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Cricklade, ten miles from the Thames source, is an ancient town with evidence of Anglo-Saxon town walls as well as of Roman occupation.

On the east bank, beyond the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its 'cruck' construction, the large curved timbers in the gable wall, and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome commends it in 'Three Men

This fine study of the Granny's Teeth steps on the Cobb shows the setting of the incident in Jane Austen's novel 'Persuasion' where Louisa Musgrove falls off the wall.

The names of the fallen are on plaques built into the gallery wall to the right of the obelisk, which simply states: 'Their name liveth for evermore'.

Look closely. and you can spot the advertisement for Wall's ice cream.

We have now passed through Stonebow into the southern part of the High Street, which grew up along the old Roman road south of the walled city.

In this region the fertile farmland ascends to the top of the hill, and it is pleasing to note hedgerows, not stone walls, dividing the fields.

The house with its walled garden on the left is Culverton House. Built in about 1827 by Henry Blanckley Rogers, it was described as a 'most delightful residence' when he sold it in 1841.

The medicinal values of the waters around Malvern have been known to local people for centuries, and Doctor John Wall published a treatise on their efficacy in 1756.

Now it is extremely run-down, with all the walls covered in graffiti.

With its Norman doorway, medieval wall paintings and 17th-century Flemish glass window, St Mary's Church sits in an idyllic rural setting.

The earlier gate stood further to the left, and the join in the wall shows its position. The portcullis is a Victorian replacement.

This lightness is the result of the large, plain glass windows on either wall.

On the wall next door is a large Guinness advertisement.

Some of the much-loved deckchairs of the period are leaning against the wall, with bicycles for transport.

The Black Bear lays claim to being the oldest inn, dating from 1308, while the Bell, though older in that it contains some 13th-century wall paintings, was originally a guest-house for the abbey.

Traditional Norfolk cottages with thatched roofs and flint walls are built on the edge of a large village green: this kind of green-edge or common-edge settlement is characteristic of Norfolk.

From Terrace Walk, York Street passes the rear of the Roman Baths, screened by the rusticated walls and corner pavilion added by Brydon in the 1890s.

The retaining wall on the right was part of Chalford Station yard. The careful posing of the children adds considerably to the appeal of the photograph.

There is an anchorite's cell behind the panelling in the north wall, and a fine replacement tiled roof over the semicircular apsidal east end.

Much of this feeling remains today: the churchyard wall with its railings and gates is unchanged, although the copper beech behind the left gate pier has grown very large.

To the right behind the tree (now gone) is the wall to the churchyard.

The posters on the wall advertise Midland Railway excursions to Blackpool and Weston-super-Mare, promising some hard-earned fun for Worcester's wage slaves.

Those on the south wall feature scenes from Judgement Day, including these three members of the faithful pushing up their coffin lids as they rise from the dead.