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Designed by the famous Pugin family of architects, its ornate interior added in the 1880s has found favour with architectural historians. The church was completed in 1906 by the addition of a tower.

The clothing is particularly interesting: some remnants of Victoriana are counterpointed by the somewhat rakish outfit sported by the chap on the right.

Another moment in the square caught by the camera. This appears to be lunchtime judging by the number of peo- ple taking their ease.

In the centre, partially hidden by trees, is the Northumberland Hall, built in 1826 by the third Duke to provide the town with an assembly rooms.

It was crammed with medieval buildings and spanned by the cathedral lych (or lich) gate, but had fallen into decline by the early years of the 20th century.

In the Stourport basin, in dry dock by the big wharf, boats can be refurbished; the basin, reached by the canal through locks, was built to accommodate and service longboats with a full

Cliff House was built in the mid 19th century by the Pease family, who owned the nearby Upleatham Ironstone Mines. It was sold to the Holiday Fellowship organisation before the Second World War.

Bridge House and the bridge over the Stour are now owned by the National Trust.

In 1633 it was sold by the King's Commissioners and passed through a number of hands; it was bought by the banker and financier William Russell in 1796.

Porthleven's first lifeboat, in 1863, was the 'Agar Robartes', which was replaced in 1882 by the 'Charles Henry White'.

Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.

A short distance downstream from Fell Foot, a young boy watches for fish in the shallow, reed-grown water by the shore, apparently in charge of a large rowing boat.

Greasbrough was once described as a pleasant village 'situated on a delightful eminence'; by the early 19th century it was a farming and mining community of over 1,000.The skyline is dominated by the

If only as an important viewpoint, the site was bound to have been used by the Romans and Saxons.

In the distance is the hill of Brentor, topped by the 12th-century church of St Michael de Rupe, which was restored by the Duke of Bedford in the 19th century.

We can assume that it is winter by the look of the tree. A lady waits for her husband beside their car. Has he leaned an item of furniture against the telephone box?

A pair of Horsfield's craft are carrying coal, the once horse-drawn butty (the 'Marjorie') towed by the motorised narrow boat.

A pair of Horsfield's craft are carrying coal, the once horse-drawn butty (the 'Marjorie') towed by the motorised narrow boat.

This is not a natural rock formation, but one carved out deliberately by the quarrymen extracting building stone, used for the construction of Cheltenham, from this precipitous cliff face.

This spectacular swell, stirred up by the prevailing south-westerly winds, demonstrates not only the need for the massive solidity of these stone and wooden jetties against the power of the sea, but

Here, as we look downstream by the former ferry and towpath, working barges mingle with leisure rowing boats for hire.

Built in the Irish style, the round tower dates from the 10th or 11th centuries, and would have been used by the monks as a place of refuge during raids by pirates or Vikings.

Shops and a post office overlook the junction in the centre of the village by the railway station. Just along Station Road, on the left by the chemist is the Marine Café.

Almost ruinous when acquired by the National Trust as its first building in 1896, the clergy house was carefully restored.