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Nine miles from York on the road to Leeds, Tadcaster was once the Roman outpost of Calcaria.

Of the shops on the right, the Midland Bank is now, of course, HSBC.

This area has changed quite a lot, and has adapted to the extra traffic that has occurred during the past fifty years.

The 'Widgeon' is drawn up alongside the mill offloading its cargo.

Standing on the east bank of the Thames, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome

Standing on the east bank of the Thames, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome

Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.

The architect of this building was William Waddington who designed quite a number of distinguished local buildings. This part of the building, which housed the offices, has an impressive entrance.

On the left, the new chalet bungalow is for sale.

The red brick building is Lloyd's Bank, dated 1879.

Like Neston, Parkgate saw increasing trade as a port once the River Dee around Chester began to silt up.

Woolworth's (right) have occupied this shop since the 1950s. The shop used to be occupied by Rowland's, an ironmonger's, cabinetmaker's and furniture warehouse.

The enduring attraction of the River Thames to both Victorians and Edwardians is apparent on this broad bend, where the strolling figures on the tree-lined towpath are counter-pointed by those taking their

Here we see workers arriving by boat at one of the ship-building yards that once dotted the eastern banks; these included the great Millwall Yards, which launched among others Brunel's 'Great Eastern'

This was in the early phase of its transformation, mainly by the medium of brick.

Fritton Lake, like the Broads, originated as a series of peat pits in the medieval period. It was later used as a duck decoy. The ducks were drawn into the decoy by the decoy man's dog.

We are keeping to the Kent bank of the Thames Estuary as the river reaches Gravesend, beyond the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford.

The Great Ouse has always been of importance to Bedford's economy and pleasure, and successive administrations have successfully managed the environs of the river to keep them as an amenity for the benefit

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.

This area has changed quite a lot, and has adapted to the extra traffic that has occurred during the past fifty years.

The Jubilee Clock at the junction of Victoria Street and Loch Promenade was presented to the people of Douglas by George Dumbell in 1887.

One of the three main rivers which drain the Broads, the Bure is typically slow-flowing; a large number of cruising boats from Collins & Son (in the background) confine their cruising to the River Bure

Note the first-floor bay window on the right.

His great-uncle, Alfred Harmsworth, founded the Daily Mail in 1896, and the family lived at the house which was to become the private Benenden School.