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The second element of Bulphan's name is the word 'fen'.

With playing fields, a recreation area, a lake and woodlands, it is very popular with the local townspeople. There are fine views over the town and to the wooded slopes beyond.

The Ferry arriving at the Nab c1955 By the time this photograph was taken, cars had replaced the horses and carts, and the crossing was accomplished by a chain-operated pulley.

The view from the suspension bridge towards Leigh Woods.

The Truro River promises visitors exquisite scenery, its broad banks enriched with lush green woods.

Nestling among expansive woods and fields, St Neot is famed for its church, with its magnificent 14th century stained glass windows.

As with many Victorian seaside resorts, Saltburn boasted elaborate, well kept, (and labour intensive) public gardens, as seen here in the Italian Gardens.

The central doors, which can just be seen in this photograph, were made by the famous wood carver, Thompson of Kilburn: his signature, a mouse, is carved on the right-hand door.

A Victorian party linger beside the 'dripping well' in the deep wooded Fairlight Glen.

The wooded islands of Derwent, Lord's and St Herbert's are clearly visible, as are the background Newlands Fells.

Benfleet's wooded hills once provided vital material for fuel and boat-building.

Southend pier is the longest in the world, reaching out one and a quarter miles (2 kms) into the Thames estuary.

In summer the wooded slopes above are a mass of myrtle and hydrangea. East Looe's cramped main street, edged with a jumble of jettied shops and cottages, tapers down to the quay.

Note the unmarked roads, the shops on the left (D H Davies and M Woods) and the various forms of traffic (there are bicycles and motor cars, and a bus on the left).

The heavily wooded Belle Isle and Claiffe Heights bear witness to the zeal of Thomas Curwen in planting huge numbers of larch and other trees following his purchase of the land a century earlier.

The nave of Tideswell church dates from the 14th century, and its size and standing give the building the air of a much larger church or even a cathedral.

Viewed from above the River Roeburn, the scene overlooks the roofs of the village cottages, most of which were put up during the 17th and 18th centuries.

One of the best preserved examples of a Norman motte and keep can be seen inside the grounds of Cardiff Castle.

By the 1650s Lionel Copley had become one of the leading ironmasters in South Yorkshire, thanks to a leasing arrangement with the Earl of Shrewsbury which gave him access to Shrewsbury charcoal woods

This haven of tranquillity lies just a quarter of a mile from the main road down a wooded path, but many people feel that it has been spoilt by concrete buttresses and notice boards.

Dominating the countryside around, and particularly impressive from the Bathampton side of the valley, Brown's Folly was built on the summit ridge of Bathford Hill in 1840.

The second element of Bulphan's name is the word 'fen'.

Castle Street is named for a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork on the wooded hill above the village. The Fleur-de-Lis hotel stands to the right.

Its heavily wooded creeks were a favourite venue for smugglers, and include perhaps the most famous inlet of all - Frenchman's Creek, made famous by Daphne du Maurier.