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Sudbury had a corn and cattle market on Thursdays with a general market on Saturdays. There was also an annual pony sale, attended by travellers, on Market Hill.

The long village High Street running down from the ridge overlooking the Weald and the 13th-century church of St Peter is lined with picturesque tile-hung cottages.

In 1862 George Charnley Dewhurst, a wealthy Manchester cotton magnate, bought the Oughtrington estates and became a benefactor to the village.

St Peter's Church was completely Gothicised in the mid 19th century. The roof and main walls of the old church were retained and the walls encased in flint.

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

It suffered traffic problems until the recent construction of its bypass.

St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.

The foundation stone was laid in October 1954 by the late Princess Margaret and blessed by the Lord Bishop of St Albans.

This is another picturesque Hampshire village, home to a good selection of perfect whitewashed thatched cottages.

Flitwick is a village that has been the subject of substantial population growth during the 1980s and 90s, tripling its physical coverage with ease.

The Test is famous for excellent fishing. At this waterway, 30 or 40 brown trout often swim under the ducks.

The Church of St Peter and St Paul overlooks the River Tame and was founded c1150 by Osbert de Arden. The Norman nave survives, but the chancel and tower were added in the 13th century.

The abbey church of St Peter and St Paul is all that remains of an Augustinian abbey built on the site in 1170. The High Street has many interesting houses, some dating back to the 16th century.

Not to be outdone by Benson, Wallingford also had a diving stage in the mid 1950s.

The church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated in 1634 and retains its oaken interior and a great screen which is considered to be one of the finest of its type in England.

In this splendidly evocative view from the High Street/St Peter's Street/Dame Alice Street junction, the photographer looks north along the Broadway towards the leafy De Parys Avenue, past the policeman

The tower of the medieval St Peter's Church, seen here on the left, dominates much of Dorchester's High Street.

The grandeur of both St Peter's and Market Hill are shown to best advantage in the days before car parking.

The tapering village green leads up to St Peter's Church. The 15th-century tower with flushwork battlements and pinnacles had a short spire until 1845.

By the 1950s, Bournemouth was at the height of its popularity and one of the most prosperous towns in England, as this view of the town centre shows.

Ormskirk's parish church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, dates from about 1276. It is unusual in that it has a separate bell tower.

Cluntergate is one of the main roads leading out from the centre of Horbury, whose main claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of the famous 18th-century architect always, but erroneously, known as

Hever is intimately associated with Anne Boleyn, who spent her childhood here in the company of her father Sir Thomas Bullen, the Earl of Wiltshire, whose tomb is at the little church of St Peter.