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Father Crook died in 1800 and his place was taken by Father Talbot, who remained in Ormskirk until 1845.

It is not surprising, therefore, to discover that the name of Cams is one of the oldest in Fareham, and derives from the Celtic word meaning 'crooked'.

thousands of new workers in the heavy steel industry, but the old town was also increasingly surrounded by rows and rows of terraces in Pitsmoor and Hillsborough to the north, in Walkley and Crookes

Abbey Fields is dissected by Finham Brook and Inchford Brook. The canons developed a series of pools along Finham Brook to provide water power for their mills, as well as fish and fowl for food.

Cheesden Brook passes under Ashworth Road, flowing to the right to join Naden Brook as it leaves Carr, Gelder and Bamford Woods.

The Hockley brook was a haven for the local children, as there was no swimming pool in Uttoxeter.

Blakeney stands at the edge of the Forest of Dean at the point where Blackpool Brook and Soudley Brook meet.

Mills grew along the river and St Catherine's Brook producing flour, leather, paper and cloth, until the brook was tapped for water for Bath.

Porter Brook meanders its way from Forge Dam and skirts one edge of Whiteley Woods and Bingham Park before descending over the weirs into Endcliffe Wood.

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962. A 14-storey block of 84 flats, it was named after Henry Brooke, the former Housing Minister.

Parliamentarian troops under Lord Brooke attacked. Brooke prayed publicly that 'if the cause he were in were not right and just, he might be presently cut off'. He was shot dead later that day.

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

As well as the River Hodder at the east of the village, it has Crossdale Brook running through it.

Slaidburn nestles in a hollow with higher ground around it.As well as the River Hodder at the east of the village, it has Crossdale Brook running through it.

'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street. The scene appears very quiet, with only one car and a cyclist to be seen.

Slaid means 'flat marshy ground', burn is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

This peaceful unassuming lane crossing the brook is typical of the quiet countryside that has now gone with the expansion of Manchester Airport.

This is a well-known beauty spot on the north face of Haytor where the Becka Brook hurtles down to join the River Bovey.

At Colesbourne the River Churn is joined by Hilcot Brook, one of the tributaries that swell this normally slow-flowing waterway on its meandering way to Cirencester.

The Wallop Brook flows past on the left toward Middle and Nether Wallop, behind the camera. Cottages change names from time to time but the scene remains much the same.

Children sit astride the Beer Brook outside the vast, sprawling Shepherd's Cottage.

The poet Rupert Brooke died in the Dardanelles in 1915. In the years that followed, the village became a popular place to visit, with a number of places of refreshment springing up.

A feature of several East Devon villages is a brook running alongside a main street.