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This possibly romantic view of rural England is balanced by the Hungerford Almshouses, built during the Jacobean period in 1668, which were charitable institutions to house the poor, and which overlook

A late 19th-century advertisment for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties or anglers

The village population had grown to just short of 700, and there were now over 100 houses. The way of life had remained basically agricultural.

Wycombe Abbey School's first architect, was commissioned by the school to build boarding houses, classroom blocks and dormitories, which were mostly built between 1898 and 1902, with the chapel following

This quiet enclave of art gallery, library and Manor House flanks the church. Out of sight to the right is the Grammar School of 1913, now the offices of the Borough Council.

The village cottages and houses crowd down to the river, surrounded by luxuriant vegetation. St Peter's Church stands guardian on its knoll.

The houses in this view are (starting with the closest): Gate Cottage, Fernley, Hill View and the thatched Park Farmhouse. The George Inn is further along on the left.

This peaceful view of Minster shows its pleasant old houses. Minster has the dubious claim to fame of being the site of the world's first fatal motor-car accident.

Once the site of the old asylum, Barnwood, which comes after Hucclecote, gives access onto Eastern Avenue and the new developments that house commercial DIY stores and electrical businesses.

Nearby is Gaping Gill, which has an underground chamber large enough to house a cathedral.

To the west of Old Quad (above, 72159) lies Old Big School, surmounted by School House dormitories.

This serene view belies the fact that this was a busy industrial area until 1914, accommodating cloth mills, dye houses, a foundry and gas works.

The tiny settlement of Bantham, with its passenger ferry and boat-houses, clings to the eastern bank of the Avon where the river makes one last sweeping curve before meeting the sea.

At the east end, Lower Close leads into Hook's Walk with its excellent brick and flint-built houses, many rendered and colour-washed. It leads to the curiously-named Gooseberry Garden Walk.

A No 147 bus waits outside The Eagle Tavern on the right, and on the left a fingerpost beyond the Imperial Forces public house points towards the public lavatories in Riverside Gardens.

This old Round House was built for the use of the canal lengthmen, who maintained certain sections, or lengths, of the Thames and Severn canal, which started near Inglesham, close to Lechlade.

The banks beside the road show how it has eroded with use over hundreds of years; because of this the houses and small cottages on Church Street have steps down to the pavement.

The Tudor House, with its magnificent stone slated roof, had a narrow escape from bombing in 1943.

Now no longer a pub, the Britons Arms on the left, built as a community of religious women in the 15th century, was the only house to survive a great fire in 1507.

On School Hill, several houses on the left, including the bow window, are clad in mathematical tiles, hanging tiles that simulate brick. They are difficult to tell from real brickwork if well done.

The houses are all of an individual design. Some shops have encroached into this road.

Bede House dates from the 17th century, Monkton Farmhouse from the 18th century, and Grange Farmhouse from the late 17th to early 18th centuries.

This view shows the substantial Victorian houses lining Peperharow Road. Note the water tower on the skyline, centre.

This delightful riverside town has fine Georgian streets and early 19th-century houses. Jerome K Jerome, who wrote 'Three Men in a Boat', lived near this part of the River Thames in Marlow.