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The great state bed of Haddon was removed during the 9th Duke's restoration, and is now kept in the picture gallery at Belvoir Castle.

Like the pub and school, rural post offices are under constant threat of closure, and in recent times they have been closing at the rate of 400 a year.

The cliffs below the road in the foreground were the scene in 1952 of two notorious murders.

During the 19th century, Looe was an important copper port; the proceeds from this trade paid for the fine Guildhall just visible on the left. Today, Looe is a fishing and tourist town.

This assault craft-type ferry belonged to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Orford Ness, 1959-71.

Situated a few hundred yards to the south of the observatory, Bidston Mill was built at the beginning of the 19th century and was in full operation until 1875.

It is thought that one or two stock-rearing families lived here, with banks and ditches across the neck of the promontory.

The Kings Arms Hotel (right), built in 1750, was a stop for the changing of horses and the collection of post on the London to Bristol route.

Named for the mulberry tree that grew in the garden, this 18th-century Kentish hall house in the High Street was once at the centre of Snodland, where the market cross stood outside The Red Lion inn opposite

The Fishpond is a famous petrifying well, where the high levels of lime in the water will turn to stone anything placed in it.

The busy industrial village of Millom on the Duddon Estuary was founded on the wealth won from the iron ore discovered at nearby Hodbarrow in 1868.

This village in the valley of the River Stour has, in fact, two greens: a large open space before the church, and behind it, a small triangular green forming the heart of this rural community round which

The photographer who took this picture was positioned at the entrance to Cirencester railway station.

What an idyllic scene this is, and Stoneleigh remains a good-looking village, despite modernisation, traffic and a rather perilous proximity to Coventry.

This photograph shows the lighthouse at high tide with the reef virtually submerged. The light was powered by sperm whale oil.

The Red Lion Inn and the small medieval chapel next to it have served travellers passing along the Icknield Way at the river crossing for more than 500 years.

This is the countryside at its best! Barford St John is a typical example of the remoteness of some of the villages in north-west Oxfordshire.

The church tower is that of St John the Baptist, which stands over one of the medieval gateways into the city.

A competition to design its bridge was won by I K Brunel; work began in 1831, but the funds ran out, and it was not completed until 1864, after Brunel's death.

The King William IV public house, dating from 1862, is the first in a row of noteworthy buildings in Vantorts Road.

The white painted steps, centre left, are the Mayflower Steps, scene of the Pilgrim Fathers' departure for the New World in 1620.

Fortunately, those to the right, including The Old Plough, survive.

The Backs, which are the lawns, meadows and gardens behind the colleges which back on to the River Cam, are a favourite place for recreation.

Standing at the bottom of the notoriously steep climb of Porlock Hill, the Ship Inn appears little changed today, despite the removal of its attractive wooden porches.