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The most famous tree of Wyre Forest is perhaps the Whitty Pear, 50ft high, a descendant of the specimen presented by Robert Woodward of Arley Castle.

There was increasing concern over the state of the Mansion, which, despite being a listed building, was allowed to fall into dangerous disrepair.

If you compare this photograph with the reality of the scene today, it would seem at first glance as if time has stood still here.

We are looking at the leeward side from the entrance to the church- yard. Note how many standing headstones there are now, only four years after picture 21072.

This is the village centre, and it holds very special memories for the author.

The shelter of the Barograph Memorial has a pyramidal roof and a wrought iron weather vane.

The George and Dragon is first mentioned as a tavern in the court book of St Albans Abbey in 1279. The half-timbered building dates from the 17th century.

Turning into Dovecote Road we wind half a mile east to the corner of Mill Road to finish this chapter on a literary note.

Seen from the north-west bank of the River Trent, the castle appears foreshortened; but the wall in this view is that half of the east curtain wall that survived the 1650s demolition, with the gatehouse

With the widening of Bridge Street from the 1880s, the old Warrington Academy was again revealed and preserved.

Warrington did once have a horsemarket, but it was further down the road, along Winwick Street outside Central Station.

At the beginning of the 19th century, a number of new streets were built following the grid pattern of the mediaeval town.

This is the village centre, and it holds very special memories for the author.

On the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, barges carried timber and coals. The rivers Chelmer and Blackwater meet in Maldon; this cut was built in 1797 to enable ships to reach Chelmsford.

On the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, barges carried timber and coals. The rivers Chelmer and Blackwater meet in Maldon; this cut was built in 1797 to enable ships to reach Chelmsford.

Swings, Punch and Judy, and to the left, the Castle Coffee House Refreshment Tent, all served to attract the visitor to this seaside resort.

Swings, Punch and Judy, and to the left, the Castle Coffee House Refreshment Tent, all served to attract the visitor to this seaside resort.

The Carfax 1907 The Carfax and market place is at the heart of the old town.

One of the very finest fortresses in England, Dover Castle dominates the town and harbour below, with the top of the keep standing 465 feet above sea level.

Originally a wooden Saxon fortress built on two islands in a natural moat formed by the river Len, it was transformed into a solid stone castle at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron

The firemen of Dalton were all volunteers. Everyone in Dalton knew when there was a fire, as a siren went off at the fire station to call the volunteers to the engine to set off to fight the fire.

This interesting view was taken from the western side of the river from the site of today's police station, and shows many of the yards along Church Street.

The Druids’ Altar is a naturally large millstone grit formation on the edge of, and overlooking, the Aire valley conurbation, with Bradford to the east and to the west the eastern end of the Yorkshire

The next sequence of views shows the Victorian and later development of Sutton to the south of the railway line.