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The line of concrete lamp standards, surmounted by the new sodium streetlights, delineates the edges of the A24 as it ascends from its crossing over the Pyl brook towards Morden.

The High Street runs parallel to the north wall of the Abbey precinct and has a good range of Georgian and early 19th-century two- and three-storey houses.

Castle Combe was originally the site of a Roman villa; the Normans built a castle here, and for centuries the village was a centre for cloth weaving.

On the right by the pillar box is a circulating library; across the street is the Lantern Bakery, next door to H Brooks, grocer and Italian warehouseman.

We can see Pendle Hill and Black Hill in the background.

Old Aylesbury was largely confined to the hilltop area; the surrounding land was somewhat marshy (and unhealthy).

In this photograph, taken a few years after 56473 (pages 30-31), horse carriages still await their fares in the centre of Brook Street.

Although technically part of West Yorkshire, the market town of Ilkley, standing at the entrance to Wharfedale, is best-known as the gateway to the Dales.

Eynesbury very much plays second fiddle to the town of St Neots, from which it is separated only by the Hen Brook.

From the lodge, a channel or 'goit' carried water to the wheel.

The first stage of the Otley to Skipton Railway reached Ilkley on 1 August 1865 - the town was decorated with bunting, and merrymaking continued day and night.

The Red Lion changed its name to The Venture (a ship) in 1997.

This pastoral scene posed by the photographer is charming; it shows the steep village street leading to the cottages grouped around the stocks, church and inn.

Little has changed in this view of the brook running through the estate village.

It is early morning in Charlbury, an Oxfordshire village on the River Evenlode.

Bell Lane descends to the west of the A361 and gives us a good idea of the variety of building styles that make up this little industrial village.

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

An ornate 19th-century fountain graces the park.

We are looking northwards towards the Square (centre), with 18th-century brick and tile houses on both sides of Wimborne Street.

Looking back towards Boutport Street in 1903, Brook's is still a cafe.

The Cotswold village of Sherborne lies between Northleach and Burford.

The first British film shot in Technicolor, 'Wings of the Morning' (1937), had a climactic Derby scene complete with Gypsy Queen.

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

Frith's photographer has chosen the best bit of Bagshot to photograph: he is looking south-west along the High Street from its junction with Bridge Road towards the Square.