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Just off the main road to Bridport is Symondsbury, a community of architectural gems, often missed by the modern motorist speeding between Lyme Regis and Bridport.

The Pavilion remains today an important venue for plays and concerts, surrounded by lovely gardens and with the beach and sea just across the road.

It all looks very quiet along Rye Ground Lane, quiet enough for a group of locals to stand chatting in the middle of the road.

This road leads out of the village towards Carperby. Here we see North's House (centre), and Polly Miller's (left) - both named after fondly remembered former

Just on the outskirts of Saltash, these cows are being herded across the old main road to Liskeard, a scene difficult to imagine with today's heavy traffic.

When this view was taken, Manchester Road was a much more important shopping street than it is today.

Up to the southern border of Royston, the A10 follows the route of the Roman Ermine Street, but close to the market Ermine Street becomes the Old North Road (which was the A14 and is now the A1198) taking

Hayling is linked to the mainland by a concrete road bridge that opened in 1956, replacing the wooden toll bridge.

Hinderwell is viewed here from the coast road, with the sea just visible

The shop and garage stand on what is now a busy main road.

An electric tramcar trundles along Stamford New Road. At its height the tramway systems serving Manchester and the surrounding area operated over 300 route miles.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Thirsk was one of the posting stations serving the Great North Road; The Fleece was the main coaching inn.

But now, with increasing recognition that cars and pedestrians do not mix, the road sports a pedestrian crossing.

Much of the building work along Foreshore Road that created the holiday resort is now completed.

Christ Church in Thorne Road was opened in 1829. Designed by William Hurst, it is noted for its Belgian glass and a steeple that features an octagonal lantern.

Entering the town from Kelly Bray and the north, the road climbs towards the early 15th-century St Mary's church. Note the cobbled pavement on the right.

This was the main road through the village, before the advent of by-passes; we are looking back in the direction of Blackwater. This was the A327.

As the main road from Norwich to London, it was a popular stopping off point for travellers in need of refreshment.

Other notable changes in town before the Second World War were the straightening of Marlow Hill in 1936, which involved demolishing buildings on the left side of the road south of St Mary's Street

The Verneys of Claydon House in Middle Claydon, now a National Trust house, bought Steeple Claydon in 1705 from the Chaloner family, who are commemorated in the village road, Chaloners Hill.

By the late 1950s it had become overwhelmed, and Newark Road, known as the bypass, was constructed on the east side of the village.

Newark grew up where the Roman road from Axminster to Lincoln met the medieval Great North Road's predecessor and crossed the River Trent.

Redhill grew from nothing after the building of the London to Brighton road in 1807 and the railway in 1841.

Certainly there would have been confusion between the original title and the burgeoning Dunstable Road just visible in the photograph beyond Christ Church at the top of the hill.