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This last view of St Mary's Church gives a clearer impression of the relatively unrestored tower stonework.

The priory was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1537 and the church was demolished, but much of the priory was incorporated in the Tudor mansion we see in this view from near the gatehouse.

The horse is still the only means of propulsion, but changes are afoot. The old house to the left of photograph 49616 has been replaced by a car garage.

Whether arriving from the harbour or the Glenarm Road, this was the first view of the aptly named Main Street.

Opened throughout in 1772, the Staffs & Worcestershire Canal was designed by James Brindley as part of a scheme to allow traffic to operate between the Thames, Trent, Severn and Mersey.

The Village 1940 Beyond Williton, our route follows the western edge of the Quantock Hills back towards Taunton.

These ruined windows and arches are the remains of the cloisters. Situated in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes Abbey was founded in 1246.

At the western apex of Muster Green is the war memorial, a 7.5 ton Cornish granite slab, which was unveiled in 1921 (the same year as the church clock) - both ceremonies were performed by

In 1965, according to a sign in the window of Price's electrical shop in the centre of the village, it was possible to rent a television at a cost of eight shillings a week.

Contagious Diseases Acts were passed to deal with all manner of problems arising from people living in highly populated areas like Luton.

In 1300 Guy de Bello Campo, Earl of Warwick, obtained a charter so that a market could be held on each Tuesday and for an annual fair to be held on the eve of Holy Trinity (5 June, according to

Some of the soldiers who were killed in the furious battle of 1644 are buried in the village churchyard.

This graceful ornamental fountain was erected in 1875 at the southern end of Park Lane at the junction with Hamilton Place.

Gilsland Wall is in fact part of Hadrian's Wall. This was constructed as the northern frontier between Scotland and Britain and remained so for some two hundred years.

Here we see a pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town. The wooden stumps (bottom left) are known as strapping posts, and were used to tie up boats.

Villagers wait with their baskets for the boats to come in with their catches of herring.

In many villages in Kent are the great gardens and oast-houses devoted to the growing and processing of the hop, which gives beer its taste.

Here in the Market Place a number of local people and tradesmen are curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street.

This view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.

John Sell Cotman, who founded the Norwich School of artists with Crome, was born in this riverside village in 1782.

Godshill is one of the most photographed villages in England, with a wealth of fine thatched cottages.

The museum contains a collection of cutlery dating from the 16th century and the world's finest collection of Sheffield plate.

Once largely occupied by stoneworkers from the nearby stone quarries, this village stretches along the highway for a considerable distance, hence its name, a corruption of 'Longtown'.

Outside Chester stands Eaton Hall, seat of the Duke of Westminster. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse in grand Victorian Gothic, the hall and estate even had its own railway.