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This is one of three monuments erected on the Sykes estate; it is directly opposite Sledmere House, and was erected in 1919.

This village at the entrance to the Trough of Bowland has officially been declared the nearest village to the centre of the British Isles. A telephone box marks the spot.

Continuing south towards Worksop on the A60, the route reaches Langold, situated a mile south of Oldcotes.

With the building of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, which opened in June 1847, East Burton was on the wrong side of the tracks from Wool and its village facilities.

This traffic island at the south end of the High Street, with its random stone walling, double yellow lines, and Festival of Britain-style sign, somehow epitomises a rather unlovely village.

The basic fabric of the church can be no later than the end of the Early English period, around 1300. The elegant five-bay north and south arcades are witness to this date.

Redevelopment in the 1970s has swept away many of the buildings on the west side of Crib Street.

The whole square is the property of the Duchy of Lancaster, states a notice in the shelter in the middle of the square.

The pretty village of Kemsing, on the Pilgrims' Way, boasts St Edith's Well, which is just by the walled war memorial at this road junction.

Here we see the remains of the great triple-towered gatehouse. It is thought that Edward I's engineer-architect Master James of St George was responsible for its design.

Designed by Edward I's brilliant fortifications expert Master James of St George, Aberystwyth was one of a line of coastal fortresses built by Longshanks in order to impose his will upon the Welsh.

This is the south side of West Street, from the north-east. W Frost, bookseller and publisher of the ' Bridport News', was next door to the Sun Hotel, where the landlord was William Kingman.

Lee Lane (left) at its junction with Dorchester Road, has a stone commemorating the escape of King Charles II after being defeated at the Battle of Worcester.

This is a historic lost view of Lyme's eastern cliffs before they were entombed and extended in 1984, by sea defence works which incorporated and hid sewage disposal facilities.

This interesting house was built on the north bank of the Ure in 1459 for the Metcalfes, an influential Wensleydale family. Thomas Metcalfe was Privy Councillor to the Duchy of Lancaster.

There are connections with the Sussex iron industry, for an ironmaster once lived here.The 17th-century house Birch Grove was the home of Harold Macmillan, the former Prime Minister.

We are looking north from the roundabout, and the Catholic church is just visible in the distance at the end of James Street.

The view looks at St Mary's from the north, along a varied terrace of possibly late 18th- and 19th- century houses which are not enhanced by the long brick boundary wall.

Thomas's hardware and ironmonger's shop (left) is at a good corner site, with a large display of wares, while opposite, E R Jones is a 'home and foreign outfitter'.

Several of Frith's 1921 views of the river have the same river launch loitering in the foreground (compare with 70432, 70435 and 81732, a return visit by the same photographer in 1929?).

Cromwell's statue is the very middle of our picture: for many years it was nicknamed 'the pedestrian's friend', as it gave a refuge to people crossing the busy street.

From here, there was a lock-free run all the way to the edge of Wolverhampton - apart from the one at Wheaton Aston which we saw earlier (No 31).

To the left, at the junction of Cornhill and the Old Market, can be seen the Midland Bank which was built in 1921.

On the right of the photograph is 7/8 South Brink where Wisbech's most famous daughter, Octavia Hill (1838-1912), was born.