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This is The South Walk, on the town side of the river, with mother and children posing for the camera. Note the fashionable outfits they are wearing.

On top of the column is a bronze casting of winged Victory standing on a globe with one hand bearing the victor's palm, now sadly broken off.

This view was taken from the iron bridge, and shows the backs of various High Street and Moulsham Street properties. Some of them had their own landing stages.

This tower is on the north-east corner of the fortress's inner wall. The D-shaped tower was much rebuilt in Charles II's reign, when it was made the Jewel Tower.

Maypole Grocery Store (dried peas 1s 6d), Boots the Chemist and Halfords (everything for your Raleigh bicycle) are the shops overlooking the War Memorial, which by then had had the names added of

The statue of William III, originally erected in 1734, stands proudly in the centre, bisected by the tramlines. William has moved several times over the years; he now sits above a Gents urinal.

The park proved so popular that a further extension was created across the river and linked by a new bridge opened in 1911 to commemorate the coronation of George V - hence the name, Coronation

The park proved so popular that a further extension was created across the river and linked by a new bridge opened in 1911 to commemorate the coronation of George V - hence the name, Coronation

This was the home of Wordsworth's grandfather Richard, and his father John. Both had been employed by the local magnates, the Lowther family, to manage their lands.

Here there is a monument to Thomas Helliker, who was executed in 1809 at the age of 19 for leading the riots against the introduction of power looms.

Here we see the famous Neptune fountain (some say it is based upon the Trevi fountain in Rome), with Council Offices in the background and a glimpse of the Regency terraces to the left.

The village's thatched former schoolhouse is now home to the West Somerset Museum of Rural Life, which gives a fascinating insight into the daily lives of people in the area not that long

The hanging sign on the extreme left is that of the Stand Up Inn, whilst further along on the opposite side of the road is another pub, the Red Lion, which was originally a well used coaching

The Old Crown Inn is seen here in the days when it sold ales brewed by Lascelles, Tickner & Co, of Guildford.

Again in the grounds of Caversham Court, once the Rectory, this view gives some idea of the park's tranquillity, although the trees have been thinned out somewhat since.

The character of the village has changed greatly in recent years as commuters have discovered it.

Lympstone's harbour offers fine views across the River Exe to the long ridge of the Haldon Hills.

This prospect of the castle from the Gloucestershire side of the bridge clearly illustrates how commanding the Great Tower appears, and why the young J M W Turner was so inspired to paint

The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats (the one in front is the 'Clio') head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal.

Arthur Trevorrow is throwing a jug on the wheel; beside him are various examples of his work, beautifully hand-decorated with slip in waves, whorls and dots.

Victorian writers believed Crummock Water to be one of the most beautiful in the Lakes.

Broadwater is the old parish on which Worthing was built; its church is the mother church of the town. It was an old market under the Camois family, and is now a district of Worthing.

Here we see a rural scene in a fold of the Downs - now much more wooded and obscured by trees. A stack yard is in the foreground, with round and rectangular corn ricks.

The whole area on the western side of Ilkley is the wild Rombalds Moor, which stretches right over to Shipley Glen and the Aire Valley.