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The wall on the left, on which the child is sitting, is known as New Quay, and the flight of steps leads to Victoria Place, built at the same time as the bridge in 1837.

Shepherd's Crag towers through the trees over the Victorian Gothic buildings of the Lodore Hotel at the southern end of Derwent Water.

A bustling town, Stroud still attracts shoppers from far afield, as it did when this photograph was taken at the end of the Edwardian era.

Situated at the top of Lythe Bank, about four miles from Whitby, this charming 17th-century coaching inn still serves beer and refreshments to the public.

Of the ancient medieval parish church little remains. The red sandstone tower dates from the 15th century, and may itself have been a rebuild on the base of an earlier structure.

Close to the quays at Poole is the 18th-century harbour office, once the Old Town House, a club for ships' captains.

Bridport's Town Hall intrudes into the path of traffic and pedestrians at the junction of West and South Streets.

Blackwater, which shares its name with that of the river, lies just to the south of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

Billy Moore's Boat Station - across the water - was built on a raft which floated up and down with the tide.

This packhorse bridge is one of the finest examples in England.

Here we see Nunney at the north-east end. The house in the foreground, built in 1820, was the church school house until 1896, when it became known as the Church Rooms.

A girl leans idly against a wall beside a creeper-covered cottage, a scene that has not greatly changed in the seventy years that have passed since the photograph was taken.

This view is taken from the east, with the Tudor-style chimneys in the distance and the tall two-gabled building on the right, W H Smith, in a simple Jacobean style dating from the 1920s.

By the Victorian drinking fountain at the entrance to Botley station lies a memorial tablet which reads: 'this stone is erected to perpetuate a most cruel murder committed on the body of Thomas Webb,

Hampshire's only commercial airport was once at the centre of a major controversy.

The Market Square is at the busy cross-roads in the centre of this delightful small town.

The High Street looks quiet here; it usually seems much busier today. But a lot of that is just traffic passing through.

The village sits at the confluence of a number of ancient routes, the most important of which is the Fosse Way.

Notice how the limestone roof slates are smaller at the ridge, becoming larger as they descend towards the eaves of this fine old house.

A little out of shot is the church of St Mary, which has an unusual gravestone in memory of Phillis Humphreys, who died at the age of 58 in 1763.

Later known as the Lancaster Moor Hospital, it opened on 28 July 1816. At first there were only 60 'inmates', but by 1836 the asylum had been extended and could accommodate 406 patients.

On the hillside, ¾ mile east of Towneley is this splendid house. Over the main doorway, concealed by the garden wall, the owner's name, William Barcroft, and the date 1614 is inscribed.

The main A59 road from Liverpool to Preston runs through the centre of the village, and at the far end, rises over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

The landlord is looking at our photographer with some suspicion, which is not surprising: this was thought to be one of Lynn's pubs with a dubious reputation.