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In 1873, this wonder of nature had a quarrymen's village at its entrance.

Chapter 2's tour finishes at Highbridge, not one of Somerset's most attractive towns.

Here, at the junction of St Mary Street and Castle Street on the right, which leads to the Norman castle ruins, is the Clock Tower of 1897 topped by its timber belfry and weathervane.

Reaching Spalding we are in the heart of the bulb-growing country; the surrounding countryside is a glorious carpet of daffodils, tulips and other flowers at different times of the year.

Situated one and a half miles north of Blythe Bridge railway station in Staffordshire, Caverswall's history certainly goes back to at least 1275 when Walter de Caverswell was granted a licence to crenellate

Colemans Hatch is a good example of one of the 14th-century settlements that developed along the edges of the forest and waste; its name implies an old entrance into the forested area.

At this time, many found it fashionable to have a boat, and decided to buy a moveable home and moor it in Hoo, or to give it its full name, Hoo St Werburgh, the dedication of the church.

The railway station at the back of this picture is the reason for Dorridge's existence. Until the London to Birmingham railway was built in 1852, there was no Dorridge.

As the hills are owned by Birmingham, it is reasonable to include the area in this book.

People mostly arrive at the Lickeys by car today (though there are plenty of buses), but from 1913 to 1924 they came by bus, and from 1924 to 1952 on the hugely popular Number 70 tram, which served nearby

The catalyst for the subsidiary settlement mentioned in the caption to N203006 was the building of two turnpike roads through Northfield, one of which was eventually to become the A38 (Bristol Road).

The building of Lytham Baths and Assembly Rooms started in 1882 midway between the Clifton Arms and the Neptune Hotel. At the same time Blackpool and Lytham were linked by the coast railway.

At this point, the Market Place adjoins Blackpool Old Road.

Next door to Gillhams' gifts and stationery shop (left) is the Cadena Cafe with its first-floor oriel window, which opened at the turn of the 20th century.

Although it looks like a Gothic folly, this roundhouse was lived in by a lengthmen and his family who collected tolls from passing barges on the Thames and Severn canal.

Until the 1930s, trams ran along Prestbury High Street en route to the top of Cleeve Hill. A workman was employed to grease the rails at the sharp bend just out of sight in the distance.

Long Street, which was once known as West Street, has been the main artery of Tetbury since at least the 16th century.

The one here was completed in 1869 at a cost of nearly £14,000. It could seat up to 1,750 people and replaced a smaller chapel in Hammerton Street, which was sold to the Baptists.

The town's main commercial institutions and shops occupied many of the elegant three-storey buildings along Fishergate.

Photographed from the Yorkshire bank of the Ribble, the view looks across Sawley to Noddle Hill.

The building on the left was a non-conformist chapel and bears the date 1668, whilst hidden at the end is the Calf's Head.

But for the dress of the visitors, this picture might have been taken 60 years earlier.

The first Knott End ferry began as a family business shortly after work on Fleetwood started, but in 1894, was taken over by the municipal council.

The western tower was started later in 1525 with a stone base and, as at nearby Dedham, a vaulted ground floor with processional arches in the north and south sides.