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Penruddock is a small village on the edge of the Lake District National Park, about five miles west of Penrith. Its name is thought to be Celtic in origin.

The houses shown here are part of the tiny village of Timbersbrook. The chimney belongs to the Silver Springs Dye works, established here because of the purity of the water.

Swynnerton lies about three miles south of Trentham.

A short walk from the old Grammar School is the parish church of All Saints.

There has been much debate about the age and significance of these four giant stones a mile north of the village of Aylesford.

The surviving remains of these two Saxon crosses must rank amongst the country's finest Saxon artefacts.

A splendid panoramic view, taken early in the year, of the Stour Valley looking across to the Julliberrie Downs, with the 14th-century tower of Chartham church rising above the trees.

Looking south across the River Wey, with a group of children posing for the photographer in front of the wooden Boarden Bridge, the centuries-old crossing point.

On the right is the Gaumont, a classic example of the super cinema of the 1930s. In those days many people went to the cinema at least once a week.

This long terrace of shops with flats above is typical of the earlier growth of Corby.

In olden days a beacon fire was lit on the headland to alert the countryside to threats of raids and possible invasion.

Described in 1890 as a ‘handsome modern thoroughfare’, Corporation Street was the result of a massive redevelopment of 93 acres of slums.

On the left of the picture is a poster advertising a sacred concert at the Bijou Theatre, one of a number of ways in which Victorian holidaymakers could celebrate their Christian faith.

Swynnerton lies about three miles south of Trentham.

The wide end of the Ironmarket was also known as Butchers' Row; even its supply of water came to the surface courtesy of the Butchery Pump.

This closer view of Market House also reveals the Crown Hotel (on the other side of the High Street and next to Larkinson's shop) which was the source of the Great Fire of Biggleswade in 1785.

The narrow steeply- sloping Union Street, east of the church of St James, leads the eye northward out of town and towards the stark ridge of Peaked Down; its visible notch gives the down

The quiet village of Hillam lies just to the south of Monk Fryston, with its old Manor House, now a popular hotel and restaurant.

Awnings protect the shop fronts on this sunny day. A wide variety of building styles can be seen in the row on the right of the road.

In earlier days this route marked the only highway in and out of the Forest from this direction.

Timber gables and full-height faceted bay windows create an imposing range of shops and flats of the early 20th century.

We are looking east along a lively Brighton Beach towards the unfinished Palace Pier at the close of the 19th century.

The town has an important place in industrial history, for it is the southern end of the railway line on which the first steam locomotive ran in 1804.

Bembridge, the easternmost settlement on the Isle of Wight, became popular in late Victorian times as a centre for golf, being the headquarters of the Isle of Wight Golf Club.