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Middleton was granted a market charter on 23 June 1791 and the market remained here until 1939. Surrounded by shops and inns, the Market Place was the hub of the town for many years.

Beyond the thick wooded cover, the more open land of the deer park is corrugated by the medieval ridge and furrow of open field cultivation.

Before the birth of theme parks, a day out in the late 1950s (when comparatively few people owned a car) was by Midland Red bus to Groby Pool, Swithland Woods and Bradgate Park, with the

The village, seen from Okeford Hill with Piddles Wood beyond (left), was estate-owned until April 1966, when it was auctioned by Sturminster Newton estate agent Arthur Richards.

Beyond the thick wooded cover, the more open land of the deer park is corrugated by the medieval ridge and furrow of open field cultivation.

This village is noted for its beautiful woods, a railway tunnel under the Balcombe Forest and a brick viaduct over the Ouse valley. The church of St Mary was built in 1847.

On the extreme right is Wood Bros, wine merchants, and above the shop there were two flats, both rented at one time by BBC trainee engineers and their fami- lies.

Heysham Tower was built by T J Knowles in about 1837, and it was the home of the Cawthra family.

The awful height of the fissure which the bridge bestrides a hundred feet above the observer, rendered doubly gloomy by its narrowness, and the wood which overhangs it; the stunning noise of the torrent

Henry de Newburgh built a large wooden motte and bailey on the site of the present castle; before his death in 1123 he might well have begun to replace the wood with stone.

This village is noted for its beautiful woods, a railway tunnel under the Balcombe Forest and a brick viaduct over the Ouse valley. The church of St Mary was built in 1847.

The awful height of the fissure which the bridge bestrides a hundred feet above the observer, rendered doubly gloomy by its narrowness, and the wood which overhangs it; the stunning noise of the torrent

The castellated entrance to Townley Hall, on the A671 Todmorden Road at Burnley Wood, was photographed when it was still a private estate.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Though a good picture of a much-missed local landmark, this photograph also gives us a hint of Burnley as an industrial town.

The church has a Tudor doorway and a Norman piscina on a carved pillar. Thomas Turner, who lived in the village in the mid-18th century, left an important diary spanning eleven years of his life.

Cookham will forever be associated with the artist Stanley Spencer who was born in Cookham in 1891 and died in 1959.

Across the chalk ridge, the route returns to the greensand country, and to one of Surrey's prettiest and most wooded areas.

In this picture we can see the small stream that runs down from Waddington Fell and the Moorcock Inn as it runs right through the centre of the village to join the Ribble.

In this picture we can see the small stream that runs down from Waddington Fell and the Moorcock Inn as it runs right through the centre of the village to join the Ribble.

Stone vaulting in the nave has been replaced with wood. The large impressive Perpendicular church has a four-stage powerful tower; the steeple gave the church an overall height of 186ft.

Immortalised by Laurie Lee in his autobiography 'Cider With Rosie', Slad and its wooded valley is known throughout the world by millions of readers who have never been there.

Heysham Tower was built by T J Knowles in about 1837, and it was the home of the Cawthra family.

Built of wood, it stood in the sand dunes between Riley Avenue and Lightburn Avenue from 1864 to 1901.