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In his 'Bradford on Avon Past and Present', Harold Fassnidge describes the carillon, dating from 1614, as having been augmented over the years; it now has a repertoire of hymns played regularly.

This magnificent church, now mainly Perpendicular, dates back to Norman times – the evidence for this can be seen in wall friezes and arcading in the chancel.

Little is known about this church, including the date of its erection. However, the earliest reference to the building is in a document in the time of Henry I, who reigned from 1100 to 1135.

St Wilfrid's Church dates back to 1865, and contains a stained glass window dedicated to two brothers. Two other brothers who died within two months of one another are also commemorated.

Holme Hall was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as dating from 1626, `of three bays with central square projection, in which the blocked original porch`.

The earliest reference to the church dates from 1285, and the building and the bells have been altered over the years.

The painted advertisement next door has gone, but the gable beyond retains the date 1662. Beyond Barclays bank, on the left, the United Reformed Church is set back from the street.

The pulpit, with its sounding-board and slender oak stem (centre right), dates from the 1680s.

It is mostly a residential street, illuminated by gas lamps at this date; but there is a group of shops on the right.

As the High Street runs down toward the medieval town wall gate and through to the harbour, the influence of Robert Wynn's Plas Mawr can be seen in the transomed stone mullions of the Castle

On the extreme right is St Mary's Church of 13th-century date with its stumpy recessed steeple.

Inside, the south arcade of the nave dates from about 1200, but the rest is from Edward VI's reign. Until its restoration in the 1860s there were dormer windows in the aisle roof.

The building—with the date 1510 on its gable—is reputedly where four local Puritans met before sailing to the New World aboard the Mayflower.

The Town Hall, across the road, dates from 1888; it mirrors the ogee arch of the cross in its own flat-fronted entrance. It was a gift to the town from the Bathurst family.

Inverlochy dates from the 13th century.

The building and its tower, distinguished by its tracery and four gables, date back to 1892. The first three shops on the right have all changed hands over the years.

Rothwell's history dates back to long before the Danish invasion of the Dark Ages. 4,000 years ago Bronze Age settlers came to this area, followed by the Romans.

The oldest of the town's three piers, this one dates from 1863, and when it opened was known simply as Blackpool Pier.

On the left is Leeds' oldest shop, which dates from 1613 and is receiving a face lift. Further along the street on the right stands the Empire Theatre.

Though St Peter's dates from Saxon times, it is believed that Hamelin Plantaganet might have also have rebuilt the church, as much of the stonework is 12th-century.

The Harrow is the oldest public house in Wanborough, dating back to at least the 18th century.

Malmesbury Abbey`s unique south porch, dating from the mid 12th century and built in the Romanesque style, is decorated with thirty-eight fine sculptures depicting detailed and elaborate images, some

From the partial billboard on the gable end, it was obviously a retailer of the News of the World, which at this date, it may be interesting to recall, was a working class but quite serious broadsheet,

on the Avon in an extensive and complex area of water meadows and carriers which control the flow of the river downstream.The parish church is extremely old and surprisingly large, with parts dating