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Partially rebuilt in 1910, the New Inn (centre right) was renamed the Bankes Arms Hotel, after the family that owned the parish.

In one of Helston's principal streets, we see on the right a characteristic gutter channel with running water.

This narrow street runs north deep into legal London from the beginning of Fleet Street, near Temple Bar.

On the south side of Coltishall the river Bure flows gently through water meadows where cattle and horses graze.

Running between the church and Nutfield Road, this narrow cobbled alley, with red tile-hung Tudor buildings approached by red brick steps, was once the High Street of the village.

This road is typical of the building projects that were conducted after the Second World War.

During the early 1880s, problems with drunken Glaswegians running amok in the coastal towns had led to the withdrawal of Sunday excursion sailings.

Further along Park Street we find Lower Gordon Road; the Post Office, run by a Mr H L Love, is on the corner. The premises have since been converted into a private house.

Merry Lane runs for a mile along the Brue from Bason Bridge to Cripp's Farm, providing easy access for fishermen.

The grocery shop here on the left, popular for children's sweets, was run until 1952 by Misses Gambol and 'Sniffy' Baker.

When Anna died in 1930, a memorial was placed in the local church. Thatched cottages in the village line the occasionally- running stream that meanders through the lovely landscape.

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

Fowey's straggling main street runs parallel with the river between the Custom House and Town Quay. On the right is the historic house called Noah's Ark, with its twin gables and jettied front.

Bridge Street slopes down to the river Mole and the 14-arch bridge of 1782.

Horning main street runs parallel with the river. On the left is the rear of the Swan Inn; a car park has replaced the buildings ahead.

There are several narrow lanes running perpendicular to the quay at Wells. Some of the buildings here would appear to be in need of some maintenance.

Deep within The Hurtwood at Abinger Bottom are several stone-built cottages surrounded by pine trees. A stream, that eventually joins the Tillingbourne, runs through the hamlet.

In 1837 the local squire, Reverend Canon Rogers, commissioned James Rendell to design a harbour for the Loe.

In the late 1970s, Tom Graveney, the Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and England cricketer, was landlord of The Royal Oak Inn (left).

The modern Old Town Street runs more or less on the path of the old one.

The church, St John the Baptist is essentially 14th century, although much of the interior has been re-modelled.

The Frome valley, dotted with mills and and with the Thames and Severn Canal running through it, has long been a centre of industry. Chalford itself stands on the steep north bank.

There was once a railway running down the middle of this street and around the corner at the end. It went to Westward Ho! and Appledore, and ran for sixteen years, closing in March 1917.

Cosby brook runs through the centre of this pleasant village, which is a doorstep to the city; the village was the first in the county to have a conservation area.