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West Street is quieter than the High Street and this view looks south-west past the village hall with its somewhat ungainly porch 'perched' on the roof.

Beyond the bus stop on the left-hand side is the Perrymount cinema, which also housed a dance hall and a café.

Here we approach East Ham's town centre along the busy North Circular Road, which seems in places merely a casual linkage of suburban roads.

Another impressive residence, High Hall, was demolished in 1869, and was later rebuilt before passing to the ownership of the County Council in 1951.

The original Norman fort at Porchester was merely a corner of the old 3rd-century Roman Saxon Shore fort defended on the two open sides by the building of a wooden palisade.

Merevale Abbey was founded in 1148 by Robert, Earl Ferrers.

A total contrast is Charlcombe, a tiny hamlet on a minor road a mere half mile north of the Bath suburb of Fairfield Park.

Sited imperiously overlooking the bowling green is the fine Victorian residence Merevale; its foundation stone is dated 7 September 1893.

The farmhouses and cottages all have steps down to the street because the old unmetalled road to Cambridge had been gradually lowered by use.

We are looking across the Market Place from the corner of Bridge Street, past the Town Hall.

In the early 18th century, visitors were attracted here because of the three springs in the area, one very near this hall.

Little has changed here today.

The centrepiece of the town is undoubtedly the great 15th-century mansion of the de Burghs, the Old Hall, set in a grassed square surrounded by Victorian housing.

This view in Anthony Salvin's towering Great Hall was taken just before the last Earl Manvers, the sixth earl, died in 1955.

George Formby made a film here in 1944.

Here, next to the Ure, are mill cottages.

Alford is a most attractive small market town on the eastern edge of The Wolds, noted for its thatched Manor House in West Street, a 16th-century hall house with crosswings, all encased in brick in 1661

Standing by the gatehouse to the 'Big House'—Holker Hall—these four schoolchildren from Holker pose for the camera on a wet day.

This is another picture of Botley Square, with a good view of the Market Hall.

This famous and picturesque town is situated on a hill above the River Blackwater.

He also died and was buried here in February 1014.

Here we have a fine overview of the town centre against a backdrop of the Fairfield Horseshoe group of mountains.

Stone from here was used to build the docks at Liverpool, Holker Hall in Cumbria and Tatton Hall in nearby Knutsford.

Today, Little Mitton Hall is an hotel.