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There are few cars other than those parked between the Cromwell statue and the war memorial, and people are able to pass the time of day in the middle of the road. J

As soon as the canal opened, it proved an easier and more comfortable way of travelling and moving goods than along the poor roads that existed at the time.

However, through the trees on the extreme left is the disruptive A447 Hinckley Road, with all its associated bustle and noise.

The ornate drinking fountain with its road signs to Ambleside, Kendal, Bowness and the lake has been removed since 1955 - presumably it was a hazard on this now busy junction.

They take place around the Palladian-style market cross which is in the centre of five main roads.

the Nash family, first by John Nash in 1823, then by William Nash, who so built up the postal business that it outgrew its Pantiles site, and a new post office had to be built in Vale Road

Tradition says that the long drive from the road to the top of the hill was covered with a welcoming carpet.

Horse-drawn ambulances, taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road.

This is a good close-up view of the main exhibition building that backed onto Talbot Road, which got its name when Sir Humphry Trafford married Lady Annette Talbot in 1823.

On the right of the road the Castle Inn is still selling beer; the post office (nearer the camera), run for many years by the late Mr Rickard, Senior, a great enthusiast of watermills and windmills, now

To the right, on the corner of Kingston Road, is R E Christopher, chemists since 1863 (the premises now belong to Davies & Davies, estate agents).

The vehicles which the traders have used to bring their wares can be seen in the foreground; often these were parked outside the Market Place in Queens Road.

been given a new lease of life as a Masonic lodge, although part of the original Barracks, including the Keep, is to remain as a link to the Regimental War Memorial sited on the opposite side of Bedford Road

On the right of the road the Castle Inn is still selling beer; the post office (nearer the camera), run for many years by the late Mr Rickard, Senior, a great enthusiast of watermills and windmills, now

It shows Westgate, the main thoroughfare of the town centre, and leading off to the left is Westgate Road, opened up in 1876 on the site of the former driveway to Sunnyfield House, a prominent private

The pond is situated at the junction of the London and Chessington Roads.

Adjacent to the busy London Road and the western entrance to Nonsuch Park, this touching memorial and drinking fountain was erected after her death in December 1906 to commemorate the contribution made

The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St George in London Road, originally built in 1901, suffered major damage in the war - it was virtually demolished by a landmine.

It is said that in 1834, the building was used as an elementary school under the will of Humphrey Spencer; in his will of 1633, he left £100 to educate four poor children in reading and writing.

The road to Swindon from Beckhampton pass- es through Avebury village and the Neolithic stone circle and henge (bank and ditch).

that the old two-storey bay window of the Cock Inn has gone, to be replaced by a new shop front installed by Mr Fairburn, who had moved his chemist's and druggist's business across the road

Screened from the road by rhododendrons, the Monks' Pond creates a very dramatic appearance as it reflects the priory arch - a frequent inspiration over the years for artists and photographers,

Church at Allington, now in the north-west corner of the extended Bridport borough, was consecrated in 1827 to replace the original medieval church to the west of the Vicarage, in what is now Parsonage Road

Up to 1959 the bridge carried all the traffic of the Great North Road; then a new and very welcome by-pass bridge just to the east was opened by Ernest Marples, the Transport Minister.