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Unless it was a local custom to stand in the middle of the road, we have no idea what is attracting the attention of the men in the foreground of this picture; surely it is not the horse-drawn tram travelling

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Pleshey's curving roads generally follow the concentric lines of the castle's ramparts.

On the left, about 200 metres toward town, the path from Wolversdene Road crosses the access to the Quality Hotel and runs through the trees on top of the bank to the old Iron Bridge.

The local people call this 'Hallelujah Corner' because it is a sharp bend on a narrow and busy main road, near the church of St Mary.

In the heyday of Stevenage, at the start of the 19th century, up to twenty stagecoaches a day passed along this stretch of the Great North Road.

Approaching from the town centre, we are in front of the terminus of the Great Western Railway branch from Bodmin Road Station, opened in 1887.

Church Stile is the name of the road which goes around the parish church.

Up the bank on the right is the parish church, and the road also leads to the Old Hall.

This road is a very busy one today, as it leads to the Alsager campus of Manchester Metropolitan University. The building on the right in the photograph is the Methodist church.

The cottages on the right are still there, but the White Lion Inn, further up the road, has closed. The tower in the background is part of Bloxham School.

Children from Yew Tree Farm pose outside their gate for the photographer - a major event in this quiet village, which is sited well off the main Leyburn road.

The first modern shop façade in the High Street was Fine Fare (left), a small supermarket on the corner of Meadow Road, vying with the more old-fashioned International Stores opposite.

One of the many streams that cascade off the moor - this is the beginning of Mill Ghyll, which flows down Wells Road and then underneath Brook Street.

The houses on the right have long gone, and have been replaced by a wide modern road whose only virtue is the exposure of the Roman wall formerly concealed behind the houses.

Telegraph poles, road signs and the car indicate the communication revolution.

The shop fronts and buildings on the left are similar to today, but the one major difference is the huge increase in traffic on this road.

Manor Hall was built shortly after 1935 as a dance hall at a time when a number of residential estates were being built south of Manor Road.

The Aldborough Road estates were established by the 1900s, and their own church of St John had been built by 1903.

At this point the main Leominster to Hereford road starts to climb the steep hill. Stagecoaches would have been forced to stop here to pay their toll at the toll house overlooking the junction.

Bolton Cross is a local name given to the meeting of Bolton Street, New Road, Middle Street and Fore Street. Children gather around the public drinking fountain.

It was for many years an important staging post on the Hastings to Brighton turnpike road.

This view is taken from the Elizabeth Street end of the park, and looks north towards the Everard Arms (facing the pathway) and Forest Gate Road. A

The Harborough bus is about to set off for Kibworth Harcourt, the neighbouring village, and two fine old family cars stand in the road.