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On the left of the picture is the long 900-ft bridge of sixteen arches, and on the opposite bank is the Town Arms. To the right is the Bridge Boat House and landing stage, now a restaurant.

Beyond the hump-backed 15th-century bridge over the River Darent, and the adjoining ford, is a picturesque Tudor house and a line of cottages looking out onto the grassy banks.

Odiham Common is on the northern bank. The canal turns to the north-east before reaching Broad Oak Bridge.

The Lewes Road used to be the main route out of town, but this is now along the east bank of the Ouse towards Lewes. This peaceful scene is now barely recognisable.

Chalford itself stands on the steep north bank. Many of the wealthy clothiers' houses were built on terraces cut into the hillside.

The imposing entrance on the right led to the Midland Bank, though why they should have removed its carved top and replaced it with a very ordinary clock is beyond me!

In the intervening years the bank has been revetted against erosion, and the millenium celebrated by the natural path for wheel chairs that encircles the pond.

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC-2000BC.

Over the years the farm buildings have been home to a restaurant and a bank. Today, this is a pub.

The Midland Bank on the left is a fine Georgian building described by Pevsner as 'amazingly stately'.

Boys stand in their boats and paddle near the rapids, while others fish around on the bank without a concern in the world, as boys have probably done here for centuries.

The imposing entrance on the right led to the Midland Bank, though why they should have removed its carved top and replaced it with a very ordinary clock is beyond me!

A branch of Barclays Bank is on the left and WH Smith is on the right of the picture.

Maisemore village stands on the west bank of the River Severn. It is prone to flooding - in 2000, the White Hart pub was completely surrounded with water.

The premises of Barclays Bank can be seen on the right, next door to Morris Garages.

Old Laleham stands back from the reaches of the Thames, and the early boating fraternity used to enjoy catching glimpses of it from the water.

Here we see Conigar Walk running down the bank of the River Usk.

On the right hand side is the Bank of Ireland, a building dating from Georgian times and once the home of the Irish Parliament.

Kendal Grammar School sits alongside the banks of the River Kent.

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

The town is studded with fine brick and flint houses with steep pantiled roofs - on the right is the flamboyant brick and pebble Barclay's Bank.

The miller for many years was Mr Fred Banks.

On the extreme left is J F White's tobacconist's shop next door to the branch of Lloyds Bank, while across the road is the entrance to Cheam Station Approach, with the offices of Morgan, Baines & Clark's

On the right, the street still awaits the out-of-scale London and Counties bank, erected in 1892.