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Some visitors to Hertfordshire think that Thorley lies on the main road between Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth - this should, correctly, be called Thorley Street.

Round Oak Iron Works in the 1850s.Though by no means the first iron works in the area, it would become the most important.

We are looking down Oxford Street, with the market cross on the left. The tower of Tower House can be seen at the junction with Cross Hayes Lane (right).

Redevelopment of the Parade started c1870. Lime trees were planted in the 1880s to start the Avenue.

Another fine view, this time taken at high tide. The river washes the quayside above the bridge. The Church of St Peter dominates the scene.

The south-west wall is being renovated at the time of writing. The present remains were built in the decorated style between 1270 and 1301.

As well as general cargo shipped through the port, the amount of fish landed at St Andrew's Dock during this year, amounted to 1,580,959 cwts.

The local school is at the heart of many an English community, being used for many local occasions after the end of the school day.

The town was changing, and the old order was changing with it. 45 new residential roads were added to the street map in the 1920s.

To reach our final village, Pilton, we must leave our straight route at East Pennard and travel almost due north for a couple of miles or so.

The aftermath of the recession left businesses striving to become more efficient.

Moving east off The Wolds, our tour reaches the flat land between them and the sea, with its high line of rolling marram-grassed sand dunes as a backdrop.

Five golfers on the municipal golf course at Lower Towneley. The photograph looks in the direction of Causeway End and Todmorden Road.

The original approach was along a wooden bridge at right angles to the castle walls, thus exposing an attacker's unshielded flank to fire from the defenders.

At the foot of Langho Fells and in sight of Pendle Hill stands the Saxon village of Old Langho; its church, St Leonard's, was built with stone that came from Whalley Abbey in about 1530.

At Gravesend Reach, the River Thames narrows on its way from the North Sea to London Bridge, another twenty-six miles upstream.

All Saints' Church looks out over the marshes by Church Farm, and stands at the west gates to the castle (not now the public entrance, which is from the Wartling Road).

Close to the cottages at Grove End, the beautifully maintained maze commemorates the restoration of King Charles II to the throne.

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

At Gravesend Reach, the River Thames narrows on its way from the North Sea to London Bridge, another twenty-six miles upstream.

This early 19th-century listed building, built on the site of the former manor house, has had numerous private owners, reputedly including one eccentric lady with a love of snakes who allowed them to

At Colesbourne the River Churn is joined by Hilcot Brook, one of the tributaries that swell this normally slow-flowing waterway on its meandering way to Cirencester.

The 'Pioneer' lies alongside the quay at West Looe; we are looking upstream towards the bridge. The church steps of St Nicholas's Church are behind the camara.

Waterfalls are a feature of Manx glens, and the Rhenass Falls at Glen Helen are probably the finest. Alas, the upper bridge and pathways no longer exist.