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Further along Station Road are a pretty thatched building, a good turn of the 19th century local granite house, and the 18th-century Dower House.

Here we see the front face of Owen's College on Oxford Road, and you can see similarities to the Assize Court, and even the Town Hall, all of which were designed by Alfred Waterhouse.

This view is looking down from the road bridge; things have changed greatly at Sandy.

This was the first road tunnel under the River Mersey, and was opened by King George V and Queen Mary in July 1934.

This cross-roads was nick-named 'Holy Corner': (Our) Lord Street, Church Street, (White) Chapel and Paradise Street met here.

We are now in the centre of Eastleigh; in fact, we are looking from the station along Leigh Road, originally a farm track but steadily improved and extended as the town grew.

On the other side of the road was a garage, which is now the Job Centre and the Sue Ryder shop. Then comes the HSBC bank followed by a building dated 1789 which now houses Calthop, solicitors.

This view is not of the 15th-century bridge at Culham, but of the one on the road that crosses the Culham Cut, with Culham Lock a hundred yards behind the photographer.

Opposite it there is now a large petrol station, as well as a road junction that leads onto the Common.

The Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Heswall was opened in 1911 on a 9-acre site bordering Telegraph Road.

We can just see the second Hunsdon public house, the Fox and Hounds, in the distance on the left, with houses in Tanner's Way (on the opposite side of the road) behind.

This photograph was taken from Pirbright Bridge, where Queens Road leaves the A324 and leads to Pirbright Barracks and the Bisley rifle ranges.

North of Fir Tree Road and just beyond Banstead railway station is Cuddington Park Golf Course; the name is a reminder of the parish and village of Cuddington, which was cleared for Henry VIII's Nonsuch

Until 1883, only its tower was visible; then two pubs which jutted into the street, one on each side, were demolished for road improvement.

This view looks at what amounts to 19th-century small-scale development along the Fleckney Road; the whole adds up to a very cordial rural scene, common over southern Leicestershire.

Further along Station Road are a pretty thatched building, a good turn of the 19th century local granite house, and the 18th-century Dower House.

The Stone and Eccleshall roads used to divide in front of the Waggon and Horses public house, but by this time a roundabout had been built to the rear of it, on the left.

Looking east from the western end of the village, we can see the road junction beside what has become a single Burwell Cottage (centre). Rectory Lane used to be called Duck Street.

Much survives, but in this view from the junction with Gore Road, the Slough and District Co-op on the left and the buildings beyond have all gone, although those on the right remain.

All the main roads converge here, and Ampthill's history as a coaching stop is still visible in the form of the White Hart hotel on the right of the picture.

We are looking up New Road, with W C King & Sons, ironmongers, on the left. Further up we can see the sign of the Black Horse. According to the deeds, this was built in November 1843 as a beer house.

The Pier Hotel (left of centre) opened in 1881, the same year as the pier on the other side of the road. The hotel is pictured here after its reconstruction in the 1950s.

The High Street was laid out in 1826 as New Road, but development off the hill was slow.

Here we see Victoria Buildings on the corner of the road to the sand dunes, known as Formby Hills, and to Mad Wharf beyond them.