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Here we see a peaceful scene on the upper reaches of the river Bure. There are reed-beds along the far side of the river.

Thomas Hardy used this cottage as the fictional home of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. In 1919 a very elderly man stood regarding the cottage.

Wisely, he avoided placing his slender Doric columns on the much larger Roman bases and stumps of piers that line the edges of the bath and are linked by steps leading into the water.

Here we see Addenbrooke's from the roof of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Trumpington Street.

Rodborough parish extends from Stroud to Minchinhampton on the south side of the Frome valley, and includes the hamlets of Butterrow, Houndscroft and Rodborough Common.

Maiden Newton has been a much-appreciated centre for walking holidays in recent years, for many of the best villages and beauty spots on the Dorset downlands are within reach.

This stretch of the Sussex coast is probably most closely associated with Lancing College, a famous public school, and its neo-gothic Victorian chapel.

In the distance in the centre of this photograph is the sign for The King's Head public house, which in 1583 was known as The George, and later as The Sun.

On this composite postcard of New Romney, we have the Dungeness lighthouse, built in 1904, and the Romney and Hythe District Light Railway, which started in 1927.

This view shows the rear of the Swan Hotel on the left and the remarkable turret of the Town Hall rising above it.

Harold George Howard's first row of shops appeared in 1929. It included the cinema, still known as the Broadway here, but later renamed the Century.

The cheese of the same name was possibly first made in the market during the 13th or 14th centuries, but the market was closed in the early 1900s (not long after this photograph was taken), and production

In the distance on the right stands the parish church, which dates from Norman times. It boasts one of the finest carved rood screens in the county - it is mentioned in the church records of 1479.

Although in 1960 Walkern was a peaceful village, its history included many scenes of violence.

A measure is being used to decide which of the bowls lies nearest to the jack.

The White Bull pub (right) is still in existence, but many of the other buildings have gone, and so have the telegraph posts and school sign (left).

Bossington is part of the Holnicote Estate, which was given to the Trust by Sir Francis Acland in 1944.

The car park in front of Selworthy's whitewashed church looks across the Vale of Porlock to the wooded Horner valley and Ley Hill.

Close by is the monument by Sir Gilbert Scott to Lady Edith Hastings, Countess of Loudoun erected in 1879 by Ashby residents.

Two inns, the Britannia (left) and the Horse and Groom, still occupy the centre of this extended but fine country village that retains its atmosphere.

How amazing to see such a lack of road traffic by comparison with today! The Broadway is in practice a section of the main trunk road between Middlesbrough and Redcar.

Built in stone from the original Marton Hall in 1850 to serve the village of Marton, this Victorian building operated as the local school until 1963, when a modern building replaced it nearby.

Polperro's cottages, many slate-hung and with outside stone staircases, seem to grow out of the very rock, and the town has been poetically described as 'a human bees' nest stowed away in a cranny of the

York House Statues The white marble statues of water nymphs, which form such a striking feature in the grounds of York House, were purchased in Rome in the late 19th century by the city financier