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The Bishop of Durham claimed Barnard and occupied it from 1296 to 1301; then Edward I took it back, and eventually gave it to Robert Clifford.

This is the frantically busy A330 and the wall on the right, to Holyport Lodge, has been moved back for road widening.

But for the young girl with the satchel on her back, the start of another school day beckons.

Down by the river bank, the paviours follow the line of the medieval wharf. Behind the moat are the medieval outer defences, the inner one overlooking the outer - the battlements are 19th-century.

Drainage was provided, but it proved inadequate after a very high tide, with the result that the water found its own way back to the sea by scouring out a deep channel under some of the pier supports

Further back in Tudor Square, Frith's photographer was looking into Central Avenue with Albert Road to the right and Rectory Road to the left.

This is locally known as the back road to Lincoln, and it looks a well surfaced village road.

A hint of the heavily-wooded banks of the Brun can be seen on the left of this picture.

To the right are the back garden walls of the villas in De Parys Avenue.

In the background is Holy Trinity Church, a most unusual building, which in the 1900s included a tobacconist, a bank, and two butchers' shops as component parts.

The high banks along many stretches of this great river confirm its habit of flooding.

Typical of so many Glamorgan churches, St Andrew's traces its roots back to the Norman occupation – its nave and chancel are believed to date from the 13th century.

We have now nearly reached the southern end of the street, and have turned round to head back to the church.

At the top of Greenway Road, looking back towards the heart of old Runcorn is the war memorial.

The tower contains a bell cast in the local bell foundries in 1665; the location of these foundries is commemorated in the name Bell Banks Road, a road to the south that runs from Market Street to

The hotel stands on the north bank of the River Leven, by the bridge.

This is the oldest part of the village, with some properties dating back to medieval times.

Back in the 1920s, people had a good choice of public transport. The tramway from Bradford came here in 1914, but the first road accident happened years earlier in 1900.

The Village 1940 Beyond Williton, our route follows the western edge of the Quantock Hills back towards Taunton.

His stepmother brought him a cup of wine and, as he drank, one of her servants stabbed the king in the back.

Between Preston and Clitheroe lies Hurst Green in the Ribble Valley, backed by Longridge fells.

As we turn our back on the Market Square, High Street runs westward to Sheaf Street.

On the corner are No 2 Back Street and 20 Market Street (centre) whre W J Perry offers gifts and cream teas. Both are built of local iron-stained oolitic limestone.

A stagecoach service operated on a daily basis from Leeds and back, and wealthy travellers using the Great North Road would stop over and sample the delights of the pump room.