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The 17th- century thatched barn on the right is part of the Monks Eleigh Hall Farm.

that was described in 1834 as 'celebrated for its situation, being surrounded by a beautifully romantic and picturesque scenery' where, according to another visitor in 1795, 'lovers of

This is a scene that we seldom come across these days – a traffic jam caused by a lorry meeting a herd of cows walking to, or perhaps from, their milking parlour.

The billboard on the right of the Town Hall advertises 'The Wicked Lady' starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason, showing at the Alexander Picture Theatre (in St Margaret's Hall).

In times of flood it was impassable, and even the horses had to go by another route, three miles out of their way.

This delightful stretch of towpath, with its lines of quaint cottages and period houses, is where the Kennet & Avon Canal enters Newbury on its way to meet the Thames at Reading.

The corner of Windermere Road and Brighton Road marks the point where this photograph was taken.

The off-licence on the corner of Lackford Road and Station Parade no longer sells Watney`s ales, and currently remains empty with a chartered architect`s name by the door.

Behind and just to the right of it is a rare view of the town gasworks with its own quay for unloading coal in the background; it has long since been demolished to become a car park.

The Thames is crowded with all sorts of small craft; it is probably a bank holiday.

Ashtead stands beside the Rye, a tributary of the Mole, and judging by the signs for the tea gardens and a 'cyclist`s rest', passing trade on the Leatherhead to Epsom road was much sought-after

The sign on the chimney breast reveals that the Compasses was once owned by the Surrey Public House Trust - a firm that owned a number of hostelries and hotels in the county.

But it is an interesting combination, and views from the inn from its position at the top of Rodborough Common are a delight.

The architecture of Cardigan is distinct from other towns in Ceredigion: many buildings were constructed from cut slate slabs from local quarries, or from different-coloured bricks from the nearby brick

Here we have a distant view of the village looking east toward the Brecon Beacons.

Overlooking a bridging point on the River Wye, Ross was an important meeting place from early days.

Most of the buildings are timber-framed and date from the 15th to the 17th century, although several are now covered by weather-boarding.

I am old enough to walk on my own now!'

Dartford was home to two of the world's most famous rock stars, Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and this is how they would remember the town of their youth.

However, the houses on the right would not fare so well three years later when high winds hit the coast, rendering the new sea wall completely inadequate.

From Saxon times it provided the motive power for local corn and cloth mills, in addition to feeding the local system of water meadows, which were made fertile by regular flooding.

The 65-acre Meare was the first stage of the development.

One of the cottages in the row was occupied by Frederick Butcher, the parish gravedigger.

In this village, just off the Knaresborough to York road, stands the ancient church of St John the Baptist, a thousand years old.