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Upstream from the lock at Sonning, the 18th-century bridge spans the river, and the recreational use of the water is plain to see.

Prussian-born George Muller arrived in Bristol in 1833 and three years later started building five orphanages on this site at Ashley Down. This is the third.

They must either all be at work, or down at Rudyard Lake for the day.

A little further north along Albert Embankment we get this wonderful view of the houses of Parliament.

A double-decker open-topped bus travels north along the A24 on its way to Dorking and its terminus at West Croydon.

At the source of the Ribble and the Wharfe, the village has been a centre for granite, slate and limestone quarrying for over a century.

The Wayside Cross, as the memorial was originally known, stands at Fiveways and names the 36 Colehill men who died in the Great War.

The high viewpoint emphasises the rich woodland of the vale, with the prominent solid block of the present Rydal Hall, built in the 17th century, and the church of 1824.

In traffic-congestion terms much closer to the Southport of today, this photograph was taken at the height of the summer season.

Twice a year, in April and September, people come from all over to watch the Severn Bore, a wave varying in size from nothing more than a ripple to a wall of water several feet high.

Boxes of Fry's cocoa are piled in the doorway of W Rogers' Golden Tea Warehouse on the right, and an assortment of children and adults have paused in the early afternoon to watch the photographer at

Here is a typical market day in Wisbech, at the beginning of the 20th century. In the distance can be seen Racey's Arcade Stalls.

Lee Lane (left) at its junction with Dorchester Road, has a stone commemorating the escape of King Charles II after being defeated at the Battle of Worcester.

The village was created at the turn of the century to house construction workers for the very large brick-built Christ's Hospital school nearby.

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

At weekends the banks are lively with visitors, strollers and walkers, rowing club members, and people visiting the café.

A scattered village on a hilltop in the centre of Sussex. Friendly societies began here at the Five Bells Inn in 1782.

The original White Horse pub can be seen behind the war memorial; it was demolished to make way for the incongruous new 1960s town planning building.

We are looking eastwards along gated Ware Lane (centre) to Golden Cap (skyline, centre right) and Lyme Bay (right).

The earliest scheme for a non-tidal basin at Avonmouth capable of taking vessels too large to reach Bristol was a £1.5 million project promoted in 1852.

The older corner shops, at one time serving locals with groceries and hardware, are even in 1955 being used for tourist attractions such as antiques.

The White Lion Inn Unfortunately, construction of Stafford's new road system was accompanied by another act of civic vandalism.

East of Gainsborough the Market Rasen road climbs the Lincoln Cliff, the limestone ridge which runs due north from Lincoln at about two hundred feet above sea level.

Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside! These sunseekers are thoroughly enjoying a paddle in the Channel.