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Pictured here only two years after opening, the lake, created from a 'malarial bog' by damming the Nant Fawr Brook, proved extremely problematic.

This view, actually on the main A36, looks across the viaduct over the Midford Brook back to the Viaduct Inn.

The landlord in 1929 was William Brooks. The building is unchanged except for the addition of a porch.

The course, one of many within Greater London, occupies a stretch of land extending south from Frith Manor to the Dollis Brook.

In 1890, the town was the birthplace of Arthur Stanley Jefferson, better known as Stan Laurel, and a museum in Upper Brook Street, off to the right, celebrates his partnership with Oliver

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

Lyons Cakes and Brooke Bond Tea are among the items advertised outside the shop. Note the cars of the period, including the Jaguar parked at the side of the building.

The house is called Brook House; there is an inscription above the crest over the porch (just to the right of the road sign) that dates the building to 1574.

Straddling Rothley Brook, the medieval bridge is a feature of this large village that has grown considerably since the last war.

By 1955 a new station had been built on the corner of Brooke Road and South Street. In recent years this has been considerably modernised.

Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.

Middle, Nether and Over Wallop line the Wallop Brook that joins the River Test above Bossington.

Brook's Cafe Restaurant is now The Bradford & Bingley Building Society. The horse is still supreme: it would be another three years before the first car made its appearance in town.

Mellor Brook is the nearest village of any size in this well-wooded area.

This view, looking along the Roath Brook, does not give much idea of the park's scale. But at a total of 102 acres, the park was a pretty immense area for a day out.

It was here in the mid 1800s that Dr William Penny Brookes practised.

Wildersmouth Beach - named after Wilder Brook - was the main beach before the cutting of the tunnels.

Upper Clatford lies at the confluence of the River Anton and the Pillhill brook. The name 'Clatford' means 'ford where burdock grew.'

Now a hotel, the Old Court House was built by Sir Robert Brooke - he had bought the estate for £946 (an enormous sum of money for the times) following the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII

Ewelme Brook, seen on the right, rises in nearby springs; having crossed under the road, it flows on to provide the water for the cress beds we can see in photograph E59029, above.

The foremost stream in this area is Plants Brook, which once powered several mills. One of these was Penns Mill, operated as a wire-drawing mill by Joseph Webster from 1752.

The Kettle Brook 1898 A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

Finchingfield combines a water supply (Finchingfield Brook) with a defensible site (Church Hill). What made sense to Saxon settlers has made it Essex`s most photographed village.