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A vessel passes close to Walton Locks and Warrington Wharf before negotiating the Chester Road Swing Bridge.

On the right is a tobacconist and sweet shop with 19th-century windows and a Players cigarette vending machine outside. They sell ice-cream too.

Looking towards the Castle at the end of the street, note the agricultural implements on sale on the left, the Lion Hotel further down the street, and on the right-hand side the arched

Two small girls wearing pinafores stand outside the church gate. The parish church of St Leonard has one of the finest towers in the county; the spire is 162 feet high.

On the south bank of the Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster is this handsome building, for centuries the official residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.The entrance is through a Gothic

As we pass beneath the bridge, still on the Egham bank, the 18th-century Swan Hotel on the right now also occupies the boathouse and garage in front of it, behind the ladies with their parasols.

The King's Arms, then run by R G Wood, has closed, but the arms remain on the present carpet shop. Beyond is the brick Lloyds Bank of 1896.

On the south bank of the Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster is this handsome building, for centuries the official residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.The entrance is through a Gothic

West of Sunbury and on the former Middlesex bank of the Thames is Chertsey Lock, near Chertsey Bridge, an austere seven-arch stone bridge of the 1780s by James Paine.

This photograph shows the distinctive sign above the upper floors of Beynon Ltd, which can still be seen, even though the business has long since gone.

The Circus, in the town centre, is where five roads meet. It has the usual mixture of banks and public houses on its corners.

The lower part of this strange structure is Roman; it was the west corner of the Roman fort. The upper part is 14th-century. Inside, there is a small ruined tower.

We are looking in the opposite direction from E167015, page 25, along Market Street.

The lower part of this strange structure is Roman; it was the west corner of the Roman fort. The upper part is 14th-century.

Here we see the Yorkshire Penny Bank (left) in the 1893 building which was originally the post office.

The Broadway also has a branch of the National Provincial Bank (third from the right) next to the post office, leading on to a greengrocer`s, an optician`s and a ladies` hairdresser amongst others.

The Church of St Matthias and St George was built in 1884 and enlarged in 1911, with the works carried out by Huxleys, a local building company.

An RAC patrolman guides an early Austin saloon around the junction of Church Street and the High Street, as a 408C double-decker bus emerges from the top of Bridge Street.

The miniature railway at Cofton Wood was nearly as popular as the tea room, though one cannot help wondering if the adults in this picture are not just the teeniest bit embarrassed.

Things fall off a bit when the High reaches Carfax, at the corner of St Aldate's Street and Cornmarket Street.

On the left is Gilbert and Sons, saddler and harness maker. Ahead, with a classical Georgian front, is the Rutland Arms of 1815. The mock timber-framed Chestnuts now has a shop front at ground level.

Here the photographer looks north along the High Street, towards its junction with Bridge Street to the right, and Desborough Road curving left.

One of Dublin's most famous buildings is the Custom House. It was designed by Gandon and built between 1781-1791.

Looking back into Bridge Street with Burden's Corner now well established, the London County & Westminster Bank opposite retained its authentic late Victorian frontage.