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If only our roads were still like this. Today, traffic often comes to a standstill here. The shop on the right is no longer a shop, now just a house.

Malton stands at the junction of roads above the Derwent Valley south of the North York Moors, and has been an important market centre since the Middle Ages.

Upper Stroud is in the distance, with Park Road below, still at this period containing only a few large private houses.

In this view we are looking north-west up London Road towards the Queens Head in the distance, beyond the junction with East Street.

South-east of Crewkerne, past its factories and over the railway, is the village of Misterton, which lies along the A356 Dorchester road. R

An enclosed bridge crosses the A4 Bath road. The entrance to the College is to the right. The dark red brick gives the college buildings a serious and imposing air.

At the road junction is the Black Lion, rebuilt in 1839, and a grocer's known as Top Shop. The Tudor houses have been subdivided to provide houses for the poorer members of the village.

This open space at the junction of the roads leading to Hitchin, Wheathampstead and London was large enough to support the open-air market, which stretched the 100 yards through the middle of the picture

Sited at the critical junction of the A428 Bedford/St Neots, Blunham/Staughtons roads, it is perhaps not surprising to find opportunity for a variety of forms of refreshment.

This broad road leading into the heart of the town is bounded by 17th- and 18th-century buildings.

Chichester's Market Cross is sited at the intersection of its four main roads that date from the Roman period.

By the end of the 19th century, Church Road was Burgess Hill's main shopping centre.

Prominent on this main road was Rushton's poultry shop on the left. At Christmas especially, rows of pheasants, rabbits and hares hung here, along with other game, poultry and fish.

This summer recreation corner on the banks of the Wharfe lay below the present Collingham Wood House on the Wetherby road.

Down Briar Hill on the road from Glaisdale we come to the delights of Danby. The wide, open green provides space for visitors.

A huge green on either side of the road gives breathing space to the village. High House Farm, far right, was the home of the dominant agricultural owner in the 17th century.

On the road to Pickering, we pass through the two sides of Ayton. A Norman castle was established here by the De Aton family. High Hall, to the left, dates from the 18th century.

Oving Road leads west uphill from the north end of the High Street - the architectural quality does not fall off.

Settle lies on the road between Skipton and Ingleton. On the right is the Elizabethan-style Town Hall, built in 1832. In the background, somewhat smothered by washing, is the Shambles.

A local guide points out the stalactite formation known as the Organ in Stump Cross Cavern, one of the Dales' popular show-caves, at Greenhow Hill on the Pateley Bridge to Grassington Road.

This magnificent building stands right beside the road but is hidden by what is now a much taller, and thicker, hedge.

On the left the open area was until 1947 occupied by fine 16th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings, unforgivably demolished for an aborted road improvement scheme.

By way of contrast, Frith's photographer looks along De Vere Road.

The road on the top of the hill - indicated by the houses - leads to the delightfully names Conksbury Bridge in gorgeous Lathkill Dale.