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These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks.

We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street.

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

The old coaching inn, half way down Brook Street on the left, had the unusual name of the Farmer's Man.

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

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.

We are looking from the Cross Street / Corporation Street corner.

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Brook Street c1955 Bensington is Benson's proper name; it was once an ancient British city.

'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

We can see the horse carriage gently manoeuvring out of Brook Street, only pausing for a few solitary cars.

This view along the main street towards the Market Square displays an air of rural pragmatism, with several of the shops displaying their wares for inspection outside.

Further south, the High Street becomes Brook Street as it heads towards the unromantically named Hog Dyke.

The Daventry Civic Society was formed to preserve this historic street from demolition.

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Even Brierley`s boatyard on the corner of the Hen Brook (right) is back in business.

Slaid means 'flat marshy ground', burn is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court.

The Horse and Gate pub (left) has been redeveloped into shops, the Lion Hotel (right) is now flats, and parking is only allowed on the left-hand side of the street.

A feature of several East Devon villages is a brook running alongside a main street.

Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall.

In this photograph, taken a few years after 56473 (pages 30-31), horse carriages still await their fares in the centre of Brook Street.

This view shows Brook Street with its cantilever railway bridge, removed after the line closed between Ilkley and Morecambe.

Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally