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This wonderful atmospheric view looks through Stonebow into the continuation of High Street which follows the line of the Roman road to London, later known as Ermine Street.

This old Basildon road name came from the soft, sticky London clay to which the road reverted whenever it rained.

Cottages sit beside Skilling Hill Road in a panorama eastwards across the double vales of the River Simene and the River Brit.

In more modern times the town was a major coaching post on the great North Road, and several fine inns survive here.

The Twyn itself was threatened by Glamorgan County Council's plans for road widening – a project that would have resulted in the loss of a large section of the square.

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

In the 18th century the clay was transferred to river craft to go via the Weaver Navigation to Winsford, and then went on by road.

Just beyond, down the road, is J J Bacon's Stores. The village has a wealth of old houses, including a row of Kentish weatherboard cottages flanking the side of the parish church.

The tower of St John the Baptist's church in Station Road is visible on the left.

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

In the distance is Wattisham Road, with 1930s Local Authority housing and the larger Brookfields Estate, begun in 1948.

Further north along Gateford Road, near the Gladstone Street turn, the spire of St John the Evangelist's can be seen on the right behind the tall three-storey terrace of 1870s shops.

Today this is the annexe for Goostrey's primary school, which now occupies a larger site across the road.

Tewkesbury's cross stands at the meeting point of the town's three main roads – the High Street, Church Street and Barton Street.

The lad may be returning from the castle, which could be approached on this road at that time. The four houses on the right, built in 1817, are now private residences.

Pleck Road through to Peel Street is just visible on the left of the photograph.

Peel Fold, situated on the slope of a hill a short distance away from the main road, was originally known as Oldham's Cross.

The tower of Holy Trinity church is just visible above two fields in the centre of town, and terraced houses along Bodmin Road and the Workhouse can be seen towards the left of the picture

This is a busy junction leading from the Market Place, left to Spa Road, and right to King Street. Cleverlys the cycle agent (far right) is now a video shop.

Notice the horse- drawn trap and the pedestrians in the road—the modern visitor would risk life and limb to do the same.

brickwork at the east end, Marton's church of St James and St Paul is one of the oldest surviving timber churches in Europe - it was founded in 1343 by Sir John de Davenport, and hence the pub across the road is

Wheelock Street, pictured here, is now a busy one-way road.

The road uncannily devoid of traffic, the urban landscape has changed little from that seen in C23160 (page19). The bus shelters (left) are perhaps the most conspicuous addition.

This is a view of the Flask Café, which used to stand near the inn of the same name on the A171 Whitby Road, near the caravan park.