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On the right is the sign for the Queen's Head pub, the queen being Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who lived in Ampthill during her divorce in the early 1530s.

The King's Head is one of Aylesbury's architectural treasures; it is tucked away off the Market Square. This view shows the 15th-century great hall window, ten lights wide with arched upper lights.

The King's Head, however, is still trading, but the building in the foreground with the open windows has been demolished to create a service entrance for shops on the High Street.

To the right are the red brick mock-Tudor Church Villas, and to the left is the Guildhall; behind the photographer is The King's Head.

The weather-boarded hut has had a variety of uses as a sweet, craft and gift shop. It is about to be demolished and a house built on the site.

The King's Head was built in 1733; not originally a public house, it had a cellar to store stalls for an annual fair held nearby.The Rising Sun on top of the pub sign was a trademark of Brickwoods

The King's Head was built in 1733; not originally a public house, it had a cellar to store stalls for an annual fair held nearby.The Rising Sun on top of the pub sign was a trademark of Brickwoods

Deeping is a market town with a large, triangular market place, lined with pubs such as The Bull for the farmers and coaching inns for travellers, including The Deeping Stage on the left and The King's Head

A striking building in the High Street is The Queen's Head Pub, mainly of the 17th century, with its welcoming atmospheric bars.

From here there are superb views of Hengistbury Head, the Isle of Wight and Hurst Castle.

At the bottom of Maidstone High Street both the Queen's Head public house, on the left, and the Rose and Crown Hotel across the road have gone; the trolleybuses also went in 1966.

Car No 118 of the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co heads for St Augustine's Bridge.

The building with the two cars parked outside is The Nag's Head (formerly The White Lion), which dates from the first part of the 1700s.

We have now nearly reached the southern end of the street, and have turned round to head back to the church.

This road leads to Bainbridge. We see (centre) Force Head Farm (1711), and on the right the steps remain outside the bonny baby's house, which is dated 1695. Wensleydale

It was built in 1843; for a further ninety years after this photograph was taken, it offered both a warning and guidance for ships passing north along the white cliffs, and for those heading

On the right are the Saracen's Head and the Clinton Arms Hotel, which once boasted stabling facili- ties for no less than ninety horses.

The pedestrians walking towards the camera are heading for the High Street and, no doubt, the market.

This is the rear view of the Saracen's Head pub; from c1900 to c1930 it was run by Miss Florence Glass, the third generation of her family at the pub since c1850.

This view of the 1935 Silver Jubilee seat is taken from outside the King's Head on the A12, looking down the High Street.

The five motor vehicles in this picture presage the heavy traffic to come in the decades ahead along this section of the A281 heading into Guildford.

From Bridgwater we head south-east into Sedgemoor to Othery, a village built on a low hill that rises 60 feet above the Moors.

Beyond the boat sheds is the Nag's Head on the Thames, as the pub is now named. The island is now laid out as a private park, and much better managed that in the period when this view was taken.

Motorists heading out of Cornwall from Callington must descend a steep hill through the old mining village of Gunnislake, which is situated in the Tamar valley close to the Devon border.