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Morcombelake, situated on the high road between Lyme Regis and Bridport, is now famous as the home of the Moore's biscuit factory.

With room to spare, this looks as though it was an ideal place to learn the basics of driving before tempting the fates on the open road.

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).

His famous painting 'The Boyhood of Raleigh' features the sea wall across the road from where Millais stayed.

The unsurfaced, muddy and rutted road here is now the A6 London to Scotland trunk route. Fashions have altered more than somewhat, and the outer wall of the Peacock looks much the worse for wear.

The electric tram service, the tracks for which stretch along the road, was inaugurated in 1905.

By 1939 the level crossing was so busy that during rush hour there would frequently be a bottleneck on the main road to the west.

Wetherby lies on the Great North Road and was once an important stopping point for coaches. In this picture, the River Wharfe flows placidly under the arches of the ancient bridge.

This picture, taken from the middle of South Green Road, shows the new Methodist Church in the High Street. It opened in 1880.

The Early English-style brick Christ Church in Fairfield Road was just 23 years old at the time of this photograph. On its 25th anniversary in 1901, a school was added.

Standing at the junction of several ancient roads, Lyndhurst has attracted travellers for centuries. Many of the town's inns would have been established for these traditional wayfarers.

This view shows the main road through the town, which has changed little in recent years.

The two sections of road here each (technically at least) have different street names: Swine Market is on the left and Oat Market on the right, reminding us of what used to be traded here in times past

Postbridge takes its name from the arched bridge that was built to carry the post road from Princetown in the south-west to Moretonhampstead in the north-east.

The electric tram service, the tracks for which stretch along the road, was inaugurated in 1905.

Despite a 20th-century road sign which carried the name '6d Handley', the Sixpenny really has nothing to do with money at all.

Fortunately, there is no traffic as the farmer herds his small herd of cows in the middle of the road at the bottom of Town Hill beside the Peterville Inn.

Having perhaps purchased some eggs, the photographer is now looking in the Southam direction along the road past the filling station.

Situated at the top of a steepish hill on the road from Heswall, the entrance to Beech Farm is on the right in our picture.

Widened by returning ex-servicemen in 1925 to cope with increasing road traffic, the bridge retained its elegance and here formed a background for the picnickers, boat hirers and other leisure seekers

Note the pony and trap setting off for the road to Frome to the left of what is now a general store and post office. On the riverbank there is now a small pumping station.

Situated just off the old Great North Road (the Roman Dere Street and the modern B6275), Aldbrough St John takes its name from the parish church.

Originally Station Road, Minehead's Avenue was built in the 1870s to link the newly built railway station with the town centre. Its elegant houses soon became guesthouses, and are now shops.

Great Staughton grew up as a roadside settlement along the road between St Neots and Kimbolton.