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Remarkably little of the medieval city survives; apart from St Mary Magdalen and a fragment of town wall, the Abbey is the main physical evidence of what was a prosperous town built on the wool trade.

The Post Office c1960 Buckland St Mary Post Office is still a post office, but one wonders for how much longer.

As a break from a succession of market towns, the route heads north-west to Buckland St Mary, situated just north of the A303 and at the east end of the well-wooded Blackdown Hills.

St Mary's Church at Kempsey lies close to the banks of the River Severn, a few miles south of Worcester.

As Alpha House, it remains little changed, along with its close neighbour, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church.

South Warnborough's old church has something in common with the church of St Mary the Virgin at Greywell.

This and photograph No 23535 are taken from Eel Pie Island, apparently named after the famous pies sold at the Island Tavern.

Stafford has two interesting churches.The Church of St Mary has an unusual octagonal tower: it was here that Isaac Walton was baptized in 1593.The other church, St Chad's, was said to be almost derelict

Geddington, by-passed by the A43, is a delightful stone-cottaged backwater.

Greasbrough was once described as a pleasant village 'situated on a delightful eminence'; by the early 19th century it was a farming and mining community of over 1,000.The skyline is dominated by the

This view from St Mary's tower has Monk Street in the foreground.

The wide end of the Ironmarket was also known as Butchers' Row; even its supply of water came to the surface courtesy of the Butchery Pump.

In the distance is Martello Tower Q, built in 1808-10 as a defence against French invasion.

Rows of neat cottages line the road; not far away, though not visible here, is the timber-framed St Mary's House.

St Mary's Church has a 14th-century 'curiously crocketed spire' (Arthur Mee).

His successor, Henry II, gave the manor of Luton to his illegitimate son Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and a new church was built south of the present St Mary's.

We are looking north-west, with St Mary's left of centre.

All are watched over benignly by St Mary's, the great parish church.

Here we have a later view down Poultry and Cheapside, with Christopher Wren's spire of St Mary-le-Bow dominating the street.

In the middle on its island site is St Mary-le-Strand Church, which was built in 1717.

Situated in North Hampshire, on the border with Berkshire, Ye Swan Inn is the first Hampshire building to be seen when coming south.

The church of St Mary and St Gabriel was built in 1869.

We are looking up Wedmore's Church Street, past St Mary Magdalene's Church; we can just see the Old Vicarage in the distance.

A little to the north of the Thames and beyond Staines is the village of Stanwell.