Caption For Salisbury, From Harnham 1906
The Cathedral spire dominated the surrounding countryside in previous
centuries just as it does today.This view is from Harnham Hill, looking
north eastwards across the Avon and an area of farmland
Caption For Bath, Roman Baths 1901
The Roman town of Aquae Sulis, now Bath, grew up at the point where the Fosse Way crossed the River Avon with hot spring-fed baths as
its focus, where citizens of the Empire flocked for rheumatic cures
Caption For Bath, General View 1874
Taken from near the Wells Road above the south bank of the River Avon, this is an archive view, for much was destroyed in the Baedeker and other bombing raids during World War II.
Caption For Salisbury, Harnham Bridge 1928
Nearly seven hundred years later, the bridge was still
carrying all south-bound traffic around the city and across the Avon, but a new bridge was built just downstream
in 1931.