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This oval-shaped double avenue of lime trees was laid out by the Chaloner family in the 18th century.

We are looking west, with the Great Wharf of the Basingstoke Canal on the left.

In 1873, this wonder of nature had a quarrymen's village at its entrance.

The narrow high street leading to a small square boasted a varied selection of businesses at the turn of the last century.

The modern segment of Hawkhurst, known as Highgate, grew up along a section of the A268 during the 18th and 19th centuries.

But he is better to known to most of us as Lewis Carroll, the author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.

These gardens are at the rear of Ayscoughfee Hall, which is now in the process of being restored. The building is partly used as the Spalding Tourist Office.

This view of Borough Hill was taken from neighbouring Newnham Hill. The forest of masts and aerials was a feature of the landscape for over 65 years.

This typical High Street view could be of any village in the north-east. This is the 1950s version of today's modern superstore, where you can buy everything from ice cream to petrol.

The east front of the Archbishop's Palace, pictured prior to the insertion of the modern window and the change in the roofline of the central porch.

West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.

Without doubt, Pembroke is one of the most impressive defended sites in Wales.

Looking eastward, this view shows one of the town's saddest architectural losses: Colebrooke Terrace, a shallow crescent of four pairs of Regency stucco villas.

The broad street of the village, with its grass verges, is lined with brick and weatherboarded houses.

The narrow high street leading to a small square boasted a varied selection of businesses at the turn of the last century.

A tiny coastal hamlet in the parish of Symondsbury, Eype was provided with its own 350-seat chapel of ease, dedicated to St Peter, in 1865 (right-hand skyline).

Of this chapel only the archway into it from the church survives, the rest being rebuilt, enlarged and extended in the 1860s, 1880s and in 1906.

Once controlled by a simple set of three traffic lights, the junction of George Street, Wellington Street (left) and Manchester Street (right) now requires a multi-function system complete with laning,

LYNMOUTH, set on the rocky north coast of Devon, was 'discovered' in 1812 by the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who stayed here with Harriet Westbrook, his first wife.

In 1955 the College of Art and Technology was soon to be uplifted to the status of a Polytechnic.

A line of mainly 18th- and 19th-century cottages line the banks of the mighty River Tees at Croft-on-Tees, a small settlement to the south of Darlington and very close to the borders of County Durham.

The parish church of St Mark was built in 1867. In this view we see the shape of the original tower of the church, which was damaged by fire in 1902 and rebuilt by the Marquis of Zetland.

The Hartmoor area of Devizes lies to the south. This photograph is a revealing view of old England.

Located at the western extremity of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English vil- lage.