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Oats Lane on the left, named after the Oats family who for many generations were the local millers, is still a narrow by-road, but the Green in the distance has been developed with a One Stop shop, a bus

They are close to the busy trunk road between Middlesbrough and Redcar.

The keen eye will spot the growth of the trees on the skyline, the absence of the road sign and a new chimmney stack just above the inn sign.

Since this photograph was taken, the lower end of the street shown here has been totally altered to make way for a new road system, so that the buildings in the foreground have now all gone.

Danbury is situated on the main road between Chelmsford and Maldon. Danbury Hill is the second highest point in Essex, and the old village spreads downhill from this point.

The transporter remained in use until 1961, when it was replaced by a road bridge.

The winding roads give way to a picturesque village between Gloucester and Stroud.

But now, with increasing recognition that cars and pedestrians do not mix, the road sports a pedestrian crossing.

Empty barges waiting to be towed back down the river are tied up at the embankment alongside the Portsmouth Road where it becomes the High Street.

Larne is the start of the famous Antrim Coast Road to Portrush, perhaps the most spectacular coast journey in the British Isles. It was popular even in Victorian times.

This view looks east, the road curving past the churchyard towards the hipped roofed Thornhill Arms in the distance.

The Devil's Highway, a Roman road, passes through the village, and two Roman milestones can still be seen locally.

One example was that Thieves Lane became Station Road.

In the 1780s the roads through Cark were minor tracks, and stepping stones were used to cross the beck. There are a number of bridges serving mill-works houses.

Peasmarsh strings itself out along the main A268 road; its ancient centre of Norman church and Georgian manor house are isolated down a lane to the south.

This was War Department land, beside New Road, and the venue for the fictional proposed duel between Mr Winkle and Dr Slammer in The Pickwick Papers, before the public gardens were opened in 1897 to

Great Sampford is a pleasant village in northern Essex on the road between Finchingfield and Saffron Walden.

The Zonita Cinema has followed 'Adventures of Quentin Durward' into obscurity, but the pub across the road still provides a service for thirsty residents and travellers.

The road from Great Ellingham to Hingham runs dead straight for over half a mile, an unusual survival of an open-field boundary from the Middle Ages.

Sway stands on the high road between Brockenhurst and Bournemouth, and is dominated by a concrete tower built by a Mr Peterson.

A few sheep wandering in the road are watched over by a lad sitting on the bridge parapet in this view looking west along what is now the busy A39 through the village.

The extraordinarily long sign sticking out into the road on the right is that of the Exeter Inn.

Other than that, this view of Quayside from the road bridge has changed little. Even the tall tree by the roadside is still there.

Set in a most attractive position on the shore of Restronguet Creek off the Carrick Roads, the old thatched inn was once owned by the captain of the 'Pandora', which sailed to the South Pacific to