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There was something for everyone at the Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition.

Tring is in Hertfordshire, a market town at the base of a salient of the county that projects into Buckinghamshire from the Chilterns along the valley of the River Bulbourne.

After the First World War, a dignified war memorial was built at the north end of the Market Square with the names of the dead on bronze plaques.

The 'gateway' to the High Street at the Exchange Street junction has changed.

A solid little stone tower on a slant, nothing elaborate, dates from the 13th century and is on the north side of the church, not at the usual west end. The church has Norman origins.

Tenby was described thus in a Victorian guidebook of 1895: 'Tenby stands on a tongue of limestone rock, ending in a green promontory, which is crowned by the ruins of the old castle, and is now pleasantly

Tenby was described thus in a Victorian guidebook of 1895: 'Tenby stands on a tongue of limestone rock, ending in a green promontory, which is crowned by the ruins of the old castle, and is now pleasantly

St Mary's Church is a very good and sturdy example of norman ecclesiastical architecture. it is said that from the top of the church tower no less than 17 other churches can be seen.

It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, which stands at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.

We now move away from boot and shoe country into the south of Northamptonshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire.

The Star Inn still looks out towards the wonderful, elegant stone cross on its seven step base.

The Bank Street/Great Square corner was rebuilt in the 1930s with a building capped by a stylish cupola (centre, at the end of the street).

Battle is, of course, best known for the remains of its medieval abbey founded by William the Conqueror on the site of his victory over King Harold in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings.

The manor of Barden lay to the south-west of Tonbridge. Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

At this time Trentham Hall was still used by the Dukes of Sutherland, and local people were allowed access to the gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however, the

The size of the Looe Hotel in Fore Street reflects the growing tourist industry, which was stimulated at Looe by a railway branch that had been connected to the main line system just seven years before

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from a splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

In the absence of a pavement, the two men in the centre have found a safe spot whilst they put the world to rights.

At the north end of the High Street stands the 15th-century market cross, with Malmesbury Cottage Hospital and the abbey in the background.

At this time Trentham Hall was still used by the Dukes of Sutherland, and local people were allowed access to the gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however,

A little north of Horam, on the Heathfield road and up Steelyards Hill, stands Stillyans, an oasthouse converted into a house.

East of the M25 and the older River Wey Navigation, Byfleet is a suburban village; although it is built along winding lanes, it is architecturally disappointing.

The last view in this chapter and in the book looks from the large village green across the pond to housing typical of the development of Pirbright.

Whalley means 'the clearing or field by the hill', and we can see how close the hill known as Whalley Nab is.