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Perhaps his greatest innings at the Oval was against Australia in 1926, when he made a century to help bring back the Ashes to England.

The route then heads east back to the Mendips to visit another celebrated tourist attraction, Wookey Hole.

It moved here to these new buildings on Derby Road (now called Back Lane) in 1859, having outgrown the original premises.

The Black Lion was rebuilt in c1840, but stands on the site of an earlier inn of the same name, which can be traced back to c1660.

Today it is a restaurant, and stands to the north of the 1960s flyover across the A272, which leads back to Haywards Heath.

The oldest surviving houses date back to the 17th century.

This aerial shot shows the High Street; it is a wonderful illustration of a common style of urban development, with narrow medieval burgage plots running back at right angles from the road.

By 1931 Stourbridge housewives were paying close on 9d a pound.The price of a dozen eggs had risen from 1s 3d in 1914 to a massive 4s 6d by 1920, but had fallen back to 1s 6d.

This aerial shot shows the High Street; it is a wonderful illustration of a common style of urban development, with narrow medieval burgage plots running back at right angles from the road.

A cumbersome sit-up-and-beg bicycle with panniers on the back has been left leaning against one of the stone pillars around the small front garden of the house whose windows have been thrown open to the

This monastery lies west of the church, along what is in effect a back lane; its main building, here seen from the north-east with the lane on its left, is of the 1850s and built in a suitably

By 1931 Stourbridge housewives were paying close on 9d a pound.The price of a dozen eggs had risen from 1s 3d in 1914 to a massive 4s 6d by 1920, but had fallen back to 1s 6d.

By 1931 Stourbridge housewives were paying close on 9d a pound.The price of a dozen eggs had risen from 1s 3d in 1914 to a massive 4s 6d by 1920, but had fallen back to 1s 6d.

Perhaps his greatest innings at the Oval was against Australia in 1926, when he made a century to help bring back the Ashes to England.

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

The members of St Michael's Sparrow Club were farmers backed by the Rural District Council; they made war on sparrows for damaging crops and building nests in thatch.

Its establishment dates back to the foundation of the great seminary at Douai in France, which was founded in 1568 to supply Catholic missionaries to England during a period of Catholic repression

Back at ground level we see the buildings that grew up around the station in the 1880s and 1890s, including Horley and Sons, corn and coal merchants, Vevers and Sons, plumbers and decorators

The tall three- storey building remains, now an Oxfam shop, while all beyond the towering Baptist Church on the left has since been demolished and is now the entrance to the car parks formed between

The council moved out in 1983, and the building was brought back to its original state and re-opened in 1984. Pippbrook House is not to be missed.

Further north, at the A245 Parvis Road junction, the photographer looks back down High Road with Lloyds TSB on the left and the Dutch-gabled fire station of 1885 on the right, complete with its siren

Back in 1910, the locals knew that the cattle fair brought prosperity and variety to an industrial landscape. Dealers came from miles around, and welcomed the chance to converse in the nearby inns.

Friars Fleet winds along the back of the town and joins the Ouse close by the quay. King's Lynn flourished into one of richest ports in the land in medieval times.

To the left of the Market Hall is the back of the former Court House.