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Here we see motorists in the village—they are probably touring the area.

In the 1940s, Mrs Chadwick's tearoom gave servicemen teas under Chestnut Cottage's thatch.

This Grade I building, now called Valley Farm, is the Warden's House of the Field Studies Council, who run environmental and arts courses at Flatford Mill, Willy Lott's House and Valley Farm.

Around a hundred years before this picture was taken, the cobblestones of Newark Market Place would have echoed to the clatter of stagecoaches and carriers' waggons.

The idea for Harlow New Town dates from the late 1940s. It was seen as a way to relieve some of the congestion in London.

The houses on the right, including The Little House facing the camera (and now painted a bright pink), have the River Thames as their south boundary.

Rottingdean, the valley of Rota's people, is cut off from its vast neighbour, Brighton, by steep chalk downs and sea cliffs.

Salt panning was an important industry in this area, and the output from Salthouse provided the local fishermen with all their needs. The salt marshes are famous for their varied wildlife.

Looking towards Blucher Street the old and admittedly somewhat run down cottages survived until Brandon's store replaced them in the 1930s, a three-storey white painted block at odds with everything

A port at the mouth of the Arun, and once a Tudor royal shipyard, the old town runs east from the river bank.

The three remaining millstone grit pillars (there were originally four) have been here since the Bronze Age.

The view was taken from the tower in the time of Rev Eldon Surtees Bankes, the rector since 1854.

Bounded by Gosmoor and Charlton Roads, Priory Park was a favourite spot for picnics and Sunday afternoon strolls down to the banks of the River Hiz close to Brick Kiln Lane, Charlton, which runs behind

We are looking south down the High Street, which runs from London Road towards the railway station. Crawley Hill is in the distance, covered in more spacious suburbs.

Visitors came in increasing numbers after the Snowdon Mountain Railway opened in 1896, which provided easy access to the summit for hundreds of holidaymakers.

By the date this picture was taken, Doncaster had been a racing centre for nearly three hundred years and had been the home of the oldest classic race, the St Leger, since its first running in 1778

Quarrying for limestone and copper brought new people to this quiet agricultural village - mines were still operating in the 1920s. Now Melsonby is a well-kept residential village.

Gently winds the lane down between stone banks towards this picturesque fishing village of whitewashed cottages and bright spring flowers.

Standing on the north-west side of Moat Road, this was an Anglican school for girls, run by St Margaret's Convent.

Earlier pictures of Evesham Street show Cranmore Simmons on the corner, a family-run furniture business established by Alfred Simmons in the 1920s.

Market Street leads from Old Market Place behind the photographer to Upper Parliament Street, and is terminated by the Theatre Royal's 1865 stuccoed front with its six-columned portico.

A busy place at times, considering that imprisonments for being drunk and incapable were running at 300 a month in Glasgow alone.

Lowfield Heath is near the old London to Brighton main road. The White Lion Inn, left, also serves teas. The Stores, run by J F Mitchell, has the front door open awaiting customers.

The High Street runs from the parish church, with its white-painted weatherboarded tower, to the Guildford road in the distance.