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Barnoldswick grew once the Leeds-Liverpool canal arrived around 1812. The local textile industry blossomed, and people moved into the village from the surrounding areas to work in the new mills.

It is now a one-way street - the far end was demolished for the inner relief road. Ye Olde Harrow Inn back entrance has a bacon shop on the left.

We return up London Road to the Wheat Sheaf and turn right into New Street, formerly called Lichfield Street, which takes us back to the Market Place.

Twice a year, in April and September, people come from all over to watch the Severn Bore, a wave varying in size from nothing more than a ripple to a wall of water several feet high.

Carriages await the call to duty in the old Market Place; it was here that B Goodall & Co, bus and carriage proprietors, had their office, though we do not know if the vehicles seen here all belonged to

This picturesque small lake, often complete with ducks, sits at the northern end of a common in a large village.

Next to an 18th century house of some interest, the post office, along with the pub, was the focal point of village life.

A double-decker open-topped bus travels north along the A24 on its way to Dorking and its terminus at West Croydon.

In the ten years or so prior to the Great War, golf went through a boom with a large number of courses opening throughout the UK.

The following year, Hertford was back in Scotland, burning five market towns, sacking 243 villages, and laying waste to crops. Edward VI of England was destined not marry the Queen of Scots.

The Village 1923 Once back to the A39, continue east, and about a mile west of Minehead, turn left to descend into Bratton, a tucked- away village with an excellent 15th- century manor house,

In the foreground is the church primary school, parts of which date back to 1853, now much extended.

Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.

Facing us is Abbey Mill, whose origins date back eight centuries to the time when monks from the Benedictine monastery diverted the River Avon to power the mill to grind the corn that made their daily

This is Wirral's tallest mill at 80 feet; it is constructed from materials salvaged from mills that had previously stood on the site.

Today, Penmaenmawr is a small, much-loved seaside resort overlooking Conwy Bay and backed by precipitous coastal mountains.

This well-known holiday resort, which has an excellent sandy beach, stands on the west coast of Wales at the mouth of the Mawddach estuary. Both Darwin and Ruskin enjoyed stays here.

Laleham was a tiny village when Dr Thomas Arnold, soon to be the formidable headmaster of Rugby School, came to live here in Regency times.

Barnoldswick is pronounced 'Barlick' by the locals.This is another village that has moved with boundary changes.

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

The village green complete with its old water pump is surrounded by 17th century timber-framed cottages, such as Foliots on the left, 19th century estate cottages and an old school.

The historic Wharf, in regular use in the days when the Kennet & Avon Canal was a vital waterway, was home to Newbury's buses when this photograph was taken.

These fishwives have been shrimping with nets on the sands and filling the baskets they carry on their backs.

These fishwives have been shrimping with nets on the sands and filling the baskets they carry on their backs.