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The name Hodder means 'pleasant stream'. It is a Celtic name, and it describes the river well.

This view shows a classic stationer's shop during the Edwardian era. The display of stock cascades over the frontage - there are local prints.

Many a year has passed since Mrs Gillam ran a small general shop in the village, stocking all manner of things from mops and buckets to sugar and sweets.

Again in the High Street we see the post office stores on the right and, on the left, 'for the handyman we stock paints, wallpapers, electrical goods and hardware'!

The lake and reservoir have been stocked with trout and coarse fish for the benefit of local anglers.

There are also plans to demolish the council flats at Rashcliffe and Southgate and, although the latter in particular are notorious eyesores, there is concern that this will lead to a further reduction

The River Ancholme is an angler's paradise; it is abundantly stocked with coarse fish, especially roach and bream, and recently perch.

This is constructed of Barnack stone, apart from the base, which came from the castle ruins.

The oldest building in Colne is the church. St Bartholomew's dates from the 1200s, and much of the 62ft tower is original. The church has stocks and a charnel house in the graveyard.

Not far away from the Bull Ring are displayed the town stocks and whipping post.

Over the thatched roofs rises the dark green tower of St Andrew's Church.

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

Not far away from the Bull Ring are displayed the town stocks and whipping post.

Lining the centre of the street are the town's stocks, market cross, fish slab and whipping post; the lamp behind was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

It is five years after photograph 75706 was taken, and the green is still attractive for the villagers.

Cigarettes, films and ice cream are among the heavily advertised items stocked at the village stores.

St Mary's church is the focus of this ancient little town, which is built almost exclusively from Cotswold stone. The church tower houses a peal of twelve bells.

Sweeping views of the wilds of the Peak District are encapsulated in this picture. Note the dry stone wall in the foreground.

Established in 1827, the Huddersfield Banking Company was only the second joint stock bank in the country, created under an Act to prevent a recurrence of the banking crisis of the previous year

The view from the typically landscaped municipal park is enlivened by the attractive Central Library building of 1903, with its Baroque facade and conical roof crowned by a timber belt turret.

A Moore resident keeps a look out for a rare commercial barge making its leisurely way along the Bridgewater Canal.

Camborne grew rapidly from a modest village in the late 1700s into Cornwall's tin mining capital. Its plain buildings of dull brown stone reflect its workaday origins.

The 17th century cross and village stocks. Local man Henry Daniels introduced fustian cutting to Lymm, having first gone to Manchester to learn the business.

This town was once a shipbuilding centre and the chief port of Merioneth, with a large trade in flannel and knitted stockings. Today the Three Peaks Race starts here.