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The Mill 1901 Now absorbed into the expanding suburbs of Ashford to the south, this small village once boasted its own imposing windmill on the banks of the Great Stour.

The arrival of motor traffic in Loughborough in considerable numbers meant that the town's centuries-old narrow streets were no longer sufficient to accommodate the volume of cars and lorries

Cheltenham Racecourse is now the home of National Hunt steeplechasing in Britain; its sporting events are often patronised by members of the Royal Family and world-class jockeys and trainers

This part of East Berkshire consists almost entirely of 19th-century development; here and there are a few large Victorian houses with huge plate-glass windows and free Renaissance decorations.

The churchyard is on the right, and the wooded ridge of the spur south of Dursley flows across the horizon.

The complicated-looking construction in the left distance is the sluice mechanism that controls the flow of the river. In times of heavy rainfall, the excess water runs off here.

This part of east Berkshire consists almost entirely of 19th-century development; here and there are a few large Victorian houses with huge plate-glass windows and free Renaissance decorations.

Following the death of his wife Elizabeth from tuberculosis, John Bright's world was in shreds. Then along came Alderman Richard Cobden.

Built out of the local creamy-white limestone, the keep is 90 ft high and has six semi-hexagonal buttresses which rise above it to form mini-turrets.

The early harbour, built in the 1780s of red and grey sandstone, now forms the inner harbour. In the 1880s the harbour was enlarged with new piers and a breakwater.

Kingsdown stands on the coast where the white cliffs of Dover give way to the extensive shingle beach that runs eastwards to Walmer & Deal. Caesar is said to have landed in this vicinity in 55BC.

Of the 11 locks on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, this is something of a halfway house. It stands just upstream of the road to Hatfield Peverel, in an area sometimes known as World's End.

Following the move of the gaol and assizes to Bodmin in 1842, the grounds were landscaped and turned into a pleasure park by the Duke of Northumberland.

We are looking from the north end of the market place. A cattle and sheep market is in full swing.

Much of the eastern side of the street was destroyed by fire during the Civil War.

Chapter Four takes a tour from east of Stamford into the fenland of Lincolnshire, mostly in the former administrative county of Holland, very much the flat country.

Moving east off The Wolds, our tour reaches the flat land between them and the sea, with its high line of rolling marram-grassed sand dunes as a backdrop.

Of the old inns of the Fylde, the Shovels, once called the Malt Shovels, is one of the oldest in Over Wyre. It began as an alehouse.

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.

Linwood lies over to the western edge of the New Forest, and is surrounded by woodland, heath and plain - as this picture suggests.

1965 saw the completion of this dam, which has made Llyn Clywedog Reservoir a nature lover's delight. The reservoir provides drinking water for consumers from Llanidloes to Bristol.

This well-preserved village, built around the old Wadworth Hall, lies just south of Doncaster.

Built out of the local creamy-white limestone, the castle keep is 90 ft high and has six semi-hexagonal buttresses which rise above it to form mini-turrets.

We are looking north from the railway station and level crossing, and there is little of distinction in the architecture.