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Yet another of Worcestershire's imposing old mills stands on the banks of the River Avon near to Fladbury.

The church, partly medieval with some rebuilding over the centuries, dominates what was a busy three days a week market square surrounded by Georgian frontages, and the banks of the river Avon.

The town is changing, and Barclays Bank has replaced the London and Provincial, while Smiths Garage provides petrol from a pump.

The growth of the village can be traced back to the second half of the 19th century. Road and rail links (it has two railway stations) make it ideal commuter country.

This view was taken looking up the Market Place; on the left was a three-gabled building, probably dating back to the Tudor period.

This is one of the dark, forbidding formations of rock that are to be seen along this coast.

This outstanding structure, which dates back to the beginning of the First World War and is a replica of its Venice namesake, connects the north and south quadrangles of Hertford College.

A close-up showing the foundations of the original Chapter House dating back to the early 18th century.

Here the Whitstable United Christians hold a beach gathering; on the sheet at the back it says 'Suffer little children to come unto me.'

Dating back to 1309 and rebuilt in 1403, the bridge is now preserved. Six of the arches are original; however, the central one was raised in 1822 to allow barges to pass through.

Back in the Market Place, the clock tower is an architecturally undistinguished brick structure with a stone plaque telling us that its foundation stone was laid on 26 January 1899.

Just a windmill, you might think, but this dark weatherboarded post mill is the oldest of its type in the country, dating back to around 1620 or possibly earlier.

Opposite the Mansion House is the Bank of England, a single-storey monolithic edifice, designed in 1734 by George Sampson.

Here, seen from the tow path along the west bank, looking north towards Christchurch Meadow, the annual Eights Week is in full swing at the end of May when the college boats race each other.

We meet Bazalgette later at the Embankment in central London; seen here from the Barnes bank towpath, his suspension bridge has a 420-foot main span, and the towers are finished with French-style pavilion

From the south bank, near Westminster Bridge, completed in 1862, this view shows the bell tower known universally by its great bell, Big Ben.

On the right bank are the remnants of the trees from North Walk.

A mill close to the village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the ruins, seen on the Trent's bank, were probably part of it.

Looking back up North Street towards the Parade and Market House, with the Post Office on the left, as it still is today.

A ferry putters between Fowey and Polruan on the opposite bank of the river.

From the back gardens belonging to many of the terraced houses, individual steps leading to the water front encourage boat

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left of the picture.

Sir Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace, laid out this park on the banks of the river Kelvin. It was opened in 1853.

Nine crew were lost and a tribute to their courage and selflessness is to be found in the churchyard: 'Caister men never turn back, sir'.