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They were con- verted into a hotel, as seen in this view, but shortly afterwards the building was reconverted back to twenty-nine flats.

The horse-drawn ferry has a history going back to the 13th century. This reed-fringed part of the Bure and its riverside inn is typical of Broadland.

On a Sunday, it would be crammed full of parading fashionable ladies, who would be walking back after the service from the church to the Hotel de Paris.

One of the original 'post and socket' mills, suspended on a post and turned into the wind by means of a tailpole, High Salvington dates back to about 1700 and was the first mill in England to be insured

These buildings date back to 1879.

Here we see Conigar Walk running down the bank of the River Usk.

The town is studded with fine brick and flint houses with steep pantiled roofs - on the right is the flamboyant brick and pebble Barclay's Bank.

How many of these men came back by the end of the following year? Frensham is known for its ponds and its common - now Frensham Country Park.

On the right hand side is the Bank of Ireland, a building dating from Georgian times and once the home of the Irish Parliament.

On the extreme left is J F White's tobacconist's shop next door to the branch of Lloyds Bank, while across the road is the entrance to Cheam Station Approach, with the offices of Morgan, Baines & Clark's

However, mothers and children manage to find space and the boats form useful back-rests. The promenade is well used by walkers. Straw hats are popular for both men and women.

The maids seem to find the visitor ready for a chat, and the lad on the carriage looks back also.

At the height of the canal era, the Wharf was a bustling depot where up to ten large barges could load and unload.

On the right, the street still awaits the out-of-scale London and Counties bank, erected in 1892.

The Swan, which dates back to the Middle Ages, was originally known as the Yew Tree (after a nearby yew) but changed its name in the 18th century when it was a busy inn on the London-Brighton turnpike

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

The black-painted smock windmill, set back from the road, and the prominent Cricketers pub facing the local cricket pavilion, are both local landmarks.

The miller for many years was Mr Fred Banks.

Kendal Grammar School sits alongside the banks of the River Kent.

Fawley stands on the western bank of Southampton Water, just where it flows out into the Solent.

The chancel was extensively rebuilt in the latter part of the 19th century, but the rest is considerably older, including the timber-framed porch, which dates back to late medieval times.

The sturdy church of St Nicholas was originally the castle chapel, and probably dates back to the 11th century.

The Boat Inn, as its name suggests, sits right on the bank of the River Wye. Perhaps its name implies that there was once a ferry crossing here long ago.

Lloyds bank, on the left, provides a datum from which the quality of Loughborough's architecture can be measured. Apart from a few earlier buildings in the shot, all is rather mediocre.