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Just to the west of Tregaron lies a vast bog, known as Cors Caron.

It was created from a raised area of ground where the river Yeo describes a large arc.

Ignoring the small building (left) and the iron railings this could almost be a rural scene.

The attractive Craig tarn, which has a superb view over the town, was developed from a moorland pond and bog and was completed in 1874.

One of the many streams that cascade off the moor - this is the beginning of Mill Ghyll, which flows down Wells Road and then underneath Brook Street.

When the Anglo-Saxons settled in their village of 'Longetuna', meaning 'long village', it was cut off from the world by bogs and marshland.

The foundation stone was laid here on 15 May 1869, when it was anticipated that Heywood Road would go through to Heywood, but a large bog prevented this and the church remained on a quiet road.

However, all this changed with the coming of the railways.

The royal connections with this park probably go back further that with other parks, beginning with Edward I (1272-1307), when the area was part of the Manor of Shene; the name was changed to Richmond

River outings on the Thames were popular in Victorian times.

The Frith archive contains a number of these posed group pictures; the majority seem to have been taken during the 1890s.

This area is next to the present day Sloop Inn.

On the immediate right is the entrance to the long since demolished Pudding Bag Lane.

J Graham are offering better furniture on cash or terms (the never-never?)

Hopelessly inadequate for today's traffic levels, the bridge (with no footpath) can manage vehicles in one direction only.

This footbridge is still to be found in the village.

This photograph shows a mixed bag of buildings, many of which have since come down in the course of development.

The castle grounds were laid out as public gardens in 1870, and the ladies on the benches may well be nannies, enjoying the sunshine with their young charges.

Two motor coasters lie in the harbour, including the 311-ton Antiquity in the foreground, one of a familiar fleet of vessels owned by F T Everard & Sons.

Sir Thomas Boteler, lord of the manor of Warrington, left provision in his will of 1526 to establish a school 'whereby men's sons might learn grammar to the intent that they might learn to know Almighty

Gainford is noted for its 13th-century church, Georgian houses, narrow streets and one of the finest village greens in the southern part of the county.

Selling a few icifers was all too often the pretext for begging.

The hops are being measured the traditional way.

When the Ship Canal opened in 1894, traffic really was a mixed bag of sailing ships, steam ships and motor vessels.