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This scene in Wallasey Village, near the junction with St John's Road, shows an old thatched cottage typical of the time.

Rothampstead, for 600 years in the hands of the Cressys, the Bardolphs and the Wittewronge-Lawes, lies close to the St Albans Road.

The open area to the left is the site of the yet to be built Peabody Housing Estate and in the right foreground is the corner of Mount Pleasant Road.

', 'the place of oak trees', old Oxted now has the busy A25 sweeping through its High Street, and it is unlikely that the two mothers with prams would envisage making such casual progress across this road

The Ship Inn up Bunker Street was the delight of smugglers in the 1770s, in the days when the toll road crossed Freckleton Moss.

On the left, at the top of Godstone Road, were J Kilby's livery stables, while on the opposite corner George's Uridge's grocery store and Lovegrove's clothing and outfitters are housed in grandiose buildings

On the right is the garden wall to Little Court, and behind the trees stands Layston School, skirted on the west by Paddock Road.

Cobb Gate Jetty, Long Ledge and Broad Ledge lie below the ancient heart of the town (centre right).

It is unusual that the shops along this winding road have been turned into houses, as has the Old Bull Inn.

The street lighting has been upgraded, though the gradient of the road still forced the cyclist to dismount to push his bike.

The roads were busy and crowded with people and animals; it could be a dangerous place to be.

THE MAIN EAST-WEST thoroughfare in Bearsden, one of Glasgow's northern suburbs, is named Roman Road, for it follows the line of a roadway constructed by the Romans in AD 142 along the south side

In 1635 the town archery butts stood at the eastern entrance to Twickenham in Richmond Road - a reminder of the need for a standing army in a constant state of readiness for war abroad.

The company took large premises in Kimpton Road, and was restructured as the Vauxhall and West Hydraulic Company, with car making separated out as Vauxhall Motors Limited.

Arthur Vernon designed the Primitive Methodist Church in White Hart Street in 1875 (now demolished); the Wesleyans built a new church in Priory Road, also in 1875.

This fine church in Queen's Road was consecrated on 10 September 1879 and was named after Margaret Snowdon, the daughter of the vicar of All Saints' Church.

Much has gone, including the old Rose and Crown, which was replaced around 1900 by the present mock timber-framed one set back from the road: a townscape disaster.

The lane in the foreground is now the busy A283 Milford to Shoreham Road, but in 1894 it was an unsurfaced country lane.

This view looks north up High Street towards the Church Street and Heathfield Road crossroads.

Standing between the Dartford Road and Seal Hollow, and with its Club Hall visible on the north side, it was built by the Constitutional Club company for social and political meetings, and contained

Left alone, the buildings in Melton Road could have reverted to a village atmosphere, but the Council in its usual insensitive manner authorised the demolition of the cottages on the

Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.

In 1765 he began his career as a master road builder, completing the construction of 200 miles of highway across the North.

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed. The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle.