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The River Bain flows out of Semerwater, the largest lake in the old North Riding, and into the Ure.

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

This view shows the most striking, the Park Avenue Methodist church, a typical design by George Baines and Son, which dates from 1924.

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

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

In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was 'a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter'.

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.

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.

In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was 'a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter'.

In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was “a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter”.

The Bain is just 6 miles in length and reputed to be the shortest river in England.

In this picture, Baines`s (in the distance, left) was still flourishing.

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.

When our cameraman visited Newton Aycliffe, it was still very much a new town and was still being developed by the Grenfell Baines Group.

It is drained by England's shortest river, the Bain, which runs into Wensleydale at Bainbridge.

Another was Birkenhead Farm, where James Baines, woollen draper and benefactor to education in the Fylde, was born.

Like Baines Charity School in Poulton, the children held a barring-out day once a year when by tradition the master was locked out.

The Bain is just 6 miles in length and reputed to be the shortest river in England.

Across the Bain, Tattershall is altogether less ravaged by 1960s and later rebuilding.

Across the Bain, Tattershall is altogether less ravaged by 1960s and later rebuilding.