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A builder balances on a plank across two ladders (centre right) to carry out a meticulous repair to the stone balls on the gate to the Manor.

Whitegate is named for an old white gate which would once have marked the entrance to the former Vale Royal Abbey.

Carperby had held a market around its tapered, seven-stepped Market Cross from the 14th century, but it fell into disuse when Askrigg market took over in 1587.

From the left are the Wesleyan chapel (1890), the old school, now empty, and the Friends' Meeting House and burial ground, dating from 1864. The market cross bears the date 1674.

Dating from 1680, the Butter Cross, now a listed building, provides the focal point for the busy Friday market, now with new metal railings and seating.

The centre of the village, with its attractive houses round the green, is marked by a market cross reminding us that Henry III had granted a license to Thomas de Greystoke for a weekly market and fair

St Martin's cross is the best and most famous of the freestanding high Celtic crosses that survive on Iona. It dates from the 8th century.

Entering the village from Clitheroe, the road dips to cross Heys Brook. Beyond Martin's Bank and the shops is the Black Bull Inn, which carries a date stone of 1855.

Bromborough is an ancient settlement that dates back to Saxon times when King Alfred's daughter, Ethelfleda, had a monastery built here.

Southampton's walls and defences were built from stone brought across from the Isle of Wight.

Once inside the gate, we can see the main building across the boating lake.

Once inside the gate, we can see the main building across the boating lake.

On the right of this view is the Mercat Cross, which dates from 1686. It was built at a cost of £100, paid for out of guild wine funds.

This hostelry, in Pevensey's High Street, is one of the ancient town's historic buildings standing opposite the east gate to Pevensey Castle.

The ancient - and only - river crossing for vehicles in Bakewell is illustrated here. The five-arch bridge dates from the 13th century, although it has been widened and improved down the years.

On the village green, the memorial is mounted on to the pedestal of an old cross. The church of St Cuthbert is dedicated to that saint as he is thought to have stayed in the hamlet.

The spacious market-place was established by 1130, but the present timber-framed 'cross' building dates from 1617. It replaced the original after yet another Norfolk fire gutted the town centre.

The old Turf Lock Inn stands near the lock gates where the Exeter Canal - probably the oldest in England - meets the Exe estuary.

In this later photograph, there are inevitably more cars parked around the market cross.

Here we look east through the gates and across Whitehall . The Lifeguards still mount guard here, their patience continually tested by tourists posing for photographs with them.

To the left, a kissing gate gives onto a path which now leads to the Tarka Trail.

That finished when the farm closed, but the Darbys are still around - Graham Darby is currently licensee of The Gate Hangs Well on High Park Avenue.

The outside stalls made way for flower planters and trees, and neat railings direct foot traffic to safer road crossings.

Somerton's Market or Butter Cross is dated 1673. It adjoins the Town Hall, which is also 17th-century.