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The Lloyds Bank to the left of the road is still in existence and bears a commemorative plaque to Gwen John and her brother Augustus John, both artists.

A stagecoach service operated on a daily basis from Leeds and back, and wealthy travellers using the Great North Road would stop over and sample the delights of the pump room.

A stagecoach service operated on a daily basis from Leeds and back, and wealthy travellers using the Great North Road would stop over and sample the delights of the pump room.

On the near side of the street, parked close to the butcher's and optician's, is a motor vehicle whose registration letters AB 100 mark it as being one of the earliest to take to the road in

It grew rapidly in the Victorian era, being on a strategic turnpike road from Kendal to Kirkby Stephen.

Years of inertia and neglect needed remedy: a new pavilion was built, and further development of Beach Road was undertaken to provide improved access to the front.

The Village 1902 Here we look south down the main road into the village as it nears the estuary.

Boats travelling down the Thames estuary from London were met by stagecoaches here, and their passengers were transported onward by road to Dover.

When factories arrived in the village in the 19th century, development along the Wistow, Saddington and Kilby Roads was inevitable.

When factories arrived in the village in the 19th century, development along the Wistow, Saddington and Kilby Roads was inevitable.

This clock is a notable landmark by the side of the road connecting Windermere with Bowness.

Moving west to the county's boundary with Yorkshire, our tour reaches Harworth, an old greatly expanded village lying east of the Tickhill to Blyth road.

This picture postcard village is strung out along the road, with the River Darent running through it and under the 15th-century humpbacked bridge (seen here behind the horse and cart) alongside a ford

Continuing north-east along Portsmouth Road we reach Godalming, a market town since 1300, its centre now by-passed. These timber-framed buildings are fine examples.

Beyond (where the car is emerging) is a new road, Deer Park View, leading to the Health Centre, a car park and Red Lion Court.

He rebuilt the house, and diverted local roads and created a park with avenues of trees on his glebe land.

All along Liverpool Road, and to both sides of it, there was tremendous development from the mid 1800s in response to the need to accommodate people coming to work in the new chemical industries in

Atop his pedestal, James Ramsden (then flanked by street lights at each corner of his enclosure) is looking up Abbey Road.

The Peterville Inn, which has since acquired a wide porch, stands by the junction with Quay Road leading to Trevaunance Cove to the right of the camera.

The almost intimidating main gate in Dock Road was built in 1719; the Royal arms in coloured relief above the main arch are those of George III, added in 1811.

This view looks down towards the Cross from the A46 Bath Road. At the bottom of the slope is the clock tower and George Street, in which is found one of the largest kettles in the country.

West from Haven Green the road leads to Castlebar Park, which still retains many of its mid 19th-century villas.

Thomas Wright was a well-known boat builder, and so were Allen's, who considered their designs to be the quickest on the Broads.

We are looking north from Parade Road to the south pier of the Outer Harbour, begun in 1846. The statue is one of a pair of tritons.