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Standing opposite the start of the churchyard, Frith's photographer looks back along the High Street to the Vicarage Road junction and the A319 main Bagshot to Chertsey road.

From the Hanneys the route heads along the A338 road towards Oxford, turning right onto the A415 at Frilford; heading back towards Abingdon, our last stop is in Marcham village.

The main body of the church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, and was here in 1180.

This photograph shows the back of the late-Victorian rectory which became the home of the writer George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950, at the age of ninety-four.

From Wells to Blakeney, a great sand barrier holds back all but the most vicious tides. The quay at wells is now stranded a mile from the open sea.

The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite it is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

The area was a victim of the remarkable tidal flow of the Severn, which caused a horrific amount of raw sewage to float back to shore.

Zenon Vantini, the first manager of the North Euston Hotel, backed by the Rev John St Vincent Beechey, put forward the idea of a boarding school for boys, and by 1904 the school was flourishing, despite

For many years the river at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

It was all done in memory of Sir Joseph Banks, who lived in Revesby Abbey, named after the 12th-century abbey, a Cistercian foundation.

Now, thanks to cut-backs, post offices disappear like ghosts into the night.

The square, originally Cross Bank, was bypassed in 1810 on its eastern side by the A6 Market Harborough to Leicester road.

This view looks across the river to the south bank, now a much changed view. The Picturedome at this time was showing 'Madame Peacock' daily at 3, 7 and 9 o'clock.

Set back behind the High Street, the church looks reassuringly medieval amid the modernity of Crawley, but in fact only the nave wall is: the tower was rebuilt in 1807 and the rest in 1880.

Cowbridge can trace its origins as far back as Roman times, when a small fort was built here.

Lloyds Bank is on the right. Much downhill has gone, to be replaced by neo-Georgian shops.

On the right is another relic of the old high street—the National Provincial Bank.

St Mary's Church in Church Lane is thought to go back to the early 16th century.

Moon Hotel purchased the neighbouring premises of Dingley's, drapers, outfitters, milliners and hosiers, and soon the new building had been redesigned and built as we see it today, set back

Dedicated to the memory of Sir Winston Churchill, this long, narrow garden is a delight to visit in spring when the high banks are a mass of flowers.

The Church 1961 Heading back towards Highbridge and the end of this seaside tour, we head for East Brent on the north-east side of Brent Knoll; this is an Upper Lias limestone outlier rising steeply

About ten miles north-east of Penrith, near Staffield, pathways have been cut along the banks of the Croglin Beck where it tumbles down through the sandstone gorge it has carved on its way

The Bard and his cronies had a drinking bout at this inn with the Bidford Sippers and lost. Too drunk to make it back to Stratford, they slept the night under a crab-apple tree.