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Now, the level of the road was raised to prevent flooding of the cottages on the far side.

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

Nothing much has altered here except that the Narrow Road sign has been changed and there are some new power lines across the road.

Albion Road, the most easterly of the Victorian developments south of the railway, has its back garden fences along the parish boundary with Carshalton.

We are looking south-eastwards from the Yetminster road towards the mediaeval Hamstone cross in a triangle of cobbles (centre), with roads at the junction signed to Sherborne (left) and Chetnole (right

This small elevated village lies about a mile to the north-east of Melton Mowbray on the A607 Grantham road.

Back on the A24 London to Worthing Road, and north of Capel, is Beare Green with the Duke's Head pub.

The camera looks east down the High Street, which opens onto Church Gate and Derby Road. Kegworth's origins lay in its medieval weekly market and annual fair.

To the right is the transporter bridge, which was dismantled in 1961 -2 months after the new single-span road bridge opened on Saturday, 22 July 1961 by HRH Princess Alexandra.

The main axis of the principal roads consists of the Roman east-west artery, now the High Street, and one of the Roman north-south roads, now North Hill and Head Street.

This interesting study of old and new highlights the abstract lines of the various bridges - road, rail and foot - that span out from under the walls of Conwy Castle and illustrates perfectly the importance

An aqueduct carries the canal over the river, the main road crosses over the canal and a railway runs over the road.

The original Red Lion, after which the street was named, stood at the junction with Germain Street and, due to road improvements, was replaced by a 1930s neo-Georgian road house style pub.

Tylers Green merges to the east with the older village of Penn, mainly along Church Road.

Speciality shops occupied the other side of the road; from memory they included a haberdashers, a newsagents and tobacconists, and a cycle shop.

On the right is Eastwood's musical instruments shop — it appears to be on Briercliffe Road, but it is actually at 119 Colne Road. The sunblinds protected the various instruments from sunlight.

The south side of Windsor Road lay undeveloped until c1880 with the construction of the block seen here beyond the roundabout.

They would not notice the milk churns on the stand by the side of the road (left), as they were a common sight then.

This is the approach road from the Barrow in Furness direction to Newby Bridge, now the A590, with the Swan Hotel on the far side of the bridge.

London Road, as the name implies, was the turnpike from London; it climbs up to the Wheat Sheaf, one of several coaching inns in Daventry.

It stands at the junction of two Roman roads, the Ackling Dyke running from Dorchester to Old Sarum, and the Bath to Poole road, although there is still doubt that the latter was ever completed.

A fine car approaches the High Street by the Parliament Building (right), and a dog feels safe enough to trot down the middle of the road.

The Star pub stands at the junction of the Crawley road, leading to the left, and the old Roman road heading towards London via the Caterham Valley.

Sitting beside the River Mersey, Warrington developed as an important junctin for both road and river traffic.