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Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

Although many of the buildings are today little changed from those shown here, the lack of pavements and tarmac on the street gives it a vastly different appearance.

A group of young children are seen standing in front of a barrier in Datchet village.

Taken from the edge of Parsonage Woods to the north of the town, this view, almost unchanged today, looks past the cornfield towards the historic market town nestling in its Chiltern valley.

Inside the church (not visible in this photograph) lies the tomb of Capability Brown, who became a cult figure among the aristocracy for his stylised landscaping.

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

The war memorial (left) forms the centrepiece of Trelawney Square in the centre of this market town.

Easington is set alongside the coast of the North Sea, some five miles north of Spurn Point.

This fine view of Dorchester from the meadows alongside the River Frome shows the county town of Dorset much as Thomas Hardy would have known it when, as an apprentice architect, he would walk there

In this tranquil scene, a farmer rests on a fence overlooking Windermere.

The proprietress of Taylforth's Hotel (left), in the main street of Eamont Bridge, stands outside to bid farewell to a guest departing in a pony and trap.

The restored medieval Butter Cross, or High Cross, marks the site of a market. The town crier has long stood on this spot in order to communicate important news to the people of Winchester.

The centre of Bishop's Waltham has retained its character over the years, and this photograph shows some of the country town's striking Georgian buildings.

Although motor cars have replaced the horses and carts, this 1929 view of the ancient Provision Market is, in essence, little changed from medieval days.

This unusual picture shows the interior of one of the army buildings at Blackdown Camp. Instruction is taking place in the bright and well-equipped gym.

A view of industrial Godalming from just above the railway line. In the right foreground is a mill pond on a tributary valley.

Woodcote Park was commandeered by the War Office in 1915, and Humphreys of Knightsbridge were contracted to build not only huts but also a chapel and a splendid recreation room.

Slightly reminiscent of a triumphal arch and a famous landmark in Southampton for 800 years or more, Bargate is an appropriate place to begin a walk along what is left of the city walls.

Behind a dry stone wall All Saints Church sits in the centre of the winding main street of the village.

The building of the parish church of St Edward was funded by wealthy Cotswold wool merchants.

It also had the distinction, following an Act of Parliament in 1562, of sending two MPs to Parliament - voted in by an electorate of only twenty!

In the distance is Monkstone Point, so called because of the remains of a monastic cell which were discovered among the precipitous rocks there.

This was the fishing area of Folkestone: note the fishing nets on the right-hand side by the steps.

Leysdown is the most easterly village of the Isle of Sheppey.