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In this idyllic scene much loved by artists and photographers, the River Usk wends its way through wooded banks away from Abergavenny and flows on to join the Severn beyond Newport.

In this idyllic scene much loved by artists and photographers, the River Usk wends its way through wooded banks away from Abergavenny and flows on to join the Severn beyond Newport.

This old woman is 'scratting' (scratching) the sands for the dark-coloured Devon cockles.

Hest Bank was the seaward side of the village, right at the southern side of the mouth of the River Kent.

Looking back to Aird Snout, the hexagonal structure of the Giant's Causeway can be clearly seen.

A ferry crosses the Exe from here to the village of Starcross on the opposite bank.

The tiny settlement of Bantham, with its passenger ferry and boat-houses, clings to the eastern bank of the Avon where the river makes one last sweeping curve before meeting the sea.

When this photograph was taken, the richly pargetted Ancient House, which dates back to medieval times, was occupied by Fred Pawsey, selling books and stationery.

St Michael's has a south aisle dating back to the early 14th century, its windows with Y and intersecting tracery, but the brick tower with clasping buttresses is 1737.

The far, tall building marks Bridge Street, the spot where the first bridge upstream was located.

The parish church dates back to the 14th century, with 16th-century additions from when the simple old building was enlarged.

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 photograph was taken back in the days when an open space in a town did not have to be completely covered by cars!

Here we see the well-treed street looking more mature; the photographer is looking south back towards the town centre.

During the 15th century, Headcorn was a cloth-making centre which prospered with the arrival of Flemish weavers, and its single, long street has several fine buildings dating back to that time.

An obelisk 265 yards below the lock marks the boundary of the jurisdiction of the Port of London Authority and the Environment Agency.

His last battle was at Camlann, whose name means crooked bank, or glen.

The bank of the river Deben.

The photographer moved back down the road and caught the colonnade of shops, one of Hawkhurst's best known features; this is an early 19th-century shopping arcade with weatherboarded houses and cast-iron

St Vincent's Place was right in the commercial heart of the city with the National Bank, the Royal Exchange, the Stock Exchange, and the Athenaeum club all nearby.

Dittisham is one of the larger villages along the steeply wooded banks of the romantic Dart estuary.

His last battle was at Camlann, whose name means crooked bank, or glen.

Time stands still on a summer's afternoon, with houses going back four hundred years placed all around the square.

This was the main road through the village, before the advent of by-passes; we are looking back in the direction of Blackwater.