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The square building to the left of the bridge is the old Market Hall which later became Town Tailors and then Burberrys, both providing welcome employment locally.

The bridge was built and the footpath laid down in 1883. This part of the gardens seems to have been let for grazing; the unexcavated Abbey church lies behind the horse.

Competitors in the heats and the final drop their Pooh stick into the water from one of the nearby bridges. The Pooh stick that reaches the finishing line first is declared the winner.

Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and as a result became popular for runaway marriages of English couples - Lord Hardwicke's act of 1754 abolished irregular marriages in England, but not in

This view shows Trent Bridge with the Ossington on the left, the castle on the right and the spire of St Mary Magdalen in the background. One interesting fact about St Mary's is that the 252?

The photographer looks west from Hammersmith Bridge along Lower Mall, a good jumble of 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century building, including the well-known Doves pub.

Taken from the roof of Bridge Building, this shows the heart of Barnstaple. Holy Trinity Church tower is prominent; to its left is a conical shaped roof.

In this view we see the largely rebuilt High Bridge buildings with the brickwork and stonework still looking fresh.

In this view we see the largely rebuilt High Bridge buildings with the brickwork and stonework still looking fresh.

This photograph, taken from the bridge at Clare House Pier, shows a busy scene, with eight boats of varying sizes gathered around.

It is obviously safe for the young man in the cap and high starched collar to stroll across the bridge. Just behind him is the Lamb Inn, which closed the year this photograph was taken.

Once the canals ceased to be used for the transport of goods, it did not take long for them to become silted up and overgrown. Notice the route of the towpath going over the bridge.

The minor road off the B1249 rises with dwellings on either side, peaks and falls again to an old wooden bridge with rusted iron railings that crosses brackish water which eventually falls into

In this view we see the largely rebuilt High Bridge buildings with the brickwork and stonework still looking fresh.

The Ha'penny Bridge was built in 1792 to replace a ferry. It is an elegant single arch with a tall, pyramid-roofed tollhouse, and so named because of the original crossing toll.

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

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

Well before it became a favourite bathing and picnic spot, the Lune's beauties at Caton were extolled by the poets Wordsworth and Gray, and Turner came to paint the scene.

Maynscroft restaurant and café and the adjoining William's cycle shop (right) closed shortly after 1955 and became dwellings. The Queen's Head closed in c1990 and is now a restaurant.

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.

A 17th-century packhorse bridge spans the River Yarrow, and beyond the cottages rises the square, battlemented tower of St Michael and All Angels' Church.

The Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and con- structed between 1827 and 1835, was the last of the major canals.

Here we see the Black Rock, Black Rock Quarry and Black Rock Cottage, and behind is the bridge over the railway.

A locomotive of the L C & D Railway has just left Holborn Viaduct Station and thunders south over the bridge, steam ballooining out over the roofs. Below, traffic crawls miserably up Ludgate Hill.