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The Great India and China Tea Company, an 1880s building (on the left) is now, aptly, the Mocha Berry Cafe‚ while the haberdashers on the right is now The Grafton Cafe; both establishments reflect the

Here we have a good view of the area that is to the west of Market Square.

Fortunately, this blot on the landscape has now been flushed away. The market continues, but it is now more of a flea market and car-boot sale.

From the work-yard of George Dixon, builder and mason, we look down on a surviving Penrith institution, Brunswick Road Junior School.

Back at ground level, this view looks across the pond near the church, past the railings alongside the A283 to the houses on the south side of the Green.

The Town Hall and the Market Hall are on the right. Known as Over Darwen, this was a quarrying and agricultural area before turning to calico printing, weaving and paper making.

Looking at this photograph of the Druids` Stones, with the horizontal stone on top, one can understand why an early 19th-century antiquarian wanted to claim it as an Ancient British cromlech

There is no motor traffic to be seen on the road. Beyond the shops are the residential houses of Hartington Street. On the left is H Ledgerwood's, a grocer's.

In the background of this picture stands the Gas Works jetty. Pier Hill leads down to the sea front esplanade, with the Palace Hotel on the left.

The journey to Studland Bay was probably the favourite excursion for tourists from Swanage, who could either get there by walking along the cliff tops or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the

The view shows the Rose and Crown public house and, on the right, the row of fine mansard roofed terraced houses. Each of the doorways has its own fine web fanlight.

The view is eastwards from the village green to a range of 18th-century thatched cottages (right).

This remains one of the leafiest lanes in Dorset - it goes between pines and rhododendrons as it crosses the heath - and used to have a succession of picturesque fords.

Before reaching the main market or shopping area, however, we pass the wide, open square.

The locks at Fleckney are a part of the descent of the canal from its high point at Foxton into the Soar Valley.

Colaton dates from at least Saxon times, and it was a royal manor at the time of the Domesday Book.

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

Between 1820 and 1849, passenger boats on the canal were the main form of transport between Kendal and Preston, and the Packet Boat Hotel, seen here, was one of the inns built for passengers so that

The village is viewed from the inland side of Burton Cliff, looking north-eastwards from above Dove Inn and Southover, to St Mary's Church (right).

Between the racks of postcards is a recruitment poster appealing for 'Men of Dorset' to enlist in the Dorsetshire Regiment. Down the hill are Alice Cottage, Chideock Court and Chapel Cottage.

The trees of this green island were planted in the late 18th century, and most are still here. This is now a one-way road system, and the van is going the wrong way!

The name and licence were moved from a public house standing on the corner of the churchyard and owned by the parish. The rent was paid to the Overseer for the relief of the poor.

When Frith's photographer visited Kings Langley in the 1890s, cattle wandered freely along the High Street; but by 1955, the motor car was firmly established as king of the road.