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Cyclists pedal along in comparative safety, and a lady is happy to stand in the middle of the road and ask a policeman for directions.

HMS 'Lion' and 'Implacable' 1890 These old ships of the line were proba- bly used as training ships for young recruits.

Local children, clad in the long dresses and knickerbocker trousers of Edwardian times, stare inquisitively at the camera - the lads on the right ready with bat and ball for a game of cricket.

The red sandstone ruins of Lanercost Priory stand above the River Irthing near Brampton.

Low tide in the harbour, which was another of the creations of Colonel Senhouse in the mid 18th century.

Plymouth and Devonport were served by a number of ferries, including these wonderful steam-powered, chain- guided floating bridges on the Torpoint service, which were capable of carrying wheeled vehicles

This public park, with its neatly-trimmed shrubs and bushes, occupies the former site of the vineyard of the Benedictine monastery founded in 1082 by Bishop Gundulf.

This area has always been of danger to shipping.

It lies within the old Delamere Forest, and nearby there is a small section of that original forest surviving – it is considered so important that it is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest

Mill Street was so named because it was at the bottom of this street in 1743 that Charles Roe established his silk mill (not visible here).

The Punch Bowl Inn was formerly known as the Covered Cup, a reference to the three chalices contained within the emblem of the Butler family, who held the manor.

The cottage, built in 1824, served as the local post office; like the rest of the small hamlet, it is part of the Stonyhurst estate.

This was built as a chantry chapel to All Saints, which was in the Saxon part of the town, well away from the newer area.

Situated at the western end of the main street, All Saints Church has dormer windows with carved barge- boards and a diamond-shaped clock with a gilded crown.

A few ruined walls in the estuary mark the site of Fort Charles, which was garrisoned by the royalist army for four months in 1646 during the English Civil War.

An excellent aerial view of the Cathedral.

At this time it was the home of Lord Avebury, the distinguished author, scientist and inventor of the bank holiday.

The church of St Mary Magdalene stands opposite the pub, which is named the Ship Aground for obvious reasons.

The Bere Stream, seen looking eastwards from Southbrook Bridge, towards Bedford and Jesty's watercress beds with a glimpse of Woodbury Hill (top left).

This viaduct was constructed of local stone in 1867 for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company; the line opened in 1870 and closed in the 1960s.

The church of St Lawrence has twin rood-stair turrets – these are usually found in much larger churches, such as St Mary's, Bury St Edmunds.

The first part of Newtown was built as workers` cottages for the employees of the ironworks, and the other section was for workers in the brick works.

At the end of 1943, the whole area was requisitioned by the military, and US forces practised the D-Day landings.

With parts thought to date from 1469, when the original hall was built by Piers Warburton, the present building largely dates from the 1830s and 1840s, and is considered an important example of the Victorian-Jacobean