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Linwood is situated high on the heathlands of the western edge of the New Forest, overlooking the broad valley of the Avon.

At the time of our photo, its three echelons included ABC Wallpapers, Forbuoys newsagents and Robinson Rentals at the bottom; Peter's gents' hairdressing and Hart's store in the middle; and offices for estate

The town - the highest in Sussex - stands at the eastern edge of Ashdown Forest. By the early 1900s it was billed as 'Sussex's answer to Scotland'!

This lovely village is said to command one of the finest views in Kent across the Weald towards Ashdown Forest. It sits alongside the Surrey boundary, two miles north of Edenbridge.

This material was used for the foundations of a number of New Forest churches.

The Romans took a great interest in the New Forest. It supplied wood and charcoal to fire kilns for the manufacture of pottery or for the smelting of iron.

During the mid 20th century the forest of masts had vanished from Ramsgate's harbour, giving it a very different appearance to earlier pictures.

Once surrounded by forested land, this church boasts remarkable timbered west and south porches built in the early 14th century, and comprising some fifty tons of oak wood.

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.

Chigwell, situated on the edge of Hainault forest, has been much developed over the years, but the village still presents a deceptively leafy appearance.The bakery and tea-rooms are reminders that

Set in the heart of Charnwood Forest, this pretty village was a favourite destination for Edwardian trippers, and features on many postcards.

Christchurch is one of the oldest settlements around the New Forest. It was probably in existence even before the Romans settled in the shelter of Hengistbury Head after 43 AD.

To the north-west of the New Forest is the peaceful little town of Fordingbridge, named after the ancient ford and medieval bridge which facilitate a passage across the River Avon at this point.

This 19th-century inn has always catered for the anglers who frequent the fast-running waters of the Rover Mawddach in the Coed y Brenin forest near Dolgellay to catch their salmon and trout.

In the north-west corner of the parish lies the ancient Hatfield Forest.

Cadnam, or Cadenham, stands at an important road junction at the north-western corner of the New Forest; sooner or later every traveller in the locality is bound to pass through the village.

Built partly of reused masonry from St Oswald's Benedictine Priory, it is very beautiful, with a forest of stone columns supporting a simple vaulted roof.

The Macclesfield Canal was not completed until 1831, but provided a link between the Peak Forest and the Trent & Mersey canals.

The ivy-clad cottages facing the village green were built in the 19th century for agricultural workers, and are an example of the general improvement in housing for estate workers.

Bracknell grew up from the inns on the road between Ascot Heath and Reading, once a popular haunt of highwaymen who lay in waiting for their quarry among the trees of the old Windsor Forest

Picket Post is a tiny hamlet on the high road between Ringwood and the New Forest. It is a convenient place to stop for tea, sit on a bench and watch the world go by.

Elcock's, the little newsagent and tobacconist almost hidden behind a forest of newspaper signs and placards, has been replaced by a beauty therapist, and most of the shops either side of the Bugle Inn

Milford on Sea's church, along with the one at Brockenhurst, was a survivor of the forest clearances and receives a mention in the Domesday Book.

Superstitions lingered in the New Forest longer than in many places and are still recounted. Ill-fortune is still occasionally blamed upon a mischievous elf called Laurence.