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The classical-style building on the left is the Midland Bank, claimed by many to be one of the town's finest build- ings.

This charming woodland parish without a village covers parts of the banks of the River Severn. The great house belonged originally to the de Ribbesfords.

The Boat Inn, as its name suggests, sits right on the bank of the River Wye. Perhaps its name implies that there was once a ferry crossing here long ago.

Close to the banks of the Wye above the town, Holme Hall was built in the 17th century as a private residence, a function it performs to this day.

This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.They were held on Midlent Thursday, Holy Thursday, 5

The steep slopes of The Bank provide a grandstand view of Baildon, a typical Pennine town standing on the edge of Baildon Moor, famous for its enigmatic prehistoric 'cup and ring'-marked stones.

This flight of 122 steps leads up to the parish church dedicated to St Chad.

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch and

All is peace and quiet on the banks of the Severn. In Worcestershire the number of people working on the land in 1861 was 16,679. By 1931 this had fallen by 46% to just 8,970.

As the canal was never needed as a defence, it became a haven for wildlife.

This is a corner of the village green at Hampsthwaite, five miles from Harrogate on the banks of the River Nidd.

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

The Mill 1901 Now absorbed into the expanding suburbs of Ashford to the south, this small village once boasted its own imposing windmill on the banks of the Great Stour.

This village lies just to the north of Market Weighton. Up the bank on the right is the parish church, and the road also leads to the Old Hall.

It is market day, and a breezy one by the look of it, with flowery dresses much in evidence. A policeman is directing the traffic.

Worcester has always had a very close relationship with the River Severn, from early times when the first community grew up around an ancient ford.

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.

Bursledon is divided into two distinct halves - the new and the old. The older part is naturally more interesting, with its quaint old buildings clinging to the banks of the Hamble.

Cinema in 1960 was still a popular form of entertainment, though television and the opportunities opened up by private car ownership were both beginning to make inroads.

Fairford was the birthplace of the 19th-century Christian reformer and hymn-writer John Keble, who would often walk along the banks of the River Coln seeking inspiration for his verse.

This scenic stretch of the Thames, overlooked by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as grandstands

Notice the river boat, or trow, moored to the bank. At one time the River Severn was one of the busiest in Europe, and trade along it was dependent on these boats.

Clacton-on-Sea was founded as a seaside resort in 1871—the year that the Bank Holiday Act was passed.This view shows the ever popular bandstand and the pier, built in 1873 and lengthened in the