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Beyond Hounslow, the Great West Road divided into the two coaching routes leading to Bath and Exeter.

The church, like the inn, is dedicated to St George: with its lantern tower and steeple rising to 120 feet, it is visible for miles around in this flat landscape.

This view of the parish church of St Nicolas is from the corner of Bartholomew Street and West Mills.

Clayton West was typical of many South Yorkshire coalfield villages in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken.

The square red sandstone west tower of St Andrew's Parish Church is Norman, and was part of the original church on the site.

Standing high above the town centre and attractively sited on the crown of the hill, the church with its elegant broach spire was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in c1861, but not completed until 1881

Opened throughout in 1772, the Staffs & Worcestershire Canal was designed by James Brindley as part of a scheme to allow traffic to operate between the Thames,Trent, Severn and Mersey.

On the west side of the green area called the Croft, backing on to the river, are the workhouse and St Gregory's off to the left.

As we move further west, we see a part of St Mary's Street with an interesting mix of buildings with alleys leading down to the river front and The Meadows.

The Causeway leads from the town of Buntingford to the original, and now derelict, parish church of St Bartholomew, Layston.

Situated five miles south-west of Bridgend, the Dunraven in our picture is the 19th-century castellated mansion built for Thomas Wyndham MP between 1802 and 1806 on the site of a medieval fortress.

Further down are Woolworth's and Dewhurst Butchers. West Street is the commercial heart of Fareham, described by Thackeray, who spent his school holidays here, as 'a dear little old Hampshire town'.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

Here we are looking west along Hart Street with its interesting shops, inns and tearooms.

To the west of the A229 is Kent's most famous Neolithic burial chamber. The capstone measures 13 feet by 9 feet, and the earthen mound, which covered the stones, was 170 feet long.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

This main street was once part of the Roman road which ran from London to Lewes in West Sussex. The legionaries paved it with ragstone eighteen feet wide and seven inches thick.

This view looks from St Helen's Church, west across the rooftops, to Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church and Holy Trinity Church in Kilwardby Street.

This is a distant view taken from the west, with the A6 trunk road in the foreground.

The grid-like pattern of the streets west of Laindon High Road preserves the layout of some of the early plotland estates.

The first boats were the Princess Ida and the Severn Queen. The last boat, the Severn Princess, was recently discovered on the west coast of Ireland in a very sorry state.

Here we see the west front of the abbey, with a lonely horse-bus passing the Crimean memorial.

From the north-west corner of Market Place, Town Street descends the hill past a drapers, a dairy utensil manufacturer and a shoe shop, all three displaying their wares.

The name 'Llandaff' means 'the sacred enclosure on the river Taff', and Llandaff is one of the earliest ecclesiastical foundations in Wales.