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From Wells to Blakeney, a great sand barrier holds back all but the most vicious tides. The quay at Wells is now stranded a mile from the open sea.

Here we see the Grammar School from another angle, looking from East Road back into the city.

Locally-quarried stone was transported from here to London by barge as far back as Roman and Norman times.

Glen Middle Mill 1908 If Sally Spencer, the lady looking at the photographer, came back today, she would see that almost all in this view (except the rear block of Pavey's Temperance Hotel) has

We are now further along Leigh Road and looking back towards the station. Trees planted c1900 are now mature, and more modern lighting has been installed.

At the back of the great columns were screens closing off the side aisles. A stone screen or pulpitum straddled the nave, surounded by a gallery from which the gospel was sung on festival days.

Frith's photographer has caught a wonderful moment: a monk with his dark glasses and cigarette basks in the sunshine, with his dog idling too.

A local farmer, who appeared in the film, recalls how two Australian tourists almost careered off the road when a road sign erected as part of the set pointed to somewhere they knew back home in Oz.

St Leonard's Church was built in 1878 on the site of earlier ones dating back to 1220. To the south of the village is the old lime quarry, now a wildlife sanctuary.

It ceased working in 1949, was restored as a landmark in 1953, and since 1987 has been brought back to work by the Waterfield family.

Tradition says that his stepmother brought him a cup of wine and, as he drank, one of her servants stabbed the king in the back.

Albion Road, the most easterly of the Victorian developments south of the railway, has its back garden fences along the parish boundary with Carshalton.

With a history stretching back to the Romans, and a short period as a 19th-century spa, Ilkley's situation on the edge of the famous Ilkley Moor was always its greatest asset.

On the west side of the green area called the Croft, backing on to the river, are the workhouse and St Gregory's off to the left.

She remembers the two classrooms with old paraffin lamps and tortoise stoves which 'used to get red hot so we burned in the front and shivered in the back'.

Boroughbridge dates back to Norman times, when a bridge was constructed over the River Ure. In 1322 the Earl of Lancaster sought refuge in the local church following his defeat by Edward II.

Although the estate dates from only the 1300s, it is thought that the site may date back to the Roman period, for the remains of a Belgic shrine has been found in the grounds.

The present brick and timber mill with tarred weatherboard cladding dates back to the 17th century.

Beyond the bridge is Back Hill Steps. Behind the cottages near the steps is a large three-storey house with gables.

On the left are the backs of buildings that front the High Street, while the yews and hollies in this view survive today.

Back on the A24 London to Worthing Road, and north of Capel, is Beare Green with the Duke's Head pub.

Back to the west of Blindley Heath the route reaches Outwood, a hamlet on the edge of heath and woodland, some of it owned by the National Trust.

The trees in the distance mark the site of Stamford School (note the old-fashioned school warning sign), which was rebuilt in 1874 set back from the road. The Shell garage is now a car wash.

Built in 1249 to defend the town from French raids, by the late 14th century the castle was used by the town corporation before being sold in 1430 to one John de Ypres; it was bought back by the corporation