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The Beauchamp Chapel was built as directed in the will of Richard Beauchamp, fourteenth Earl of Warwick.

The word 'fold' means an enclosure of land for animals, and 'Chadynge`s fold' may well date back to the Saxon period.

While West Clandon with its railway station definitely has the air of a commuter village, East Clandon, facing the slope of the North Downs and surrounded by fields, still has a rural feel

Compare this view of the nave to the 1924 photograph. Above the altar we can see a decorated screen, which has long been removed.

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange.

A mile or two outside the village sits Harvington Hall. It is a wonderfully evocative Tudor mansion surrounded by a moat, which we see here.

Overlooking Chirbury is the church of St Michael. It gives one a strange feeling to stand inside the church, because the main walls of the nave have a definite lean outwards.

Undoubtedly this is one of the most romantic medieval sites in all of England.

The Victorian commercial heart of this cul-de-sac village, strung out along the back lane into Melbury Park, was represented by the Melbury Osmond shop.

The Abbey Church of St Editha dates from Norman times, but Polesworth Abbey is said to have been founded by King Egbert in 827.

These gardens in Groundwell Road were officially opened on 15 November 1950 by HRH Princess Elizabeth on her visit to the town.

The seal of Queen Victoria was photographed around the end of her reign, which lasted from 1837 to 1901.

It is also interesting to recall that there was a prisoner of war camp in the village; it was in the grounds of Marbury Hall, which was demolished in the 1960s.

Constant removal of salt and pumping of brine from the underground salt mines left great underground holes, which then filled with water.

Situated between Basildon and Southend and the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Crouch, Rayleigh is an ancient place that once sported a Norman Castle.The mound still stands, known as Rayleigh

The display board to the right of the main shop window shows guide books and postcards of Cartmel Priory - the tree to the right is by the church.

Known locally as 'the church of the four ones' because it was founded in AD1111, St Mary's is the town's parish church.

A boat sails across the bay, which was known as Polkerris or Par Bay in the late-18th century.

A fine and impressive hall was an essential requirement of any man of standing, and Robert Wynn was no different in wishing to impress his visitors.

Circling Frome, we head north to the Mells Stream valley and Mells village, the home of the Horners, the nursery rhyme Little Jack Horner's family.

This view is taken from the west, near the north-east corner of the Green, at the foot of Angel Hill. The fine west tower of All Saints dominates the scene.

All on the left beyond the monkey puzzle tree (now gone) has been demolished and the left- hand railings have been renewed.

Since the middle of the 19th century, The Groves have provided a popular recreation area along the side of the Dee.

According to tradition, the church of St Michael and All Angels is said to stand on the site of a 7th-century wooden chapel dedicated to St Chad.