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There is a slight current running as a larger sailing vessel, in the middle right-hand side, closes with a smaller rowing boat amidships.

Following Godric's death, Finchale passed into the hands of the priors of Durham Cathedral. A Benedictine priory was built here around 1196 by Henry Pudsey, son of Hugh, Bishop of Durham.

This is a quiet moment, on what in pre-bypass days was one of the busiest roads in Dorset, apart from the postman calling at No 12 (right).

We are now back at the junction with Hursley Road where Bournemouth Road becomes Winchester Road.

Now a tree-clad hilltop fort, this is another example of the many forts built by the Iron Age people. To date it has never been excavated.

This photograph was taken at a time when Solva's harbour was reaching the end of its time as a working harbour - the quay with its array of small boats looks somewhat run down.

This is arguably the most fascinating building in Combe Martin, built in 1690 and Grade II listed.

This former slate-mining village lies below Cadair Idris, cupped in the Dysynni valley between Tal-y-Llyn and Tywyn.

The High Street runs parallel to the north wall of the Abbey precinct and has a good range of Georgian and early 19th-century two- and three-storey houses.

By 1821 the population of the parish was over 7,000. The Reverend James Dixon was the vicar and Matthew Spilling the local surgeon, while his wife Ann ran a ladies' boarding school.

The Drapery runs parallel to the west side of the Market Place, and was once known as the Glovery. This view was taken from the south beside All Saints' Church.

This broad parade, named after Queen Victoria, runs along the East Cliff in front of Wellington Crescent and the lawns.

This stone, which marked the grave of a Viking warrior, was his resting spot for over 1,000 years: it is from the 10th century.

This is the same scene as photograph No 37890 in the opposite direction, four years later, revealing the rich assortment of buildings and businesses which had developed along this stretch of the main

By the date this picture was taken, Doncaster had been a racing centre for nearly three hundred years and had been the home of the oldest classic race, the St Leger, since its first running in 1778

The vessel approaching the beach, probably on an excursion, is the 'Reindeer', a ferry launched in 1875 as the successor to the 18-ton 'Queen', which had run from 1860.

Here we see motorists in the village - they are probably touring the area. The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.

Coronation Gardens commemorate the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II. The flower beds are a riot of colour in high summer; they lie alongside the stream that runs through the main street.

The abbey stands on the site of a Saxon nunnery set up by Domneva, and run by St Augustine's monks from Canterbury; it was destroyed in the ninth century by the invading Danes.

One of the first buildings that the visitor will meet is the picturesque 15th-century thatched Axe and Compasses public house (centre).

This stream, the Lode Pit Beck, flows off the moor into the Aire at Shipley. A former drovers' track took trade over the hills to Ilkley and Otley.

South of Ollerton is Rufford Country Park, run by the County Council.

The Fraternity of the Holy Cross built the two bridges, the causeway across Nag's Head Island, and then the long causeway that runs south for over a thousand yards across the flood plain to Culham

Burnt Oak will never be at the cutting edge of the tourist industry, but as we look north towards Edgware, we can see that the buildings on the left of this view are of some interest.