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It was powered by the head waters of the River Ant, canalised in 1826 as the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.

The early Saxon town was attacked several times by Danish raiders, was destroyed by the French in 1340 and 1690, and badly bombed during the Second World War.

Seen from the road bridge, its balustrades recently brutalised by the Oxfordshire County Engineer, the lock, rebuilt in 1922, is little changed, although the Victorian former lock-keeper's cottage is

Partially visible, on the left of the photograph, in a meadow fed by the river, is the little church. Near the village are the remains of a sizeable Iron Age hill-fort.

By the mid-1960s the university had embarked on an ambitious expansion programme complemented with an equally impressive building scheme.

This fine row of early 17th-century weavers' cottages is now owned by the National Trust.

The Gothic-style monument at the end of the road is still in place; it is a drinking fountain presented to the town by the Hon Mark Rolle in 1870. The building on the left is the town hall.

The building is on the site of previous houses owned by the Rishton family; Dunkenhalgh then passed to the Walmsleys, until Catherine Walmsley married Robert the seventh Lord Petre.

Colwall Park Hotel is situated just by the railway station.

Few would dare to venture onto the roads in the vulnerable contraption driven by the man on the right.

Boroughbridge is another village which was formerly bisected by the A1, but is now bypassed.

In the background, framed by the porch, is one of the herd of cows belonging to Castle Farm, which was destroyed by fire in 1912.

Badgers live deep in the woods, deer can be seen by the patient watcher, and buzzards circle overhead.

by the architect D A Alexander, who later built Maidstone and Dartmoor prisons.

There is much texture in this detailed composition of one corner of the harbour, made by the slate stones of the breakwater wall, the heavy coiled ropes and the basketwork of the crab pots.

In the distance is Kilcreggan on the Rosneath Peninsula, and the entrance to Loch Long which is backed by the Cowal hills.

The tracks curv- ing away to the right ter- minated by the race- course. The view has changed greatly today.

The bronze statue was fashioned by the sculptor Hamo Thornycroft to mark the 1000th anniversary of Alfred's rule.

It was built on land given by the 5th Lord Braybrooke of Audley End House, and cost £5,504 to build.

The apparent plainness of the church interior is spectacularly offset by the stained glass window above the altar. Note the orders of service and hymn books out ready for the service.

As one of the town's major employers, Kodak gave £10,000 for a new children's playground to be built in Gadebridge Park to replace the one lost by the construction of the Plough roundabout.

Woodchester's church, with its dramatic and challenging lines, was designed and built by the notable architect Teulon in 1863-4.

Named by the Danes, Sewerby has had different spellings, including Sewarby and Suerby. Many Roman artifacts have been found in the area.

Bought by the Council in the 1930s it was then converted for use as a Town Hall.