1857 and the alterations of the early 1890s.

This early Victorian mansion in Jacobean-revival style was built between 1833-45 on the site of an earlier house.

There could not be anywhere more northern-sounding than Mytholmroyd, the woollen village crammed into the bottom of the Calder Valley west of Halifax.

Converted from a Georgian private house, the Village Stores and Post Office is the communal centre of the South Yorkshire village of Wortley.

The Neville stronghold of Brancepeth Castle was forfeited to the Crown during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Billingham owes its development to the Great War, when a small chemical works opened nearby for the production of synthetic ammonia for use in explosives.

It is always a sight worth watching, as the bridge swings open to allow the passage of a paddle steamer. Note the tramlines visible on the roadway of the bridge.

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

Lynn's market place is one of the very finest in England, enriched by a profusion of Georgian and Victorian public buildings, including the florid Corn Exchange built in 1854.

Even when fully laden, such wherries would only draw a little over two feet of water, making them the perfect vessels for navigating the shallow waters of the Broads.

As with several other fishing villages along the Yorkshire coast, Staithes clings alpine-like to the sides of steep cliffs and ravines.

The Wharfe was prone to flooding, and the Victorians were forced to move a church further up the bank out of reach of the invading waters.