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It is drained by England's shortest river, the Bain, which runs into Wensleydale at Bainbridge. In this peaceful scene we see two boats tied up waiting for visitors in the shallows of Semer Water.

The narrow high street leading to a small square boasted a varied selection of businesses at the turn of the last century.

Until the 1960s, most people relied on public transport, and the green-liveried buses of United Counties carried workers and shoppers in and out of town on busy timetables.

There were two inns in Riverside, the Anchor, still a prominent feature although the front has been reconstructed, and the Anglers, affectionately known to locals as the Annie Miles, the name of the lady

The Lock from Downstream 1890 Downstream, you reach the market town of Abingdon, once noted for its important medieval abbey, dissolved in 1538.

The circle has an attractive setting on a little rise against Castlerigg Fell. To the east there is an outlying stone, over which the sun rises at the spring and autumn equinoxes.

This is a detail of the frontage of 34 West Street, which was the 'Bridport News' office and West Dorset Printing Works in 1909.

Oakfield Corner, built around 1910 and part of the earlier phase of Amersham on the Hill's expansion, chose the vernacular and timber-framed tradition for its shops with flats above.

The town was once under the control of the powerful de Montfort family. At Evesham on 4 August 1265, Simon de Montfort led the barons against the forces of Henry III.

Its replacement, the Railway Hotel that we see here, was built between the wars at the Station Lane junction. The pub became especially well-known for its home-cooked hams.

The amusements are down on the beach, with the old museum ship on the right.

There had been a house (probably half-timbered) at Bank Hall in the Middle Ages, but in about 1780 it was decided to improve the building, and the structure seen in the picture was the result.

Castle Street is 'the finest Georgian street in Cornwall', according to Sir John Betjeman, who knew a thing or two about the county.

Castle Street is 'the finest Georgian street in Cornwall', according to Sir John Betjeman, who knew a thing or two about the county.

Bourne, at the junction where two Roman roads met, had a Roman station to guard the Car Dyke, the great Roman dyke 56 miles long and still surviving for long stretches.

Reaching Spalding we are in the heart of the bulb-growing country; the surrounding countryside is a glorious carpet of daffodils, tulips and other flowers at different times of the year.

Horstead's old mill would have seen many wherries drawn up at its wharf. Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.

Though it passes through an industrial landscape, this canal has many quiet rural stretches where the narrow boats chug along under a dense canopy of green.

The timbered toll-bridge carrying the York road over the Ouse was erected in 1791, and was one of the earliest of its type in the country.

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century.

Great Mill is a yellow brick tower windmill standing on a ridge, with panoramic views of the flat fenland.

Although Alfred Waterhouse's Town Hall dominates the scene, it is the small round building almost in the middle of our picture that intrigues me.

The mid 12th-century Great Hall of Robert le Bossu survives in Castle Yard; up to modern times it has been in use as an Assizes Court and Crown Court.

The gardens are on the right of the picture; together with the Imperial Gardens, they testify to Cheltenham's love of flowers. The rotunda (now occupied by a bank) can be seen on the left.