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In the 1790s the Kennet and Avon Canal swept past at first floor window level of the 17th-century George Inn to cut it off from the High Street.

Taken from near the Wells Road above the south bank of the River Avon, this is an archive view, for much was destroyed in the Baedeker and other bombing raids during World War II.

Closer in to the centre of the city, this view from the roof of the Abbey looks north along the High Street with the domed Georgian Guildhall on the right.

The thatched cottage in the foreground has a distinctly Dutch look to it - hardly surprising, given that an army of Dutchmen under Cornelius Vermuyden was responsible for draining the Fens in the 17th

At the end of the street is Kimbolton Castle, first built around 1200, later a Tudor house and the place where Katherine of Aragon died in 1536.

The main port lay north of this point, since a medieval three- arched stone bridge blocked the further passage of tall craft upstream along the River Parrett; even in the early 20th century,

Although the window might be Spartan, no shortage of signs advertise the shop's presence.

The word `street` is an ancient term meaning a row of buildings often sharing a common pavement and does not refer to the roadway passing by them. Hare Street is the name of a village.

The bay windows with decorative tiles are on Durban Cottage and Thornleigh Cottage. The girls are on the steps of No 1 of the three Burwell Cottages.

Close to the junction of Nine Mile Ride, New Wokingham Road and Honey Hill, we can see Chappell's Store, clearly the local retailer for Salmon's Teas but also providing the facility of a

The Church of England School dates back to Victorian times, and occupied a site at the top of St Neots Road until 1987, when it was transferred to its present location in Ivel Road.

It was not licensed, and guests had to order their own drink a week in advance of their stay. This view shows the back of the building.

The car park has disappeared with the building of flats and shops. But the shop on the right has survived, albeit with the loss of its decorative railings.

Victoria Bridge, on the Severn Valley railway line from Bewdley to Bridgnorth, has a span of 200 feet; when it was built in 1862, it was considered the largest cast iron single arch bridge in the world

Their earlier get- togethers, under the tutelage of the Rev Conrad Noel, had taken place at the Coach House, just out of shot on the left.

This view shows a confusion of waste tips and water courses, with work taking place at the very bottom of the pit. Clay slurry was piped to the dry at Charlestown harbour.

A lorry (centre) is delivering Corona soft drinks to The Queen`s Head beyond the Market and Town Hall, while on this side of it is the hanging sign of The Sun Inn.

The earliest tourists to the Lake District were overwhelmed by the 'horrid' and 'frightful' nature of the mountains and crags, which frowned down on them as they negotiated the passes.

Stickle Ghyll, which flows down from Stickle Tarn, passes under the bridge in this view, which looks towards the 2,403 ft summit of Harrison Stickle, the highest of the pikes.

The hamlet at the foot of Buttermere in the western Lake District takes its name from the lake; it is still the farming settlement it has always been.

Ketnor is the name of former owners of the shop, and the name board survives today.

This view of the south side of the cathedral is taken from within the Vicars Court, where the vicars lived.

The centrepiece of the town is undoubtedly the great 15th-century mansion of the de Burghs, the Old Hall, set in a grassed square surrounded by Victorian housing.

It is named after the Earls of Essex, who lived at Chartley Hall.