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After Old Weir Bridge the stream divides at 'The meeting of the waters'. The west channel heads round Dinish island whilst the east heads into Muckross Lake.

There are many fine buildings in this north-western corner of Worcestershire, such as Court of Hill, near Tenbury Wells.

The claiming of ships as the spoils of war was not confined to pirate adventurers like Drake and Raleigh: the predatory motor boat (centre left) looks suspiciously like a World War II German

St Mary's churchyard in Gisburn contains an unusual headstone, that of Jenny Preston, showing a witch with her cauldron.

The 104 acres of the lake are only 3 miles from Rochdale cen- tre and were a popular rendezvous by the mid 1860s.

his street forms the left fork of the junctions of the three main streets, and is the quietest of the three. On the corner stands the Bull's Head public house.

An interesting picture revealing the extent of the differences in working practices that have occurred over 75 years.

The original castle was built on this site by Baldwin FitzGerald following his appointment by William the Conqueror as Sheriff of Devonshire.

By that time, building work on William Leigh's plan for a grand mansion at nearby Woodchester Park had been under way for six years.

Here we have another view of this heavily traffic-ridden main road with its shopping parade. On the right, Raymond's hair salon proudly advertises its offer of 'perms from fifteen shillings'.

A splendid open car heads north, driving in the middle of the road. The house on the left had belonged to Dr Atkinson, who died in 1917.

In this picture we can see the small stream that runs down from Waddington Fell and the Moorcock Inn as it runs right through the centre of the village to join the Ribble.

The wooden posts erected to mark out the gardens of the row stopped visitors peer- ing through the windows, and helped give the inhabitants a little bit of privacy.

Next door, with the two gabled doorways, stands the post office, built in 1887 on the site of the Old Court House.

This became the main park for Minehead in 1924 following private donations towards a scheme for the conversion of 6 acres of meadows.

On the eve of the Great War the decision was taken to use Southport's refuse as infill for the Lagoon.

This photograph shows the famous High Street, generally regarded as one of the most beautiful streets in Europe.

The pump at Ashford, on the left, is the site of one of the village's six well-dressings, held annually in early June.

Much of England's social history can be explored by examining the manorial structure of villages such as Melcombe Bingham.

When the first Earl of Dorchester purchased Milton Abbey in 1752, he had the entire village dismantled and rebuilt further away from his new home.

This college is the second-oldest institution of higher education in Wales: it was founded in 1848 to train teachers for Church schools.

The photographer has moved slightly further back down the road to take in the whole of the Market Stores, no doubt for a picture postcard of the time.

The sign of the Wheatsheaf Inn is on the left. Opposite is Manor House, perhaps the Manor House of the former Deanshold. We can see the barrier for the school exit on the right.

Another shot of Chatsworth's beautiful French Gardens, this time showing the Egyptian statue of Sekhmet (left), which is now in the house in the Chapel Passage, and 1st Duke's greenhouse, the Camellia