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Here, seen from the tow path along the west bank, looking north towards Christchurch Meadow, the annual Eights Week is in full swing at the end of May when the college boats race each other.

Colman the cutler and ironmonger (right) was a partner of Glendenning, a saddler and travelling case maker for the gentry. Arthur Bunting (left) dealt in woollens and linen.

Willy Lott, the mill-hand, is reputed to have lived in this cottage for eighty-eight years.

There are actually only eight locks, but there were nine when the flight was first built in 1799.

There were eight rooms displaying various eclectic items of local history, art and specialised collections. Most items were donated.

There are actually only eight locks, but there were nine when the flight was first built in 1799.

The journey from the capital to the naval port took eight hours; the six hours to Liphook cost 13s 6d.

Formerly one of the few eight-sailed windmills in the country, the tower is all that remains of the complex of granaries, bakery and mill house.

Facing us is Abbey Mill, whose origins date back eight centuries to the time when monks from the Benedictine monastery diverted the River Avon to power the mill to grind the corn that made their daily

In the picture Overton is seen as five miles and Whitchurch as eight; the present day signpost indicates the former as six miles and the latter as nine!

The smart white pleasure launch with the awning is a frequent sight in most of the 1920s views along the river.

In 1652 it was besieged for eight months in an attempt to seize the Royal Regalia of Scotland, which were smuggled out under a woman's skirts.

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

The Welshpool and Llanfair Railway still chuffs its way along the eight-mile narrow gauge line between the two towns.

Skegness's most famous fairground ride was the Figure Eight, which was regarded as a worthy rival to Coney Island!

This view looks from London Bridge Station approach towards St Saviour's Collegiate Church, which eight years later became Southwark Cathedral.

A waterbus (centre) enables exploration of its eight-mile waterfront. The St David's Hotel & Spa (second from right) was completed along with the barrage in 1999.

The eight round-headed windows above them were the clerestory windows of the original Norman church before the roof was raised.

The first parked car on the left is a 1946 Morris Eight Series E Saloon. It has recently rained, but the shadows suggest that the sun is coming out.

For Longshanks, there was symbolism in not only ordering the abbey dismantled, but to having it re-erected at Maenan eight miles away.

The eight-sided Caen stone building was built in 1501 by Bishop Storey, so that the poor displaced from the market area by merchants' shops had somewhere to sell their wares.

Thirty-eight millstone grit stones form the circle, which is about 100 feet across. The circle has an attractive setting on a little rise against Castlerigg Fell.

East of the park is the village, a figure of eight of winding lanes. This view looks east along Ashby Road to the small green at its junction with Station Road and High Street (to the right).