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This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

Such were the number of visitors navigating the overgrown and makeshift route from the town centre to the beach that the Windsor estate prioritised the construction of a more permanent path.

The only real change to this scene is that now there are no cars - the whole of Bridge Street up to Cathedral Square has been closed to traffic and paved over.

The old Town Hall was erected around 1781 on the site of an earlier town hall.

But why have a turnpike from Sheet Bridge to the bridge to Portsmouth in the first place?

Once an important market town, Shefford was blighted this century by through traffic; its central T-junction was a bottleneck until the town was recently by-passed.

A lone vehicle heads towards Warrington town centre down the new Wilderspool Bridge.

This sturdy gritstone bridge has spanned the mighty River Derwent in the centre of Derbyshire's county town for five centuries, although it has been widened and strengthened to take modern traffic.

Looking north past Bridge End Cottage, we see the old chapel of 1879 and Town End Farm.

Frith's Victorian photographer was in the lane leading to the abbey gateway, and looking across the Market Place to what is now undoubtedly the finest building in Abingdon: the Town Hall.

The market town is reached over a toll bridge built by Lord Abingdon in 1769.

Hazelgrove, the valley between the two cliffs, was laid out to provide a picturesque walk from the shore to the western side of the town.

Lyme Regis was relatively late in having the advantage of its own railway line, for its station opened only in 1903.

Lyme Regis was relatively late in having the advantage of its own railway line, for its station opened only in 1903.

The houses of Middleborough grew up beyond the town walls and the north gate, which was demolished in 1823.

In the background is the ivy-clad nine-arched bridge spanning the Fowey River.

Founded by the Romans, where Watling Street bridged the Medway, Rochester has been important for nearly 2,000 years.

This quiet scene belies the fact that behind the camera Willow Vale gives way to the busy town mill.

The great battlemented castle can be seen standing guard over the town; there has been a fortification on this site since the 11th century, though most of the present castle is Victorian.

The great battlemented castle can be seen standing guard over the town; there has been a fortification on this site since the 11th century, though most of the present castle is Victorian.

A radically transformed settlement now, with the bridge long rebuilt, Bathpool is just off the modern road built to link the town with the M5's Junction 25.

Just out of the picture, high on the right bank, is the path from Love Lane and Wolversdene Road to the bridge.

Here we see the harbour swing bridge, with the important Slate Quay visible on the right.