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Construction of the three-mile road provided much-needed employment for local men in the depression that had followed the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

The horse and cart are approaching the old packhorse bridge, which was later to be by-passed by a new road bridge.

Where the bus mean- ders westward, the dual carriageway of Balkerne Hill removed a number of buildings on each side of the road on its noisy way to the Southway roundabout, cutting Crouch

Until mid-Victorian times, this part of the road, known now as Greenhill, had been called New Well Hill. Here, we are looking towards the Green at the turn of the century.

Danbury sits at the top of a long uphill haul on the road from Chelmsford to Maldon. Before the Navigation was opened, this was the main thoroughfare between the two towns.

They are set slightly below road level, and are reached by steps down. The thatch remains in excellent condition, and so do the porches. The picket fence has been extended to replace the hedging.

Laindon School—formerly Laindon High Road School—opened in 1928.

It was essentially a wool town, and its great market was held in the wide stretch of road we see here.

Robins Brothers, not content with filling their windows to bursting, have extended out on to the pavement and into the road.

Traffic comes to a standstill for this large flock of sheep being driven along the main road.

The road to Brynmawr winds around the hillside from the village of Gellifelyn, on the right.

Petworth to Guildford main road.The church of St John Baptist was rebuilt in 1877; it has a strange-looking font dated 1662.The Half Moon is a 16th-century inn.The Swan Inn can be seen down the road

Here we see National Trust shingle and cliffs at the end of Beach Road, with the buildings (top right) comprising the Burton Cliff Hotel.

Pictured here is the junction of London Road (the A31) and Church Lane. The house on the corner, known as The Beeches, was advertised for auction in 1920.

Great swathes of countryside were cut through to make roads and roundabouts.

We are looking up the steep incline of Bank Road, with the fondly- remembered Ormes department store at centre right.

There were plenty of fishing boats in what used to be known as Beer Roads. The rocky promontory, East Ebb, divided Seaton from Beer and kept the two places apart.

The original spa building still exists in the road to the left of the picture.

Cyclists and pedestrians occasionally found the tram- lines an extra hazard on Dorset's rough and ready roads.

The stocks can be found at the junction of Blackmore Road and Stocks Lane.

This was the main London-Colchester road. Stage-coaches used to change horses at The Plough (right). The pub is the one feature of this scene to stay relatively unchanged.

On the opposite side of the road a parade of shops has replaced the undertaker`s and surrounding houses. The village school beyond has given way to Waitrose.

There is, of course, another Wheatsheaf further along the road; it had once been a pair of cottages, but they were converted to a beer house in the 1880s.

The barn just up the road was erected in 1742; despite its being in a poor condition today, efforts are being made to restore it for use as a dwelling.