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Cockermouth is situated where the River Cocker joins the River Derwent on its way to the Irish Sea at Workington.

Odiham's houses are a mixture of Georgian and Tudor; some are timber-framed, which was common before local bricks came into general use in the 18th century.

Chesapeake Mill dates back to 1820 and was built by John Prior, a miller, partly of woodwork from an American warship of that name, captured by the much smaller British HMS 'Shannon' off Boston Harbour

They were founded by John Penrose, a cloth merchant of the town (and mayor in 1620), in 1627.

The industrial landscape of Burslem was dominated by bottle kilns and slag heaps. At this time, the Staffordshire potteries were employing about 60,000 workers.

Looking downstream, below the narrow Essex Bridge, this iron bridge was a continuation of one over the canal, built to allow residents of Shugborough Hall access to the village by horse

This is a good view of the village and St Andrew's church. Note the pony and trap setting off for the road to Frome to the left of what is now a general store and post office.

The village is blessed with fine country houses as well as more modest cottages, built from locally quarried stone that has mellowed to the colour of honey on butter.

Much of Banstead High Street was rebuilt during the 1920s with a series of shopping parades.

Many of the buildings remain, almost unchanged. The post office stands on the right, with a stamp machine on the wall outside.

Crackington Haven, six miles south of Bude, sits in a deep valley in the parish of St Gennys.

The new Old Neptune was a conversion of two cottages; at the time of this photograph it was a local brewer's Tomson & Wotton's house.

This early photograph of the 15th-century Cromford Bridge shows a shadowy black-coated figure in the foreground fishing in the River Derwent.

The newly built Woodnewton Infants School stands close to Rowlett Road, with the trees of Thoroughsale Woods in the background.

Cockermouth is best known as the birthplace of the poet William Wordsworth, and there is a stained glass window memorial to this fact in the parish church of All Saints.

From the area of Miller Ground, sunsets have always been a much-admired Windermere feature, with shafts of silver/ copper light escaping from heavy clouds and crossing the water from Claiffe Heights

Many of the trees on the Green were planted in the 1850s, when prosperous locals were invited to plant a tree for the hefty sum of £5 each.

Perry is a similar drink to cider, but is made from pears instead of apples.

It is a quiet day in Tadcaster's High Street as a cyclist pedals unconcernedly down the middle of the road.

Here on the right is the old town hall, the first offices of Somerset County Council.

Behind the 'No Waiting' sign outside Clark's drapery shop (left), we can glimpse the attractive double curved windows of North's, the chemist.

The Great Ouse is as much a part of Kempston life as it is that of Bedford.

On the left is Wheeler's Hotel, and at the top of the street, just visible, is the hop leaf symbol of Simond's Brewery - once a common sight on local pubs.

That great huntsman William I held the manor of Lyndhurst in his own hands after the land around was taken in as a hunting forest.