Caption For Chesham, High Street 1897
Howard's fine shop front on the left, now demolished, is now Baines Walk, leading to the 1990s Chesham Town Hall, named in honour of Arnold Baines, a councillor but also an eclectic local historian noted
Caption For Cheam, Upper Mulgrave Road C1950
On the extreme left is J F White's tobacconist's shop next door to the branch of Lloyds Bank, while across the road is the entrance to Cheam Station Approach, with the offices of Morgan, Baines & Clark's
Caption For Delph, Heys C1955
Writing in 1822, Edward Baines said of the area that 'on the whole, Saddleworth is an interesting, though an uninviting part of the country, and the Mountaineers of this region, like those of Switzerland
Caption For Coningsby, The Mill C1955
Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.
Caption For Holker Hall, C1875
In 1824, Baines said that the
hall was 'plain, comfortable
and commodious', and that
the exterior had recently
been renovated with a coat of
Roman cement.
Caption For Ludford, Post Office C1955
Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.