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The sycamore tree was cut down amid great hue and cry in 1953 because it was thought to be damaging the arch.

The sycamore tree was cut down amid great hue and cry in 1953 because it was thought to be damaging the arch.

The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

In the background is the 16th-century five-arched stone bridge which gave the village its name.

To the right of the arch is Apsley House, one of only two or three of Piccadilly's great houses to survive.

It has been radically expanded within the last decade with the construction of a much larger extension, and no longer provides accommodation.

The track is the main line between Paddington and Exeter, and here is carried above the River Carey on the back of a five-arch viaduct.

Spanning the narrow street of this hill-top village, which rests high on the chalk uplands overlooking the River Nar, is this monumental arch, ancient gateway to the castle, which lies ruinous close

A Watney's Red Barrel illuminated sign (a much-advertised keg beer of the time) hangs below the main sign.

From Tyrley the canal crosses the Tern by a single-arched aqueduct and crosses the border into Shropshire.

The most unusual feature of St Matthew's is an arched passageway underneath the chancel.

Notice the arch on the right, built to help ease the passage of water during times of flood.

The road passes through the walls between the two arches, and the walk around the surviving walls of York is still one of the finest ways to see the city.

The arched tombs beneath the window date from the 14th century.

The design and construction of this interesting steel bowstring arch bridge (by John Webster, built in 1906), was the subject of an article in 'The Engineer' in 1907.

The west side of the street (right) was completely rebuilt between the 1880s and 1908 to create a much wider thoroughfare.

Built in Ham stone (of course), it has a hipped slate roof carried on three shallow arches each side with Tuscan columns attached.

All Saints' Parish Church was rebuilt in 1837 by William Fisher from Oxford, who kept the plain 13th-century west tower and reused several windows, doorways and arches.

Lying about ten miles east of Hawes, Aysgarth is famous for a series of waterfalls on the River Ure, the upper of which can still be viewed from a 16th-century single-arch bridge.

The entrance to St Chad's is the arched opening on the right.

A number of late medieval timber-framed thatched cottages remain, such as the one shown here; Magpie Cottage was, and is, a much photographed symbol of the village.

Flowerbeds, paths, rockeries, a waterfall, and a random stone arched bridge all enhanced the gardens further.

This neat church is basically Norman, and was so badly neglected during early Victorian times and was in such a poor state of repair that it was heavily restored in 1865.

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from this splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.