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The small building serving as a bank is now a three-storey affair.

Beyond the unsightly iron bridge can be seen the offices of the Great Northern Railway: later occupied by the Trustees Savings Bank.

On the banks of the Little Stour, whose waters flow peacefully under the bridge on the left, the small general stores and post office on the right served this little hidden village with its 18th- and 19th-century

To the left is Bank Street, separated from the High Street by a block of buildings - these have infilled the formerly very wide High Street.

Shore Road (left) and Banks Road (centre) lead from Poole and Lilliput to Sandbanks (far right).

On Barclays Bank, left, is a sign for the Warminster Journal, which is still produced by Coates and Parker next door.

In 1811 Sir Walter Scott purchased the Cartley Hole estate on the banks of the Tweed and changed its name to Abbotsford.

In contrast to the flat marshes of the lower Bure, the upper reaches often have thick undergrowth and trees along the banks.

This scenic stretch of the Thames, overlooked by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as

By the banks of the graceful River Wensum is the 15th-century gateway to the city's diminutive canal, which penetrates its way to the margins of the cathedral.

It has since served as a police station, reading room and bank.

The white house in the distance has had several names - Rose Cottage, Rose Bank and now (2004) The Old House. It was occupied by the family of Jane Austen's brogher, Frank, between 1808 and 1811.

Here at Wardley's Creek, a crew waits patiently as the rising tide approaches its peak to float their yacht from its resting-place, cut from the muddy banks of the inlet.

This view is from the south just downstream on the Berkshire bank.

Small motor boats and cabin cruisers are moored by the river banks near the boat house. There is a warning to go dead slow as they pass the boat house.

The one constant is the bank, now NatWest, at the junction of Great Whyte and the High Street, built over the Bury Brook.

On the right, we can see the carriage entrance of the Red Lion next to Carter's the jeweller's; further on is Barclays Bank, which was re-fronted in 1822.

Children pose on the reedy banks of the River Mole below the impressive double wheeled mill.

The number of small cruisers moored on the opposite bank indicates the increasing use of motor boats for pleasure from this time onwards.

The Lloyds Bank building on the left is a typically grand and solid structure, clearly designed to impress clients.

At this road junction is the Cuckfield branch of J W Upton (the Haywards Heath furniture store), next to Lloyds Bank (right).

Close to the banks of the Wye above the town, Holme Hall was built in the 17th century as a private residence, a function it performs to this day.

On the far side is the modern brick branch of the Midland Bank, while on the immediate right are the Post Office, chemists and opticians.

The steep slopes of The Bank provide a grandstand view of Baildon, a typical Pennine town standing on the edge of Baildon Moor, famous for its enigmatic prehistoric 'cup and ring'-marked stones.