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Note too the bicycle parked on the other side of the road, with the pedal set back on the kerb so it can act as a stand.

Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps. The surrounding heathland is heavily used for tank training.

The settlement may date back to the earliest Saxon arrivals in Britain.

The bridge is mentioned in documents dating back to the reign of Henry III, and probably replaces the old Roman ford.

The White Hart (right) is believed to date back at least to 1720; it is now no longer an inn.

In 1906 a night at the Red Lion would have set you back 2s 6d.

This photograph illustrates how the Victorian sea wall was designed to throw back the waves in a Channel gale.

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.

The Backs of Cambridge are probably as well known as the colleges themselves. Immaculately kept lawns sweep down to the peaceful River Cam.

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.

The Bank c1955 The village of Whitburn lies between South Shields and Sunderland. On the north side of the village green is this raised terrace.

The seafront terraces and hills behind remain much the same today, and boating has grown ever more popular in the Dyfi estuary, which is fringed by wooded banks.

Most had two large driving wheels with a stabilizing wheel at either the front or back, or in some cases, both. Some tricycles were made to seat two people, either side by side, or in tandem.

It is still possible to walk along the banks of the local waterways, just as these Edwardian children did nearly a century ago. A canal to Tiverton once started from near French Weir.

The two Cowes, situated on the west and east banks of the River Medina, are famous throughout the world as a centre for yachting and as the home port of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

This attractive town of grey slate houses sits at the edge of Bodmin Moor on the banks of the Camel. A camel weathercock wittily crowns the fine Town Hall, built in 1806.

This tiny village straddles a steep slope above the east bank of the Fowey River. Down the slipway beyond the historic Ferry Inn, car ferries ply to and fro across the waters of the Fowey.

The present High Light, pictured here, dates back to 1676, and was originally coal-fired. In front of it is a tank from the Great War.

On the right, the imposing 18th-century brick frontage of Lloyd's Bank, with its stone pediment and columned entrance, faces the small shops across the road.

The wooded banks of this stretch of water are best explored by boat at high tide, though even at low tide the extensive mud flats are home to a huge variety of birdlife.

Mention of a Roman signal station in the Domesday Book in 1086 dates the history of this area back as far as the fourth century.

There are various family portraits inside the castle, some of them dating back to the Wars of the Roses.

The advent of the motor carriage did not prevent the hotel advertising the stables at the back of this famous coaching hotel.

The single-street village is characterised by orchards, walnut trees and cottages with tall chimneys with the backs of bread ovens bulging from their bases.