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A little east of the junction with the Oxford Canal is the bustling Braunston Marina.

A market town rather than a village, Watton has a constant stream of traffic through its bustling centre.

Robins Brothers, not content with filling their windows to bursting, have extended out on to the pavement and into the road.

Traffic comes to a standstill for this large flock of sheep being driven along the main road.

This illustrious town, often called the gateway to Cornwall, crowns the dark hill that rises from the valley of the tiny River Kensey.

Because of the flat roads, bicycles were in abundance both on the streets and greens, so much so that they caused problems for pedestrians.

The chapel of St Thomas once stood on Holywell Street, but even in the 1830s it was little more than a ruin, much of its stone having been taken for other buildings.

To the immediate right is the borough gaol of 1784. Lynn was founded by Herbert, Bishop of Norwich, in about 1100; it was known as Bishop's Lynn until it passed to the Crown in the time of Henry VIII.

This area of the fairground was redeveloped and incorporated into the King's Gardens, which were opened by HM King George V in 1913.

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries a large number of country houses were built in the castellated style.

The choosing of the site was deliberate: here was the royal hall of Llywelyn the Great (demolished 1316) and the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary where he lay buried.

Many of the windows featured in these pictures date from remodelling undertaken during the Tudor and Jacobean periods.

Sited at the critical junction of the A428 Bedford/St Neots, Blunham/Staughtons roads, it is perhaps not surprising to find opportunity for a variety of forms of refreshment.

This broad road leading into the heart of the town is bounded by 17th- and 18th-century buildings.

In 1796 the old tower was pulled down and a new one built, and in 1808 the main body of the church was demolished and rebuilt at a cost of £842.

They initially consisted of a jetty leading to a landing stage for boats, but they soon became fashionable promenades extending over the sea.

Here lived some of the workers in the salt mines, including Joe Danson, Jack Fairhurst, and Bill Davis.

The rural nature of Thornton Cleveleys away from the coast persisted. On the right is one of the old farmsteads.

The King's Arms (left) is a fine example of a coaching inn and former posting house. Stables to the rear were reached through the archway leading from the town square.

This water-mill, powered by a hidden undershot wheel, stands on the bank of the river Bure, and is built of entirely of wood. There are two large millstones leaning on the small annexe.

Fritton Lake, like the Broads, originated as a series of peat pits in the medieval period. It was later used as a duck decoy. The ducks were drawn into the decoy by the decoy man's dog.

The crew of a sailing dinghy are apprehensively watched by the relaxing occupants of a punt as it manoeuvres past in a steady breeze.

The Star Inn is now more of a brasserie than a pub, and the adjacent post office has been replaced by a television and video shop.

This summer recreation corner on the banks of the Wharfe lay below the present Collingham Wood House on the Wetherby road.