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The lanes and streets of Porlock wind delightfully between attractive whitewashed and thatched houses, including The Ship Inn with its characteristic external chimney stack in the centre of the street

The River Bain flows out of Semerwater, the largest lake in the old North Riding, and into the Ure. At around three miles in length, the Bain is the shortest river in England.

A wonderful view of the Castle, showing to advantage the main building and the Gloirette, as well as the Maiden Tower, just visible on the left hand side as the lake swings round to the Gate Tower.

Street at this time.Victoria Street leads off Church Street, now the A591, in this busy little town; it was originally known as Birthwaite, but it changed its name to match that of the nearby lake

Silecroft, near Millom, stands at the southernmost extremity of the Lake District National Park, at the foot of Black Combe (1,970 ft).

In days gone by, the lake at Cranham was the local swimming pool for children in such neighbouring villages as Sheepscombe, Birdlip and Brimpsfield.

At this time, the great mountains of the Lake District were just being 'discovered' by climbers such as the Abraham Brothers of Keswick, O G Jones and Walter Parry Haskett Smith.

Queues are forming, and visitors are clambering aboard horse-drawn coaches that will carry them out into a picturesque world of lakes and mountains.

Rydal was the home of William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 1850, and Rydal Water was one of his favourite lakes.

The boating lake did good business during the long hot summer of 1914.

Not far away is Moyles Court, a school, and between here and Ibsley there are some lakes.

The Boating Lake, to the east of the pier, was always popular with children. Families would often hire deckchairs to sit and picnic beside the pool.

Hollingworth Lake is Rochdale`s oldest major tourist attraction. It was especially popular in the days before cheap rail tickets to the seaside became available.

Nowadays, new estates or developments have streets named according to some irrelevant theme - anything from Cumbrian lakes to South American countries.

There are swimming-baths and assembly-rooms, and a People's Palace … There is a large pier, a tramway, and a kind of Rosherville Garden with a lake for boating.'

Queues are forming, and visitors are clambering aboard horse-drawn coaches that will carry them out into a picturesque world of lakes and mountains.

The lady in her long black dress and the gentleman wait for the ferryman to take them across to the western side of the lake, where the wooded Claife Heights stretch away to the right.

These elegant Scots pines on the shores of Buttermere are among the most photographed of any in the Lake District. However, this Frith scene must be one of the earliest photographs of them.

York House Statues The white marble statues of water nymphs, which form such a striking feature in the grounds of York House, were purchased in Rome in the late 19th century by the city financier

Once known for its mines and caves, West Harptree sits between the Mendip ridge and Chew Valley Lake.

Here we see the North or Marine Lake about ten years after it opened. In the centre background is a windmill, which was situated on the top of the boathouse.

Lord Zetland had given the town six acres of land, which was developed and opened in 1924; it originally also included tennis courts and gardens, a lake and an aviary.

The tower in the picture was at the end of an aerial ride that carried passengers over the lake; the ride was closed and dismantled at the end of the 1911 season.

At the time before the coming of the motor car in significant numbers, there were many roads like this in the Lake District, and life continued among the hills at the same leisurely pace as it had