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The vessel moored to buoys against the far bank is probably unloading grain into a Town Mills silo. This view across the river separates Rochester Cathedral and the castle.

Bundles of Norfolk reed are stacked on both banks of this shallow backwater. The growing of reeds provides one of the principal industries of the broads area.

The spacious forecourt of the Crown Inn in the neighbouring village of Stanstead St Margaret's, on the opposite bank of the River Lea.

Another view of the Old Hall Hotel at Hope, this time taken from the raised bank of the churchyard.

The medieval bridge over the River Ouse.

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

Hemmed in by a circle of hills and built on a gravel bank between the Thames Isis and the River Cherwell, Oxford creates the impression of sitting on an island.

Here on the north side the duck pond is still here, looking very tranquil, but the village is prone to flooding, as the stream can easily burst its banks.

Pershore is an old market town of considerable charm on the right bank of the River Avon.

On the west bank of the Ant stood Ludham Mill, a tower mill nearly 50ft high to the iron curb, with a base diameter of 12ft 4in, including 18in thick walls.

The entire complex comprises an outer circular bank with an inner ditch. Inside was a great stone circle enclosing two smaller circles.

We have our backs to the Red Lion, and are looking down the A257 Sandwich and Deal road, with Lloyds Bank clearly visible on the right.

The sturdy building on the opposite bank of the river was put up in the 1850s as a flour mill; later it was used for textiles. After a period of dereliction, it was converted into apartments.

In the 1900s these included a tobacconist's, a bank, and two butchers. It now houses the regimental museum of the Green Howards.

The view looking north from the King's Head shows the National Provincial Bank on the left (now NatWest) and, opposite, the Button Shop (now the Wimborne Pottery).

This photograph shows Victoria Road and the approach to Bank Top railway station.

What was the Cornish Bank (designed by W J Winn, who also built the Methodist Chapel) is now Lloyd's.

One of the most colourful events on the Thames, Eights Week takes place in May: it is then that the college barges and the river banks rapidly fill up with riverside spectators and those who simply enjoy

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.

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

Now slightly nearer the town centre, we see more commercial and municipal buildings. The bus offices on the left stand opposite the old Midland Bank and the Town Hall and Library.

This view, little changed today, looks up Fore Street to Bank Square and All Saints' Church.

This is a beautifully proportioned Lincolnshire ogee-capped windmill, which is located on the A1104 road to Mablethorpe.

This view looks down on Reynard's Cave and the River Dove. The wooded slopes in the background are on the Staffordshire bank of the Dove, and rise to Air Cottage on the top of the hill opposite.