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This is the Roman canal from the Brayford Pool in Lincoln to the river Trent at Torksey, and it is the oldest canal in England.

The branch railway from Weymouth to Portland (left) was built westwards from Weymouth railway yard (centre right) in 1862 and opened in 1865.

This is the Roman canal from the Brayford Pool in Lincoln to the river Trent at Torksey, and it is the oldest canal in England.

Cattle seek the summer shade and the cool waters of the Bourne at this ancient farm.

Both bridge and buildings survive. Witchampton was best known for its paper mill at the other end of the village, which dated back to at least 1786 and closed only a few years ago.

The building on the right of the bridge was called the Custom House Hotel at this date - it was later named the Dolphin. The original Custom House was in Sandgate on the other side of the road.

Of the 11 locks on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, this is something of a halfway house. It stands just upstream of the road to Hatfield Peverel, in an area sometimes known as World's End.

Here we are at the junction of Cannon Street and the approach to the new London Bridge; the street was opened by King William IV in 1831, and named after him.

Taken opposite Lower Quemerford Mill, this view shows Marden Bridge and the Mill House on the right.

Its 18th-century picturesque naturalistic park, designed by Bridgeman, Kent and Capability Brown, is dotted with Georgian temples, columns and garden buildings.

Its rugged stone bridges and its proximity to the Pennines make it a most picturesque line. Carnforth is towards the northern end; the top section was abandoned after the M6 motorway was built.

Its rugged stone bridges and its proximity to the Pennines make it a most picturesque line. Carnforth is towards the northern end; the top section was abandoned after the M6 motorway was built.

The 'Compton Castle', which we see here, was built by B Cox & Company of Falmouth in 1914; she originally had an open bridge which was enclosed in the 1920s.

The house at the end of the bridge is now painted cream, giving a lift to this view of the village.

The road to Harlow was a turnpike costing 1s for a coach and horses, and 1d for a horse.

A well-worn path indicates a bridge frequently used by the locals.

The celebrated village of Cookham, a mile or so south of Bourne End, is seen here from the boatyard on the Buckinghamshire bank, although curiously until 1992 a strip of about 30 feet along

On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close—the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.

Here we are at the junction of Cannon Street and the approach to the new London Bridge; the street was opened by King William IV in 1831, and named after him.

Just above the left-hand end of the bridge in S177036 (page 70) and here in 72297 we can see buildings which in the 1920s housed Cooper & Hall, the engineers.

Cobbled Church Street leads to the church of St Michael and All Angels - the parish boundaries once extended to Chorley. At the end of this street is the ancient base of a restored preaching cross.

A mile and a half north-east of Daventry, the Grand Junction (formerly the Grand Union) Canal cuts through the limestone ridge via the Braunston Tunnel.

De Vaux Place 1928 On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close - the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.

Stevens's Boatyard on the east end of Nag's Head Island also incorporated the landing stage for the Crown and Thistle Hotel in Bridge Street, some hundred yards away from the river.