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Fully upholstered comfort was provided for the passenger on this splendid early motorised tricycle in the centre of the picture, and it was probably needed on the un-metalled roads of the time.

There has been a bridge at Warrington since the 13th century, when the town centre began to develop in its present location away from the medieval village off Church Street.

At the centre bottom of our picture is Cromwell's statue, by Matthew Noble.

Having completed the tour of Daventry town centre, we now look at some of the 20th-century housing and industrial development.

Bodiam Bridge, completed in 1796, marked the limit of normal navigation, but its centre arch was raised sufficiently to allow river traffic to continue upstream when conditions were favourable.

Midway between the ancient sites of two Norman motte and bailey castles at the extreme ends of the village, Holy Trinity Church is the topographical as well as the spiritual centre of Ascott; old

Having curved from the woods on Shapwick Hill (top right) and around Combpyne Hill (centre), the new six-mile railway line from Axminster to Lyme Regis crossed the deep-cut valley at Cannington

Next to them, out of the picture, is now the Clitheroe Information Centre.

Behind the oncoming bus is the Swan Centre.

Although a great centre for walkers, it is as well known for the legend attached to the village.

Warehouses can be seen centre and on the right.

The Whyte Swanne of 1612 is still there, and Peacocks have replaced the long-time Louth outfitters of Lawson & Stockdale at No 47(centre).

The thirty-five mile long Manchester Ship Canal works as one great harbour, and ships moving up and down the canal have to register each movement with the control centre at Eastham.

The Arndale Centre now replaces all the shops that we see in our picture, except for Rylands at the top of the street.

The Market Place, shown here, has fine 17th- and 18th-century buildings; the 3-storey ashlar-faced house right of centre is a fine example, with its rusticated ground floor stonework, fine pediment

The planners of the new town centre had no place in their design for this beautiful building, and it was swept away in 1965-66 and replaced by a branch of Tesco.

The village shop (centre) does a good trade in cycle parts, but at certain times in the religious calendar, pilgrims arrive on foot from all over Europe.

Pilkingtom Manor, mostly hidden by the trees on the left, was demolished in 1959, and today only the Dower House (the white gabled building in the centre of the photograph) survives.

The shot is north-eastwards, along Bridge Street (centre) to the roofs of Coombe Street.

The shops behind the big lamp in the centre of the road are interesting.

With its amazing 14th-century timbered Great Hall of the Corpus Christi Guild, the building is open to the public, and will reward the short walk from the city centre.

To the right, a London & South Western Railway meat van waits to collect meat from the slaughterhouse (centre left).

The village was also the centre of much royal intrigue.

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.