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East Mill stood on the north side of East Road and was powered by the River Asker.

Until the construction of its bypass, most motorists sped through Charmouth on the busy road between Lyme Regis and Bridport, scarcely noticing this charming old village where Charles II hid after the

If the High Street represents remarkable survival, London Road does not. The fine Italianate stucco building of about 1850 on the right survives, and is now Lloyds Bank.

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

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.

This view looks towards Back Road West. (St Ives' streets were often named with commendable simplicity).

The 1898 view shows the earlier type of blinds used by the shops to protect their goods: the awning is supported on wooden posts driven into the road surface.

Westover Road, with its clean-cut and dramatic lines, runs from the direction of the sea to the square; it is still an important shopping street.

It took a number of years to carry out the process of dividing up the land, laying out roads, digging drains, planting thorn hedges, improving the land, and harvesting the crops from more and more

In later years the town became heavily congested with traffic when the Bath Road ran through here.

In the foreground, the road curves to the left round Trinity College. A horse-tram is heading into the city.

The market gardens in the centre are now the Wylie Road housing development. Christ Church was built in 1830-31, high above the town on Sambourne Hill.

Before the A34 ring road, through traffic passed along Northbrook Street - hard to imagine now!

The opposite side of the road from A19709 (above) shows the new frontage of Altham's, now very much a travel firm; the tea sales are a distant memory, although the shop still occupies

For casualties, the Pitsea Health Centre was held at Pitsea School, and was one of just three for Basildon residents of the 1950s; the others were in Craylands, Timberlog Lane, and Florence Road, Laindon

Splendid Georgian buildings line the road. On the right is Agricultural Hall, built in 1882, in more recent years used as the city's main post office, and now as the headquarters of Anglia Television.

This photograph shows Kings Road at the point where it meets Cemetery Junction, to the east of the town.

This aerial view of the Town Centre shows the wide roads threading through the landscape wedges. St Paul's Church was designed to contrast with the building styles of the large buildings around it.

Note the unmetalled surface of the road. The old timbered cottages are now demolished.

The road through the Gap of Dunloe is probably the best-known attraction of Killarney, and starts from the old alehouse, once kept by the infamous Kate Kearney and now named after her.

The road has been widened substantially since this communal water supply was in regular use.

When it was across the road, horses had to drag the boat out to meet the tide.

The banks beside the road show how it has eroded with use over hundreds of years; because of this the houses and small cottages on Church Street have steps down to the pavement.

This view shows the substantial Victorian houses lining Peperharow Road. Note the water tower on the skyline, centre.