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The Grand Union Canal (more properly called the Grand Junction) was intended to be the central artery of a web of smaller canals linking London with Birmingham, the Potteries and the East Midlands.

The seaside end of the Isle of Purbeck branch railway arrived in Swanage from Wareham in 1885.

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

The charming village of Penshurst lies in a valley at the junction of the River Eden and the Medway; it is renowned for the stately mansion of Penshurst Place, the home of the Sidney family since the

This now lost view looks from Market Street towards Silver Street: the timber-framed building on the left has been replaced by a 1970s building.

A mile or so north of Ampthill, we divert right to visit the ruins of Houghton House.

This illustrious and sublime town is on the east bank of the River Ouse, two miles from the Wash.

Barrow-in-Furness sprang from a tiny hamlet in the 19th century to become the world's largest producer of iron and steel, and a major force in the world of shipbuilding.

Formerly the Kingston Arms coaching inn, the Clinton Arms has connections with Lord Byron, who stayed here whilst his first book of poems, 'Fugitive Pieces', was being printed at the local firm of S &

The newly-built villas of Bowness-on-Windermere spread out towards the viewpoint of Biskey How in this view of the lake, looking towards the wooded island of Belle Isle, with the Claife Heights beyond

The newly-built villas of Bowness-on-Windermere spread out towards the viewpoint of Biskey How in this view of the lake, looking towards the wooded island of Belle Isle, with the Claife Heights beyond.

An open-topped bus trundles along the Ewell Road towards the crossroads of the village, passing the petrol pump of the small garage near the entrance to Park Lane, and with the trees on the edge of Nonsuch

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.

The cathedral library was started in 1624 when Dean Higgin bequeathed his collection of books to the Chapter.

Its quays were once the heart of Belfast the port, and there is no doubt that the remains of Chichester Quay on the right and Hanover Quay on the left will be found below the cobblestones.

A pair of ladies in fashionable Edwardian costume stroll along the raised pavement of Rowcroft on their way to the shops of King Street. A little ahead of them is a gas lamp standard.

A couple of old villagers pass the time of day with a youngster in the West Cumbrian village of Gosforth.

A closer view of the group in the previous photograph reveals them relaxing on the slipway.

Fontmell Magna's church has a sad memorial to a victim of one of the greatest tragedies of the last century.

Hugh Lupus, the first of the Norman earls of Chester, is said to have ordered the construction of a weir so that the mills would have a regular source of water power.

With the council's eventual acquisition of the pier in 1924 their financial commitment to it and to the development of the Esplanade would be huge, and spread over decades of work.

After the dissolution of Fountains Abbey, the land was eventually purchased by John Aislaby. He landscaped the fields and created the two lakes and the formal water gardens.

Between 1873 and 1879 a new Church was built to serve the parish of Heene.

HAVING traced the big changes that led to today's modern town of 165,000 with its own suburbs and rush hour to match, it is now time to look towards tomorrow.