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This fine old 17th- century farmhouse, built in a mixture of materials, stone, brick, tile-hanging and long straw thatch, is typical of the area around Marlborough.

An excellent view of the Old Bridge with the castle in the background.

The grave of Field Marshal Montgomery, who died in 1976, is in the churchyard, and his banner hangs in the nave of the church.

We are looking in the opposite direction from No U3011.

Once this was the part of the street with clothing shops; it is now the part of town with the banks, building societies and estate agents.

Here the wording on the banner has been changed to 'Ye Olde Starre Inne'.

They robbed farmers, and marched to Ely in protest. On their return they were cornered in the George Inn. They were tried at Ely: many were transported to Australia, and five were publicly hanged.

The ferry is pulled by a chain across the Ouse; at this time villagers used the ferry to go to work in Over or to cycle to Cambridge.

The church interior is shown here just a few years after it had been built, looking towards the east window.

Further up Church Street, these late Victorian terraces of cottages, numbers 12 to 20, adopted the Sussex vernacular style with tile-hung upper floors, bay windows, dormers and tiled roofs.

Houghton is a hamlet with a long stone bridge across the tidal River Arun.The inn is a 13th-century timber-framed brick and flint building.

A small group (centre left), seeking the shade of mature trees in the hot summer of 1921, faces the photographer.

A retired steelman looks across the industrial landscape of Stocksbridge, the steel-making town in the valley of the River Don between Sheffield and Penistone, on the edge of the Pennine moors.

The most conspicuous feature here is the 15th-century font cover (right). The pulpit, with its sounding-board and slender oak stem (centre right), dates from the 1680s.

This photograph was taken around lunchtime, and parked cars are beginning to congest the scene.

The building on the left was Mr Lemon the vet's, and has a horse's tail hanging at the far end. To the right with the bay window is the sweet shop run by the King family until the 1980s.

Numerous buildings, including the church, the Royal Oak dining rooms, the Union Hotel and the Alexandra Hotel, indicate the importance of Ramsey harbour as the second largest in the Isle of Man.

The hotel at Buttermere, formerly known as the Fish Hotel, was the scene in 1802 of a great scandal: the landlord's daughter, Mary Robinson or 'the Maid of Buttermere', was seduced and bigamously married

A police officer keeps a close eye on traffic at the foot of Preston Street, with the International Stores displaying its selection of groceries in its corner window, and the printers and stationer's shop

On 23 January 1570, Regent Moray was shot as he rode through Linlithgow. The assassin hid in a house belonging to John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews.

Like many other shopping streets in Salisbury, Fisherton Street has changed very little over the last fifty years, in spite of most of the shops themselves moving or closing down and being replaced

Seen here from the other side is the thatched Ferry Boat inn.

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's.

The buildings on the left of picture No 40722 have now been replaced by a new Swan Tap, and the Swan is advertising its garage.