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Even so, it is possible to linger in the middle of the road - not a pastime to be indulged in on summer days in the 21st century.

Here the photographer looks down St Thomas Street into Friary Walk, with the corner of the churchyard wall on the right.

A tennis court was laid out for the exercise of the workers who were stationed at this lonely spot. Note also the allotment gardens behind the station.

This is pre-eminently one of those places which have to be 'discovered', so to speak, by the roving holiday-maker.

A view of Leeds Mechanics' Institute. This imposing Italianate building, with its lofty round-arched windows, was built by Cuthbert Brodrick in the late 1860s. It later became the Civic Theatre.

Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.

Rottingdean, the valley of Rota's people, is cut off from its vast neighbour, Brighton, by steep chalk downs and sea cliffs.

Standing on the north-west side of Moat Road, this was an Anglican school for girls, run by St Margaret's Convent.

Despite carrying the title of Ypres Castle in 1912, this structure was called the Badding Tower when it was built in the 13th century, and was a place of refuge during French raids on the town.

Peace reigns along the seafront, where E Atkins, a house decorator, has his premises on the left with Mercer & Son, boot makers and repairers, next door.

At this time there was not a lot for the children to do, other than paddle, dig trenches and make castles on the sandy beach.

Stage coaches brought people and business to the town, and in years gone by the streets rang to the clatter of hooves as carriages arrived and left.

Immediately north of the Town Hall there used to be a small park or square.

Constructed on boggy, rough moorland in 1860, the foundations for this building required deep excavation.

Not much of the old crab and lobster community survives, but what remains is quite quaint.

These splendid trees had already overseen the widespread development of substantial suburban houses south of the village and the station which had begun in the years following the First World War.

This is the eastern entrance to Nonsuch Park, with the stone cross and drinking fountain erected in 1895 to the memory of W F Gamul Farmer by his eleven surviving children.

The original inn, which stood on the site of the London Road tollgate, was replaced in 1936 by this impressive roadhouse with its large forecourt and function rooms.

It was seen as a way to relieve some of the congestion in London. Through this area runs the River Stort, which also forms one of the boundary lines for the county.

A fine view of the Welsh mountains can be had from the 14th-century spire set on a tower. Richard Massock's tomb is here – he was a Royalist captured at the Battle of Aughton Common.

Stone-built cottages lend charm to Caton, which is proud of its ancient oak and fish stones. In the 1950s, Hornby Road featured Henty's confectioners and the post and telegraph office (left).

This Grade I building, now called Valley Farm, is the Warden's House of the Field Studies Council, who run environmental and arts courses at Flatford Mill, Willy Lott's House and Valley Farm.

Williamson Park was a gift from the Williamson family; it was begun by Joseph Williamson, and continued by his son (later Lord Ashton) in memory of his father.

Being on the far side of the Lancaster Canal from the centre, the school was considered to be out in the country, and the air was good for the boys.