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The Red Lion Hotel in the charming village of Armathwaite occupies a beautiful position at the foot of a tree-clad bank above the River Eden.

With fewer people about on a less sunny day, the three tiers of the sea front are clearer to see, with the road and pavement to the left separated from the wide Promenade below by trim hedges.

In the middle-distance are Wivenhoe's oyster- sheds: they were built on stilts so that the tide could feed the oysters in their beds underneath.

MOAT BANK c1960. Longdon's church, seen here behind the trees, has a tower and spire dating from the 14th century.

On the left is the District Bank. Next door is Hodgson, fruiterer and florist. By the Farmers Arms is G H Mackereth, seedsmen, also selling manure.

Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo, 'Newton and Noss' to all locals, line the opposite banks of the Yealm estuary.

Warston Pictures proudly presents 'My Six Convicts' at its Cameo Cinema on the corner of Springfield Street, opposite Bank House (right.)

The first shop on the right is Boots at No 10. Next door is Woolworths, and next but one is Westminster Bank at No 4. These three businesses are still in Petersfield at the same addresses.

The entrance to Barclays Bank is seen to the right of the picture. The High Street leads to the North Gate of the cathedral.

This photograph shows the centre of the busy High Street, with the road to Bexley and London ahead and the turning to Crayford visible on the right.

As a result of the expansion of the town since 1959 due to London overspill, much of the center was redeveloped.

The Shambles connects Market Street with Silver Street. It was the site of the medieval market, and 'shambles' was the common name associated with meat trading.

The entrance to Barclays Bank is seen to the right of the picture.The High Street leads to the North Gate of the cathedral.

The heavily- laden 'Glasgow' (the barge on the left) has to wait, while the ship alongside the landing place is unloaded via a horse and cart driven into the water.

Downstream from the town, the photographer looks back to the Richmond Half-Tide Weir and Footbridge. There are boat rollers by the Isleworth bank on the right, and Richmond Lock is on the left.

On the west bank of the Taw, this view shows the old road (left), and new one (right). The houses to the right are Ladysmith Villas, named after the second Boer War siege (1900). They still stand.

In the 1920s, the owner of a chain of grocery stores had two carved cats placed on the upper front of his shop - they were supposed to frighten the rats away from the river bank.

The Thames, or Isis, plays an important role in Oxford university life.

The house has now gone, and the bridge has been replaced by another. This photograph was taken in Lower Monk Street near the weir in Swan Meadows.

Our last view shows Dorney Reach with the Berkshire bank on the left.

The house has now gone, and the bridge has been replaced by another. This photograph was taken in Lower Monk Street near the weir in Swan Meadows.

The headquarters of Somerset County Cricket Club, founded in 1875, lie on the south bank of the River Tone; although the grandstands are much changed, the arched one still in essence survives.

Bridge End is on the south bank of the Avon, where all the roads from the south previously met to cross into Warwick.

Five centuries ago, St Peter's Church and elm trees occupied what is now The Square.