Those bits are also beautiful, if a bit dull! I've gone through (and stayed in) some stunningly beautiful places like that though, with medieval churches and pubs that are several 100's of years old. Not sure if they'll be in Victorian working class dress for you though haha! Perhaps in parts of rural Yorkshire, in the north!

I went Bangkok > Chaing Mai > Northern Hills (staying with the forth world people, going elephant riding & rafting) > Chaing Mai (for Songkran - Thai new year, a 3 day national drunken waterfight) > Kanchanaburi > Kho Sok National Park (staying in treehouses and boat houses) > Ao Nang (beaches) > Bangkok > Ayutthaya (ancient ruined capital) > Bangkok and flying home!

Girls and their naked bondage pillow fights...