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The new W H Smith building, near left, had replaced the bank since 1926.

The statue of Thomas Gainsborough, the artist, was erected in front of the tower in 1913. On the left is the Bank of 1903, with columns between the windows and circular fanlights.

The attractive Halfpenny Bridge is so named because of the charge to cross it.

Just off the Fosse Way, this village, once the site of a Roman settlement, clusters around the banks of the wide, shallow Windrush, which is crossed by a number of simple footbridges, some

John Sell Cotman, who founded the Norwich School of artists with Crome, was born in this riverside village in 1782.

This is very much an archive photograph, for only the bank on the left survives from 1890: Queen Victoria's statue, commemorating her Golden Jubilee of 1887, was moved to the abbey park in 1946, while

The ferry has long gone, but this view from the Oxfordshire bank looking north-east captures the river's character well. To the right is the ferry slipway behind the St George and Dragon pub.

Established by the Romans on the banks of the river Avon, it was known to them as Aquae Sulis; the Roman bath-house is now open to visitors. The river here passes over a weir.

Bakewell Bridge has coped with ever-increasing traffic for six centuries, and remains one of the finest 14th-century town bridges in the country.

This fine village could support its own bank (the white-painted building in the centre) in 1960. Today it is a private house.

The bank at the left has become the District Bank, and the building also houses the Inland Revenue.

Holdenhurst has retained its rural setting near the banks of the River Stour, despite the sprawl of Bournemouth across its more distant meadows.

St Mary's Church at Kempsey lies close to the banks of the River Severn, a few miles south of Worcester. Much of this interesting cross church dates back to the 13th century.

Here the Rivers Mole and Ember join and enter the Thames. Nearby is Molesey Lock.

In 1878 an indoor market hall was built, to the right of this photograph. The two buildings which dominate this view are of very different dates.

The banks of the original Iron Age fort can still be seen in this photograph. The Normans built a cathedral within it which was abandoned in the 13th century.

The River 1903 Amid a grove of tall poplars on the banks of the River Stort are the weather- boarded malting mills, which helped to lay the foundation of the town's prosperity following the passing

All is bustle as the boats are got ready for the day's activity. In the foreground a man rows his dinghy, and on the bank another prepares to board his boat, assisted by another man steadying it.

Some of the older buildings of the village present a pretty and tranquil picture below the wooded hillsides, although in 1955 the road through the middle of Staveley still carried all the traffic to and

Cattle seek the summer shade and the cool waters of the Bourne at this ancient farm.

Once referred to as 'the largest village in England', Wilmslow also became an industrial centre in the 18th century.

The 'Widgeon' is drawn up alongside the mill offloading its cargo.

Downstream, past Weybridge, the Desborough Cut of 1935 by-passes a winding loop, to reach Walton-on-Thames.

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.