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These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks. Chancery Lane is to the left of the building, and Brown Street runs away to the right.

Abbey Fields is dissected by Finham Brook and Inchford Brook. The canons developed a series of pools along Finham Brook to provide water power for their mills, as well as fish and fowl for food.

Cheesden Brook passes under Ashworth Road, flowing to the right to join Naden Brook as it leaves Carr, Gelder and Bamford Woods.

The church lies behind a huddle of dilapidated cottages lining the Nunney Brook; here, wool was washed during the busy years of the cloth trade. Today the cottages are all restored.

The Hockley brook was a haven for the local children, as there was no swimming pool in Uttoxeter.

Blakeney stands at the edge of the Forest of Dean at the point where Blackpool Brook and Soudley Brook meet.

Mills grew along the river and St Catherine's Brook producing flour, leather, paper and cloth, until the brook was tapped for water for Bath.

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962. A 14-storey block of 84 flats, it was named after Henry Brooke, the former Housing Minister.

Porter Brook meanders its way from Forge Dam and skirts one edge of Whiteley Woods and Bingham Park before descending over the weirs into Endcliffe Wood.

The Rose and Crown, now the Rupert Brooke, has been extended at the front, losing the outside seating area.

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962. A 14-storey block of 84 flats, it was named after Henry Brooke, the former Housing Minister.

The last two lines of Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Old Vicarage, Grantchester' have immortalised the church: 'Stands the church clock at ten to three/And is there honey still for tea?'

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

The poet Rupert Brooke lived in this picturesque village.

Even Brierley`s boatyard on the corner of the Hen Brook (right) is back in business.

Parliamentarian troops under Lord Brooke attacked. Brooke prayed publicly that 'if the cause he were in were not right and just, he might be presently cut off'. He was shot dead later that day.

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

As well as the River Hodder at the east of the village, it has Crossdale Brook running through it.

Slaidburn nestles in a hollow with higher ground around it.As well as the River Hodder at the east of the village, it has Crossdale Brook running through it.

'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

Note the third shop on the left, Brooke Bond & Co: this was a Manchester firm of tea and coffee importers founded by Samuel Brooke.

We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street. The scene appears very quiet, with only one car and a cyclist to be seen.

The openness of the village centre is striking, with some good later 18th/early 19th-century houses ranging either side of the grass-banked brook, with its modest urban district council railings

Children bathe in a brook on a hot day in Stanwell. Perhaps their parents are seeking a different kind of refreshment in the nearby Rising Sun public house.