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The bank in the centre had become Martin`s, with the building still largely the same as when it was built.

Next to the stream is the old Methodist chapel of 1860, now a house, but with gravestones still in the back garden. St Mary's church can be glimpsed in the middle distance.

This view was taken from immediately by Burford Bridge, in the public park on the Oxfordshire bank.

The site is now an office complex for Lloyds Bank.

In the centre is the Royal Oak Hotel and the Wilts and Dorset Bank. Next door (right) Charles Edward Bazley offers Humber and Swift bicycles.

Dating back to the 18th century, the deed to each of these cottages restricts the householder to replacing the thatched roof only with thatch, and further prescribes the method and colour of redecoration

The roof of the Market House, to the left of the picture, dates back to the 16th century and was preserved when road-widening operations took place in 1937.

The warehouses of Boston have suffered in recent years; the ones on the right on the opposite bank have been converted into flats, but the distant one has been, like so many of its companions, demolished

This dates back to 1927, replacing an older inn demolished as part of a road widening scheme.

The park, situated along the Yarm Road, was the gift of Sir Robert Ropner, and was opened by the Duke and Duchess of York on 4 October 1893.

They lend a timeless charm, though few of the buildings date back further than the 17th century.

The main change that immediately strikes the visitor today is that the lovely old Victorian Barclays Bank building (right) has gone, to be replaced by yet another typical 1960s monstrosity.

Close to the banks of the Wye above the town, Holme Hall was built in the 17th century as a private residence, a function it performs to this day.

Its charters date back to c1179, although St Machar is said to have founded a church here in AD 580. This single-span bridge is situated a few hundred yards to the north of St Machar's Cathedral.

On the far side is the modern brick branch of the Midland Bank, while on the immediate right are the Post Office, chemists and opticians.

The east window has stained glass dating back to the late 1940s.

The steep slopes of The Bank provide a grandstand view of Baildon, a typical Pennine town standing on the edge of Baildon Moor, famous for its enigmatic prehistoric 'cup and ring'-marked stones.

Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo, 'Newton and Noss' to all locals, line the opposite banks of the Yealm estuary.

This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.They were held on Midlent Thursday, Holy Thursday, 5

The High Street sports a branch of F W Woolworth, and the local branch of the National Provincial Bank is housed in half-timbered style premises.

An interesting view from the south bank of the Thames looking east, before Christchurch Meadows on the left were made into a riverside park, and, more significantly, before Reading Bridge was built

Before it was cut and constructed in the 1870s, traffic from the north-west and higher Salford had to wend its way through small back streets to reach the market and central Manchester (the Shambles).

On the south bank of the river is the Barley Mow, which is featured in Three Men in a Boat.

The Angel Inn, on the left, advertising Clinches Witney Ales, dates back to the 17th century. Architecture in the town is predominantly Georgian.