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A blacksmith's forge used to stand beside this packhorse bridge spanning Winn Brook, one of eight bridges boasted by this tiny village.

The shop on the right of this photograph is Hermitage Post Office and Stores.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.

This is a beautiful example of the mixing of stone and timberwork that is typical of many houses that snuggle amongst the hills of southern Shropshire.

Next to the thatched cottages on the left is the White Hart pub.

Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall.

The Mill C1960 Izaak Walton fished here in the Meon, reflecting that the valley 'exceeds all England for swift, shallow, clear, pleasant brooks and store of trout'.

As we look back towards Cookham from near the viewpoint of photograph No 77588 towards the bridge onto Odney, since rebuilt, the Thames is beyond the trees with its two channels.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

Now a hotel, the Old Court House was built by Sir Robert Brooke - he had bought the estate for £946 (an enormous sum of money for the times) following the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII

The Kettle Brook 1898 A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.

Delph and Dobcross were two of the principal villages within Saddleworth.

The name Ewelme derives from an Old English word meaning 'spring'.

Taken almost from the bottom of High Street, many of these buildings are unchanged a century later, even if their uses have.

The old Mill House (centre) was demolished in 1966.

This view, looking along the Roath Brook, does not give much idea of the park's scale.

The foremost stream in this area is Plants Brook, which once powered several mills.

In this still mainly rural area, names redolent of the country abound: Pewter House Fold, Smalley Fold, Hubbersty Fold (like 'booth', 'fold' means a cowhouse or animal pen).

Finchingfield combines a water supply (Finchingfield Brook) with a defensible site (Church Hill).

The brook here somehow appears to be little cared for, with its chipped concrete posts arrayed along weedy banks.

There could not be anywhere more northern-sounding than Mytholmroyd, the woollen village crammed into the bottom of the Calder Valley west of Halifax.

Standing on a plateau overlooking the Arun Valley, Amberley is often described as 'the pearl of Sussex' and 'the loveliest village in Sussex'.

Entering the village from Clitheroe, the road dips to cross Heys Brook.