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The Cotswold rivers of Coln and Leach join the Thames here, and the town is much influenced by them.

On the corner, behind the now vanished telephone box, are the premises of A & W Riches & Son, an ironmonger's, and further down is the shop of V Carter & Sons.

On the left edge is the Royal Norfolk Hotel, rebuilt here in 1826 after the earlier one burnt down.

The older part of town is surrounded on all sides by water - the River Aire and two canals. Rope making was a flourishing industry both for the marine and agricultural markets.

Fred is laying down money & no mistake.' After the deth of Frederick Crowley, Ashdown was acquired by Guy Ferrand, who changed the name to Morland Hall.

Great Marsden covers what is now called Colne, and Little Marsden was known as Nelson down to Reedley. Walverton Water ran between the two Marsdens.

High Street c1960 On the left is the Town Hall with its unu- sual lead-sheathed clock turret.

From North Curry, we skirt the south edge of West Sedge Moor to the town of Langport on the east bank of the River Parrett.

To the north of Newbury, on the edge of the downs, lies Hampstead Norris, surrounded by hills and woodland.

This is seemingly a quiet place on the Esk Valley that runs down to Whitby, but this bridge was swept away in a flood on 23 July 1930. It was rebuilt in 1992 in the style of the original.

After its closure in the 1950s, the buildings were taken down and it became the site of a petrol station and tyre-fitting business; but in the late 1990s, this in turn was demolished.

Bounded by Gosmoor and Charlton Roads, Priory Park was a favourite spot for picnics and Sunday afternoon strolls down to the banks of the River Hiz close to Brick Kiln Lane, Charlton, which runs behind

what had become the longest reign on record, Victoria Grove encompassed the social and architectural extremes of the era, ranging from the exuberant St Hilda`s School (left) to staid town

This shows pre-war motoring at its peak, moving both ways up and down West Street, which was the A35 main road.

Deep shadows engulf the Greyhound Hotel (left), with the Town Hall behind, in this lunchtime view westwards to Colmer`s Hill (centre).

This picture looks westwards down the north side of West Street, with its lollipop limes, from the Post Office to Victoria Grove (right of centre).

Looking towards Blucher Street the old and admittedly somewhat run down cottages survived until Brandon's store replaced them in the 1930s, a three-storey white painted block at odds with everything

The tower was still being finished in 1816; it was never quite completed, and it fell down in 1862.

We look eastwards down Church Street from the Main Road on the south side of the Talbot Arms and Doon Beg (far left).

Here looking down the High Street we see splendid views of Upper Nidderdale.

Further north, at the A245 Parvis Road junction, the photographer looks back down High Road with Lloyds TSB on the left and the Dutch-gabled fire station of 1885 on the right, complete with its siren

County Hall, with the huge urns above the pediment, was gutted by fire in 1970, but its county court interior was restored in every detail - even down to the chamber pot for the judge.

The ashlar stone building with a Cotswold-tiled mansard roof, on the left, contrasts with the half-timbered White Hart Hotel down on the right and with the well-proportioned three-storey building situated

A port at the mouth of the Arun, and once a Tudor royal shipyard, the old town runs east from the river bank.