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Re-crossing the Trent at Gunthorpe, the route turns back towards Nottingham along the busy A612 to Burton Joyce, where the river sweeps close to the road.

On the left is the covered entrance to the Playhouse.

This water-mill, powered by a hidden undershot wheel, stands on the bank of the river Bure, and is built of entirely of wood. There are two large millstones leaning on the small annexe.

This summer recreation corner on the banks of the Wharfe lay below the present Collingham Wood House on the Wetherby road.

There was a time when Barnard Castle was one of a number of prosperous towns in the Palatinate; the others were Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton, Sedgefield, Staindrop and Wolsingham.

The view from Kingston Lacy House shows the wooded Badbury Rings on the horizon.

This village stands on the south-west edge of the Isle of Ely. In the 17th century the fens around Sutton were drained by farmers, with the help of wind pumps.

Another view of the Parade, showing Lowmans, baker; Lloyds Bank; Jenkins, newsagent and tobacconist; National Provincial Bank; Dews, children's clothing; and an estate agent.

The Working Mens' Club is receiving a lick of paint. The Working Men's Club is now at The Lodge, Welton Road, just out of sight to the left down Abbey Street.

The town of Winsford did not exist until the Weaver River was canalised in 1731 - this was needed to link the local salt fields with the Mersey River.

This 13th-century castle, home of the Comyn family, is built in the form of a square, with round towers at the corners.

The name derives from bos, Latin for ox, and ton, Anglo-Saxon for township. A Roman villa was here from AD200.

Lying peacefully on the banks of the Ure, the land was given to the monks by Conan, son of Alan the Red, who built Richmond Castle.

In the 1870s a Dr Prince persuaded Lord Abergavenny, the landowner, to develop this area, bordering the Ashdown Forest and set at a healthy 800 ft above sea level, as a health resort.

In the 19th century, banks often built very imposing buildings to reflect their status in everyday life.

This view, looking west from the present Caversham Bridge past the Reading Rowing Club behind the coach, shows well the flat south bank in contrast to the steep and heavily treed Caversham bank.

This view of King Street looks east towards the grand Portland stone bank at its end.

This splendid branch railway ran from Ulverston to Newby Bridge and Lakeside at the foot of Windermere.

The architecture of the High Street reflects the wealth that a depressed town gained from its booming boot and shoe industry in later Victorian times.

Cobham is architecturally not the equal of the similarly named Chobham.

Here Frith's photographer was looking from the east end of Scott's 1864 bridge towards the ridge descending to the flatter land of Burcott and Berinsfield; the east part of the village

This wonderful atmospheric view looks through Stonebow into the continuation of High Street which follows the line of the Roman road to London, later known as Ermine Street.

The Lifeboat Station c1960 For years it was believed that Bamburgh in Northumberland was the world's first lifeboat station when a converted coble was placed there in 1786.

Woking should not be confused with Old Woking a mile south on the banks of the River Wey, a battered remnant of a medieval market town.