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Some of the older buildings of the village present a pretty and tranquil picture below the wooded hillsides, although in 1955 the road through the middle of Staveley still carried all the traffic to and

In our post-industrial age you can now follow the same road out of Risca to the Dan-y-Graig nature reserve, which is situated on land given to the Gwent Wildlife Trust by the Risca

A little north of the attractive village of Naseby, on the Market Harborough road, this 40 ft high stone obelisk commemorates the Battle of Naseby at which the New Model Army routed the Royalists in 1645

At the west end of Lumley Road there were a few shops in 1899, but the view is utterly transformed now from Roman Bank, a reference to the old Roman sea wall.

Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.

East of Lincoln, Wragby is a market town on the Horncastle and Skegness road which is very busy at weekends and in summer.

This 7-foot-tall inscribed stone stands on the B3269 road, and was moved to its present position from Castle Dore. It is reputed to be of the 6th century.

This is the Colsterworth Road, and the lane to the left is Lord's Lane - but which Lord it does not state.

The local council has already made a start on digging up the road and footpaths.

The Greedon Estate is situated on the north west side of the Seagrave Road. This is a particularly uninspiring view, but again it is a view so typical of peripheral village estates.

Flames jumped the road and damaged a thatched building opposite.

On the corner of Quay Road is Corner House of c1800 with black advertising panels (centre), now gone, alas.

However, since this view was taken, East Retford's inner relief road, Arlington Way, has been cut across the foreground; the three shops to the left of the Sherwood Rangers Inn, now simply

Just on the edge of the photograph (right) is George Green's smithy, demolished during road improvements in the 1970s.

Another of the town's important roads, Crow Lane East was extended in the 1960s with the addition of a library, the original Technical School and a large estate of social housing.

As an approach to Junction 1 of the M53 motorway, Leasowe Road (A551) is now dual carriageway for much of its length.

A village on the eastern edge of the St Leonards Forest at a high point on the London to Brighton trunk road. The Red Lion, c1550, is an old coaching inn.

We are on the Eastbourne main road, south of Uckfield. Halland Park Farm is the remains of the mansion built in 1595 to replace Laughton Place as the principal house of the Pelham family.

It is at a junction on the old Caton to Claughton road, which we can see going off to the left. The inn on the right is the Black Bull, and Leslie Speckling was landlord at the time.

This is the River Torridge, viewed rfom the Bideford to Torrington road. Trees have grown, and it is not possible to see this view now.

St Oswald's Church sits right at the end of a very rough cobbled road, hence the street is called The Cobbles.

Centre white lines, street lighting and traffic lights control the road junction, and there is an official bus stop outside the church.

Here, at about that time, Frith's photographer looks north along the main Hindhead-Farnham road towards the Crossways: this is what the main crossroads in Churt is called, and so is the pub at the

In the far distance the road curves into Ock Street, which is also lined by old buildings. Nearer to the camera, the High Street narrows at the junction with West St Helen Street.