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Here, from the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal of 1812, Abergavenny can be seen in the distance.

Rowswell's is still there and carrying on the same trade of paper, tobacco and sweets, but is now also an outlet for Lottery tickets.

Set against the background of the Lakeland peaks, the Castlerigg circle, near Keswick, forms a beautiful setting for what is considered to be one of the oldest stone circles in England.

At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

We are a little closer to the railway station, and an Aldershot and District bus can be seen turning out of the bus station, now Pembroke Broadway.

This is the most northerly of all the photographs in our book. Hammerton Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the grounds.

Houses at the hardly-a- hamlet Lower Hilcot still reflect the general style of Colesbourne.

The dominant tower of the Port of London Authority building in Trinity Square was completed in 1922. The architect was Sir Edwin Cooper, who looked back to the pre-Great War Edwardian era.

If Torquay always saw itself as rather upper-class, Paignton cheerfully catered for the hoi polloi. To this day, it is a candy floss and funny hats sort of place: cheap and cheerful, very cheerful.

This is the building on the far left of picture W97078, but this time was taken in an age before the motorcar was to change the look of our streets for ever.

About eight miles west of Reading, beyond the M4, Englefield House sits in extensive parkland grazed by fallow deer and beside a fine church by George Gilbert Scott of 1857.

Woodbury is one of Devon's largest parishes, and it occupies the great vale between Woodbury Common and the flood plains of the Exe.

This busy junction had cars battling for right of way.

On the hill is the monument to Sir John Barrow, which is a replica of the Eddystone lighthouse.

The ability of some landowners to capitalise on the demand for cheap accommodation after the war led to a large number of caravan sites, such as Winkups, springing up around the Welsh coast

Spennithorne is situated just to the south-east of Leyburn. Part of the church was built from stone taken from Jervaulx Abbey after the Dissolution.

In August 1405 a substantial French army in excess of 10,000 men landed here at the request of Owain Glyndwr.

Although it was a one-way street for traffic, in this photograph Clumber Street has the appearance of being a precinct, with shoppers walking in the road.

The Refreshment Pavilion (see the writing on the roof) served walkers visiting the Wrekin, one of the finest viewpoints in Shropshire.

Once named Candle Lane because candles were sold here, the street was renamed to commemorate the visit of Princess Victoria in the 1800s.

King George III, wearing the uniform of a Roman Emperor, sits astride the Copper Horse. Many tales exist as to why he does not have any stirrups.

Shefford's title derives from the name 'Sheepford', an indication of its origins.

Often described as the gateway to the Cotswolds, the picturesque town of Burford has changed little over the years.

At the north end of the village is a tall oblong keep set in a neat moat with massive towers at each angle, which was licensed in 1373 for John de la Mare, Sheriff of Somerset.