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The biggest change is that the shop is now twice as big: it includes the post office, and takes up the whole of the downstairs of the semi-detached house.

The limestone village of Conistone in Wharfedale is more correctly known as Conistone-with-Kilnsey, with its twin hamlet sheltering under the impressive overhang of Kilnsey Crag across the river.

Designed by Maxwell & Tuke and completed in 1894, the Technical School, Broad Street, was built to fulfil the requirements of the Technical Instruction Act (1890).

When completed, the Victoria Buildings had 31 shops on the ground floor and numerous suites of offices above.

Six of the bells were supplied by Rudhall of Gloucester in 1749, and two further bells were added in 1882.

Half a mile downstream the river passes through Sir Robert Taylor's supremely graceful and beautiful sandstone bridge of the 1770s that still carries the busy A4 London to Bath road.

The village main street is little changed, although Bel and the Dragon on the right is no longer also a garage.

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal climbs out of Yorkshire into the Pennines. After these three locks at Greenberfield, there is a short summit and a tunnel before the canal descends into Lancashire.

Here we see a tea garden with a variety of seating, benches and tables - plenty of space is needed for serving coach parties. The garden pond is deep, but little water is visible.

This street was named in honour of the 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery.

This brief tour of Stamford has now climbed up to St Mary's Street to look east past the north nave aisle of St Mary's Church to the Stamford Hotel, somewhat over-large for the narrow street and towering

Situated one and a half miles north of Blythe Bridge railway station in Staffordshire, Caverswall's history certainly goes back to at least 1275 when Walter de Caverswell was granted a licence to crenellate

This scene is a far cry from the sight of today's crowds who now flock to the 2.65 mile circuit to witness the thrills and spills of motor racing.

Broad and leafy, it retains a handful of older houses like the mock-Tudor one we can just see on the left in this photograph.

The railway station at the back of this picture is the reason for Dorridge's existence. Until the London to Birmingham railway was built in 1852, there was no Dorridge.

The catalyst for the subsidiary settlement mentioned in the caption to N203006 was the building of two turnpike roads through Northfield, one of which was eventually to become the A38 (Bristol Road).

The building of Lytham Baths and Assembly Rooms started in 1882 midway between the Clifton Arms and the Neptune Hotel. At the same time Blackpool and Lytham were linked by the coast railway.

The shop on that corner was one of the most well-known in all Fylde: Richards the ironmonger's stocked everything that a farmer might need, plus a wide range of domestic articles.

Until the 1930s, trams ran along Prestbury High Street en route to the top of Cleeve Hill. A workman was employed to grease the rails at the sharp bend just out of sight in the distance.

Long Street, which was once known as West Street, has been the main artery of Tetbury since at least the 16th century.

Along Borwick Lane, past the wooden-shuttered windows of a Methodist chapel, is the small village of Warton.

Much of Lancashire was affected by the Civil Wars, and Warrington, an important crossing on the Mersey and chosen by the Royalist, Lord Derby for his headquarters, saw considerable action.

The town's main commercial institutions and shops occupied many of the elegant three-storey buildings along Fishergate.

Work began on Blackpool's second pier in 1867 and took less than a year to complete. Promoted as the 'pier for the masses', it was hugely popular and offered a variety of entertainments.