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Both railways served quarries, mines and the china clay industry.

This view is flanked on the left by the shop front of Greenwoods chemist's and druggist's shop.

The Bower House on the left is quintessentially a Sussex- style house with its attractive tile-hung upper elevation and small dormer windows in the roof space.

This village was once on the Darlington to Richmond railway line before its closure in 1969. The once thriving mill closed in 1947, and the Manor House, later used as a brewery, went in 1956.

Here we are standing on the slipway where Ferry Lane disappears into the River Thames.

It was to be another sixty years or so before a second, high-level bridge was built farther up the river and eased the traffic congestion problem.

On the north side of St Paul's Square is the old corn exchange, an uncompromising Victorian building whose foundation stone was laid in October 1872.

Another view, similar to H6031 (above), shows the brick-paved path and the holly bushes. At the left is a silver birch, which also survives today.

Cenarth, on the Teifi, is set in a spectacular gorge with a number of waterfalls, and is famous as one of the last places in Britain where licensed coracles were used, both for salmon fishing and (as we

This was mined locally both at Saltwick and Sandsend, and provided welcome employment for the local menfolk. The seams have been exhausted, and the cliffs remain a favourite haunt of seabirds.

A newer Shanklin grew up along the seashore to cater for the demands of both visitors and those who came to settle.

We can see the magnificent east window of the chancel and the unusual east window of the nave, both almost filling the wall with glass.

It is worth reflecting that the two forms of transport - water and rail - were not, at first, incompatible.

over the shops - Ivor Griffiths and Williams the tobacconist's, Charles Kay and Birt's Stores - remind us that the Forest of Dean lies between Wales and England, embracing elements of both

Back in the village, opposite the Effingham Golf Club (whose club house is another stucco 19th- century house, Effingham House), is St Teresa's Preparatory School; it occupies Grove House, an elegant

Up the hill towards one of Chalfont St Peter's commons, Gold Hill, Tudor-style shops and flats were built on the north side of the road in 1922, called Market Place and decked out with fake

As we can see from this picture, the concept of clothes for purely leisure activities was unknown to the vast majority of people.

Here we see yet another of the beautiful Lincolnshire windmills; this one was built in 1813. Again it is in the Lincolnshire style, with an ogee cap and five sails.

This view gives a clear example of the impact commercial motor traffic had on the Great North Road, prior to the building of the M1 motorway.

Heading back north, we cross the River Yeo and reach Somerton, another medieval market town, this time on a ridge in the Polden Hills and on the south bank of the River Cary, which weaves through the

The High Street runs parallel to the north wall of the Abbey precinct and has a good range of Georgian and early 19th-century two- and three-storey houses.

On the left is a small shop, now an accountants' office. The pillar box is now further down the High Street. In the foreground are Nos 1 and 2 Debden Road.

Further west, on the Stony Stratford to Northampton road, is another Yardley.

Here we see yet another of the beautiful Lincolnshire windmills; this one was built in 1813. Again it is in the Lincolnshire style, with an ogee cap and five sails.