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Known today for the nearby open prison situated on an old RAF camp, Eastchurch's claim to fame in earlier days was that it was the site of the first British airfield.

French-derived names are common in North Devon; there was an influx of Huguenots from France in 1685 when they were being persecuted.

The old redundant 17th-century bridge over the Test now lies on the north side of the main road.

The ladies gardening are patients in the King Edward Sanatorium, which is situated on Great Common about two miles north of Midhurst.

To the east of Stane Street, and four miles north of Billingshurst, is the village of Slinfold.

In the middle distance to the right are ships anchored in the Hamoaze, which turns north up the Tamar to Devonport Dockyard.

There are three village greens in Catterick, the village on the old A1 Great North Road which most people associate with the nearby army garrison.

The cobble-edged wide Market Place of Kirkbymoorside, on the edge of the North York Moors, still holds its market every Wednesday, just as it has done since medieval times.

Between them they employed over 10,000 men and extracted over 4 million tonnes of coal a year from seams stretching out under the North Sea. Easington closed in 1993.

On the east bank of the Cuckmere River opposite Alfriston, Lullington is very much a shrunken medieval village, with its isolated church a good quarter of a mile north of Lullington Court, the farm complex

The main street runs north lined with estate cottages of around 1900, which seem to have been built on the village green.

The river Burn runs through the villages of South and North Creake too. The road at the centre of the picture leads to the ruins of Creake Abbey, which lies in a beautiful setting beside the stream.

Stramongate is the main approach road into Kendal from the north-east, and means 'the street of the straw men'. St George's Church is in the background.

This view looks north along the beach. The fishing boat is drawn up on the beach, and in front of the boat a child makes sandcastles in the narrow strip of pebble-free sand.

This view looks north along the beach. The fishing boat is drawn up on the beach, and in front of the boat a child makes sandcastles in the narrow strip of pebble-free sand.

Sited beside the main north road, the pub has always been a busy place, with the canal and, later, the railway also bringing their trade. The former nearby station took the name of Roebuck.

Bispham lies just a little to the north of Blackpool's bright lights and seemingly non- stop amusements, and its sea-front hotels and guesthouses attracted holidaymakers seeking a more

Carnforth's industries of sand and gravel extraction and iron smelting depended upon the Lancaster Canal and later the railway, when an important junction between the north-south and east-west

Situated in North Hampshire, on the border with Berkshire, Ye Swan Inn is the first Hampshire building to be seen when coming south.

We are looking north-west, with St Mary's left of centre. The row of houses on this side of the Common vary from the 14th to the 19th century.

The High Street, running south to north, was wide enough for two carriages to pass in times gone by.

Located nine miles south of Edinburgh, Hawthornden stands high above the river North Esk amid a densely wooded estate.

Viewed from the 23-acre Iron Age fort which stands on the steep road leading north-west away from the village, the church of St Giles stands out to the left of the picture.

'Glorious Goodwood', one of the great advertising slogans, usually lives up to its name, and the racing that takes place here, high on the South Downs and a mile north of Goodwood House, is usually blessed