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The post office and shop are at the junction with the Haverhill Road and the village green. In the distance is a very fine 17th-century farmhouse with a jettied cross-wing.

We are looking from just inside Birmingham Road up Castle Hill, with Tipton Road off to the right. On the extreme left is the Station Garage, then an Austin dealership.

In these days this was a country lane joining Trapp's Lane and the London Road.

As every school child knows, the Romans built long straight roads; Redbourn High Street is no exception, for it forms part of the Roman Watling Street.

The turnpike road through Charmouth was run by the Bridport District Trust from 1764 to 1877. For several decades in the next century it carried the A35 Folkestone to Honiton trunk road.

As the town became more industrialised, the old Dispensary (in College Street since 1828) was replaced by this fine hospital in 1872, built in Babb's Croft along the Doncaster Road.

Looking east along the road, the view encompasses the ruined church and the little tower on the small promontory above the harbour. The only traffic is a small pony and trap.

The road outside this attractive timber-framed and weatherboarded house has changed little over the years. Note the impressive chimneys, both on the side and in the centre of the building.

Pednolver Walk, or 'Lambeth Walk', leading from Westcott's Quay to Wharf Road. This view shows the narrow promenade without its railings, which were added in a later more safety-conscious age.

In Roman times a road ran west from here across the present ground of the New Forest to Ringwood.

Despite increases in population and the subsequent rise in road traffic, Herefordshire still manages to retain an aura of peacefulness and serenity, exemplified in this photograph.

Despite increases in population and the subsequent rise in road traffic, Herefordshire still manages to retain an aura of peacefulness and serenity, exemplified in this photograph.

Prince of Wales Road was cut through the town in 1862 to provide a fittingly grand route from Thorpe Station. On the right, the old Crown Bank of 1866 became the post office.

Sixty years on, Beccles has declined as a port, with goods being carried more by road. The church is unusual in that the 92 feet high tower is actually separate from the nave.

Despite increases in population and the subsequent rise in road traffic, Herefordshire still manages to retain an aura of peacefulness and serenity, exemplified in this photograph.

The road leads down to the River Ouse and Buckden Mills.

This is Kingsbury Square, with St Edith's church on the left.The road across the square is the A30.

The outbuilding on the right is now The Cat's Whiskers, a hairdresser's whose name wittily puns on the road name.

The coach road leaves the town centre over the River Welland, from where this view was taken. Many Georgian houses throughout the town remain, and its buildings are always worth a second look.

For a while the Bewleys' only local rival had been the London Road Ironworks, which was opposite a house called The Cloisters.

A view showing, on the right, the approach road into Staithes, again illustrating the picturesque nature of the buildings.

The view shows Digby Road and the Digby Hotel. This hotel was built by George Digby Wingfield Digby and it opened on Pack Monday, 11 October 1869. An Assembly Room was added in 1878.

The A6 road runs across the Common at Harpenden, under the 'Baa Lamb' trees and into the High Street.

Sited on the Haywards Road junction, the white building on the extreme right is Lloyds Bank; this building was later demolished, but Lloyds are still on the same site.