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A quiet moment on the banks of the Leam.

Bisley's church of St John the Baptist dates back to the 13th century, and it has a 15th-century porch believed to be made from a single oak.

The chancel was extensively rebuilt in the latter part of the 19th century, but the rest is considerably older, including the timber-framed porch, which dates back to late medieval times.

This old dome-shaped weather-beaten pump dates back to medieval times, and is situated at an important junction in the middle of this historic town.

The railway was a working narrow gauge route running passengers up to the Corris quarries and bringing slate back.

The smaller lake, for younger children, was separated from the larger one by a hump-backed bridge (K13007, pages 76-77).

The Newmarket connection with racing dates back to the time of Charles II, although the sport's main boost came during the reign of Victoria, promoted by her son, the Prince of Wales.

An obliging servant stepped into the water offering to piggy-back the king across - hence Kingsbridge.

The wall on the left now has two boards bearing the names of all the Mayors of Totnes back to 1359.

Cadhay Bridge dates back to the time of Queen Elizabeth I.

Melcombe Bingham's manor house dates back to the time of the Plantagenet kings, though much of the present building is Tudor.

Courtenay Terrace is the only group of houses which had gardens backing onto the beach.

This view was taken from the iron bridge, and shows the backs of various High Street and Moulsham Street properties.

The school, now a museum and library, sits comfortably beneath the bank on which the parish church of St Michael, seen in the background, stands.

On the near bank, adults sit equally at ease, talking amiably to the man standing with relaxed stance alongside the yacht.

People from Exeter used the sea and sands, the only good bathing beach in the east, back in the early seventeenth century.

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

Now firmly back in the ironstone hills, we reach Newnham, two miles south of Daventry.

In walking country, the village, although undistinguished, is associated by local people with Newton Linford, Bradgate Park and Beacon Hill, or just as being on the back route from Leicester to Shepshed

Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.

Laleham's charming parish church has a tower dating back to 1732; it has been altered somewhat since this photograph was taken.

The odd thing is that there are no banks in the village today.

Everything beyond the Wilts and Dorset Bank (now Lloyds) has been flattened.

In bygone times the hotel had a back yard in which strolling minstrels and poets would entertain.