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But it is curious to note that every car captured here - Ford, Vauxhall, Morris, Austin, Riley, Wolseley - was made in Britain. Such a scene would be a great rarity today.

This charming photograph shows two lads and a girl pulling a handcart carrying metal milk churns over the ford across the beck in Redmire, a village situated in mid Wensleydale.

Here, the Weir Hotel is offering 'Luncheons—Hovis' to the drivers of passing Fords, Austins and Jowett Javelins.

The name 'Clatford' means 'ford where burdock grew.' The Crook and Shears on the left is still trading, but the shop and coal yard on either side of it have closed.

Those keen on classic cars might be interested to note that, left to right we can see a Morris Minor, a Morris Oxford, an Austin Cambridge, a Ford Consul and a Jaguar Mark VIII.

The ford is still in use, as is the narrow, much repaired and altered 13th-century stone bridge.

One of these burhs was at Totnes, built on a high spur overlooking the ford on the Dart. The castle keep, 70ft in diameter, was built in the 12th century.

We can see an interesting selection of cars, including a Hillman Minx, a Vauxhall Estate and a Ford Cortina on the right.

A future awaits, but the closest sign here of modern styling is in the faired-in headlights of the Ford Prefect parked just behind the passing cyclist - a stately soul, basket ready for

An old packhorse bridge and ford span the tranquil Kensey river, making it the perfect spot for peaceful contemplation. A grey horse cools its feet in the stream, which is still as a mill pool.

Triumph Heralds and Ford Consuls were the cars of the day.

Carey & Lambert's Austin garage (centre right) has long since gone, as has the Chandler's Ford School seen in the distant centre of the photograph.

Widford ('Willow Ford') was finally swallowed by Chelmsford in 1935. St Mary's Church had been totally rebuilt in the 19th century.

Adjacent to the former King's Mill, the lane leads via the Green to the ford of the River Whitewater. From there a footpath leads to Odiham Castle.

This long-gone railway (1903 - February 1955) and its demolished viaduct, played an important part in the preparations for D Day, bringing material and troops to their embarkation

The motor car is well provided for in this picture, which looks down the High Street to the Abbey gateway. On the right are the Ford Service Depot and Pratt's Petrol.

Beyond the hump-backed 15th-century bridge over the River Darent, and the adjoining ford, is a picturesque Tudor house and a line of cottages looking out onto the grassy banks.

The bridge, built in 1244 on the site of the ford from which the town takes its name, would still have been carrying a lot of horse traffic in 1907.

The wash itself—near Laindonponds—was where a tributary of the Crouch forded the road.

It comes off Hursley Road, and descends to a stream crossed by a ford where the water might be so deep that food suppliers could not get across.

This is a scene that might have been familiar to Worcestershire's earliest residents, for Wyre Piddle's church was built on the site of a prehistoric burial ground.

The cars are an MG Magnette, a Riley Kestrel and a Ford Anglia.

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

This view of Allerford's much photographed 15th-century packhorse bridge and ford looks much the same today. The guesthouse to the right now has a public bar.