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The Tavistock road leads away from Plymouth to the fringes of Dartmoor, and has always been a busy highway.

The Tavistock road leads away from Plymouth to the fringes of Dartmoor, and has always been a busy highway.

One can imagine the smugglers being able to transport their contraband from the shore, up the rugged terrain and inland without being detected, before these roads were built.

The new road bridge was built by the renowned engineering firm of Dorman Long of Middlesbrough, who also built the Sydney Harbour bridge.

The eastern end of Market Place was opened up in the 1830s as the Dewsbury and Gomersal turnpike road.

The portico protruding into the road belongs to the Guildhall, a 13th-century building; the portico itself is Elizabethan.

Located just across the road from the train station, the park is named after the Courtenays, who were responsible for much of the building in town (they owned most of the land).

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

A tarmac road surface and kerbed pavements are the main changes to this scene today.

A tarmac road surface and kerbed pavements are the main changes to this scene today.

One of the larger villages of Sussex, Billingshurst may get its name from the Saxon 'Billings', or perhaps from the Roman engineer Belinus who was responsible for Stane Street, the Roman road linking

This church in Occupation Road was the first of four permanent buildings to be set up in the town for the large Catholic population, opening its doors in November 1938.

A viaduct carries the road across Careg Ddu and passes the grand water tower, whose purely functional purpose was for routine maintenance.

Further along the road stands a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage.

Looking south along London Road, we see several of the desirable bungalows and villas built by Messrs Bosworth & Wakeford, many of which are still owned by them.

It was built in 1800, after the Gregs raised the height of the weir at Styal and destroyed the old ford that took the road over to Pownall Hall.

The road below was frequently flooded by the River Frome.

By the 1950s motor traffic was beginning to dominate the centre of Bournemouth, though it was still possible for drivers to easily pull in at the side of the road.

From Tirril, midway between Penrith and Ullswater, a road leads to Sockbridge. This was the home of Wordsworth's grandfather Richard, and his father John.

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 Bulls Head pub, on the opposite side of the road, remains.

Church Stile is the name of the road which goes around the parish church.

The latter is dedicated to the life of the eldest son of the family who was killed in World War II, and supports the Shuttleworth Collection of road transport and aircraft housed at Old Warden Aerodrome

The boy on the left appears to have been diverted from what he was doing: probably he has been hailed by the two cyclists opposite Lloyd's Bank, who seem to be about to head across the road towards him