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Here we see the Parish Church as we look from the High Street through Middle Row, part of the 'old town' of Ashford.

It originally started as just five women students assembling in a house in Cambridge to be tutored by Mrs Jemima Clough; as the establishment grew, it moved into a building in the suburb of Newnham,

Here we see a view of the splendid Court House. Begun in 1772 as a market house, it seems to be a centrepiece for the vast County Down estate.

It dates from the same era as St John's, thanks to Bishop Roger of Salisbury, who was a liberal churchman.

The two Victorian Early English windows and the four-bay arcades of 1200- 10, added since, were overdone.

In the porch are two effigies of cross-legged knights, probably of the late 13th century. The stained glass in the chancel is by Powell and Sons, 1858-69.

The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.

The area at the front of the town hall had been cleared in about 1862 to make space for a memorial to 'Albert the Good', the beloved husband of Queen Victoria. It was a densely built-up area.

It received its Charter of Incorporation in 1891, and then, of course, needed its own Town Hall.

The horse on the left is waiting to haul the boats, which are 'breasted up' together in the lock.

Bodinnick is a tiny village built on a steep hill on one side of Pont Creek, an estuary of the Fowey River. From here the ferryboats would take the passengers across the fast-flowing river to Fowey.

Here there is a profusion of telegraph wires and power cables, but no TV aerials.

Having been bombed out of their works at Mitcham, Surrey, A C Cossor Ltd were relocated to Chadderton; they were housed in the old Wren Mill which had been converted into a government Shadow factory.

The house was begun by William Cavendish, fourth Earl and later first Duke of Devonshire, in 1687 and completed in 1706; the north wing was added between 1820-30.

In 1848, Dr Goddard's niece and heiress, Martha Gale, pledged money and gave the 1742 house on the left of the picture in return for having the school moved to clear her view of the church.

Woodstock House is a country house hotel nestling in the Downs below the heights of Charlton Forest. We are near Goodwood racecourse, hence the racing scene on the hotel restaurant signboard.

Wrexham stands on a tributary of the river Dee. It has a long history - it was known to the Saxons as Wrightesham or Wrightelesham.

East of the Exe

All Saints church provides the backdrop to this view of the parade.

It cost one penny to travel the length of New Street by horse-drawn omnibus, while a Hansom cab cost somewhat more.

Doncaster's electric street tramway opened on 2 June 1902; it operated fifteen open-top cars, each capable of carrying a total of 56 passengers.

This interior view of St Mary's Church looks east into the chancel past the central crossing under the tower.

The east end part of the quay faces northwards with views across the flat marshes to the sea beyond.

The sign tells us that Gisburn Road leads to Clitheroe, hub of the Pendle Forest area. Stone walls, finials, setts, dripstones and lintels characterise Chatburn and the neighbouring villages.