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Here we see the 13th-century Buddle Bridge (centre) and the buildings of Bridge Street which crossed it until demolitions for road widening in 1913.

This is the creeper-clad rear of the Hotel Alexandra, taken from its tennis lawn. The building faces the sea and the sun.

The Town Bridge was designed by James Clarke at a cost of £700. It is of a single span with stone dressings and balustrades.

A smartly dressed party, possibly celebrating a christening, assemble beneath a sign showing the landlord's name whilst in the background the name of Lee is shown on The Horseshoe.

On the right you can see the Nissen huts put up in the 1939-45 war for soldiers and the Home Guard, who were based here to keep supplies flowing during the war years.

The fine 15th-century tower with its Victorian pinnacles is built in local Wealden sandstone; its walls are the least renewed or refaced part of the church, whose three Victorian restorations

At the east side of the market place was the entrance to Abingdon Abbey.

Heawood Hall was a small gentry house in Nether Alderley, once the home of the Hollinsheds, a family that included the 16th-century chronicler who was Shakespeare`s source for many of his

The same scene viewed some 60 years earlier than photograph No A80019 (page 12-13) presents a neglected view of the stones. Fortunately, Alexander Keiller (of marmalade fame!)

This ancient port lost much of its importance when the Exeter ship canal was cut in the mid 16th century, causing shipping to bypass its wharves.

St Mary's Church sits at the end of a little lane off the A34. A 14th-century building, it has a strange pew perched up on the wall 'like an opera box'. It also has two rather precious books.

The official name of this pub, parts of which are said to be around 700 yearrs old, should be the Warren de Tabley Arms.

The family, however, were forced to leave their home after suffering financially as a result of the First World War.

On the left is Barclays Bank, next to the Rose and Crown, which was gutted by fire in 1969.

Part of this building dates back to the 16th century. It was once three separate houses, Nos 8,10, and 12 High Street, so there are still three entrances onto the pavement.

Founded in 1776 by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss (who named the town after his wife), Helensburgh has become popular as a holiday resort and as a golfing, fishing and yachting centre.

The area in and around Inverness has been occupied since ancient times and it was here, in the 6th century, that the capital of the Pictish kingdom stood.

The Freeman Hardy and Willis building still survives, but there has been wholesale destruction of the rest to its left for the Friars Square shopping centre.

A walk around the ruins requires a good deal of imagination, as so little is left.

Here we are granted a vision of pure peace. A boatman is resting his oars while hotel guests sit contemplating the slow-moving river.

River outings on the Thames were popular in Victorian times. Jerome K Jerome describes a classic journey in his 'Thee Men in a Boat'.

Here we are granted a vision of pure peace. A boatman is resting his oars while hotel guests sit contemplating the slow-moving river.

It opened in 1903 to link the local farming communities to the market town of Welshpool.  Its narrow gauge of 2 foot 6 inches allowed the trains to negotiate tight curves and steep gradients.

The market town of Bedale is a few miles to the north-east of Masham.