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This photograph of the village of Byfield, on the old turnpike road midway between Daventry and Banbury, shows plenty of pedestrians, but no traffic.

Naseby is famous for its Civil War battle of 1645 between King Charles I and the Parliamentarians, with Sir Thomas Fairfax as Commander-in-Chief and Oliver Cromwell as Lieutenant-General of the Horse.

As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.

The Market Square is at the busy cross-roads in the centre of this delightful small town.

In the early years of the 19th century, there were only 93 houses in the town.

True, the shops may have similar uses, but the Victorians made the most of the spa town by building wide, airy thoroughfares.

It looks quiet here now, but once the market at Leominster was so successful that the cities of Hereford and Worcester were jealous of its success.

This was one of the principal ways in which Victorian and Edwardian retailers advertised the location of their premises; on large city stores the letters were often six feet high.

Newark owes much of its development to the fact that Henry I gave Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, permission to divert the route of the Fosse Way through the town.

There are few places in the Black Country as attractive as this secluded corner of Old Swinford, where superb Georgian houses grace quiet streets below a medieval church.

Set in the midst of particularly fertile part of the county, Ottery had a market for centuries.

The church was badly damaged during the last siege of the castle after being used as a lookout for the opposing side.

We are looking north along the A5, with the Town Hall tower on the grey horizon.

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left of the picture.

The heads of traitors and conspirators were often displayed on pikes here up until 1754, when the government called a halt to this practice because two of the heads were stolen by a Jacobite tailor.

Carved in 1894 by George Milburn, the statues on the top of the bar replaced the older, worn statues.

The Shambles was originally known as Haymongergate, because it was the site of the haymarket.

Leeds was the industrial power house of the old West Riding.

Built at a cost of £2,000 on the junction of Basset Street (left) with Trevenson Street, the Passmore Edwards Free Library was opened on 23 May 1895 and boasted 5,400 volumes.

St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.

St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.

This is all that remains of the Guesten House, built in 1320 for visitors to the monastery.

This photograph could well be a study in oils, but the church of St Lawrence, standing next to the canal, is said to be large and uninspired.

In a scene that has changed little in 100 years, the tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the Cathedral and its magnificent 404 feet spire, the highest in England.