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Here we are looking westwards, along the south bank of the River Asker, to the beginnings of the new suburb below Watton Cross.

A woman fishes from the bank.

On the right is the imposing facade of the old National Provincial Bank.

Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo, 'Newton and Noss' to all locals, line the opposite banks of the Yealm estuary.

The village Post Office on the right has a small sign attached to the wall which reads 'Post Office for money orders, savings bank, parcel post, telegraph, insurance and annuity business'.

This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.

On the left, just down from the bank, is the Guildhall, which was built in 1839 on the site of the old market house.

These are the original university buildings at Western Bank, built between 1903 and 1905.

This view, taken from Folly Bridge at the south end of St Aldate's Street, is of an earlier Eights Week with the Christchurch Meadow bank lined with the College Barges.

Prospective customers are apparently discussing excursion options with the uniformed boatman, whilst two little girls amuse themselves on the adjacent grass bank.

The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre).

Today, the village is a thriving suburb of Oxford, with many shops, banks and offices. Signs on the wall of the house on the left advertise Lyon's Tea, Red Bell Tobacco and Borwick's Baking Powder.

In the 19th century the Bank House brewed its own beer: the wall and steps of the malt kiln and the cellar can be seen on the right.

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.

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.

The pool setting is designed so that a whole day could be spent there, with grassy banks for having a picnic and open spaces in which to run about.

Young's drapery shop next to it is now a bank.

This view shows the sturdy, buttressed bridge over the Swale at Grinton, which is situated on the south bank of the River Swale nine miles west of Richmond.

The National Provincial Bank, a familiar sight in most High Streets until the company's closure in the 1960s, can be seen further down the street (centre left).

On one side of the green the Baptist chapel is still active, but the Chequers pub and Lloyds Bank (right) have gone, and the old Baptist Hall is now the new health centre.

Nestling on the south bank of the Humber, the wide boulevard of Whitecross Street has changed little.

Although the infrastructure is essentially unchanged, much tidying up of both bank and water has taken place in recent years.

Today, the whole area is unrecognizable, some of the creek has been filled in, the ramshackle huts demolished, and the banks are the home of leisure boat builders.

Just off the Fosse Way, this village, once the site of a Roman settlement, clusters around the banks of the wide, shallow Windrush, which is crossed by a number of simple footbridges, some