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The oldest building in Colne is the church. St Bartholomew's dates from the 1200s, and much of the 62ft tower is original. The church has stocks and a charnel house in the graveyard.

It was from the Old Boar's Head in Fleet Street that travellers could take a coach to Colne or Manchester.

We move to the third of our three rivers, and go high into the hills to find Colne Water. The area used to be known as Marsden.

Water and water power have had a strong influence on the development of the town, which is hardly surprising, as it stands at the confluence of three rivers, the Thames, the Coln and the Leach.

This view looking east down Colne Road in the main street of the village of Cowling, near Keighley, shows the prominent monuments of Wainman's Pinnacle and Lund's Tower on the escarpment of Earl Crag on

This view gives a good idea of the height of the main part of the town on its ridge above the River Colne valley.

Wivenhoe is situated on the River Colne. Here we have a view of the High Street at a quiet time. In the foreground is the railway, and further back stands the church of St Mary the Virgin.

The Corporation once operated a light railway to Barrowford and Colne from here.

The Corporation once operated a light railway to Barrowford and Colne from here.

We are looking towards Colne with the road up to the Heath on the left. The thatched cottage on the left was until recently home to the village carpenter and funeral director.

This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.

The high chimney on the left belonged to a factory on the River Colne upstream from the watermill, and was also demolished.

These charming houses are at the east end of the quay; the left-hand one, Ferry House, is a reminder of the Colne ferry that crossed the river here. To the right are the cranes of a boatyard.

This town, which stands above the Colne in the north of the county about five miles from Braintree, was once famous for its silk and crepe.This wonderful post-war view looks up the High Street, with

This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.

The present cast-iron North Bridge over the Colne was built in 1843 and widened in 1903-08. The tim- ber-framed cottages reflected in the water are 17th century.

This view is looking north past the keep to the start of the descent from the ramparts to the River Colne below.

To the east, beyond the town hall, houses grew up along the road out of the town as it descended off the ridge towards the River Colne.

Fairford was the birthplace of the 19th-century Christian reformer and hymn-writer John Keble, who would often walk along the banks of the River Coln seeking inspiration for his verse.

The re-used stones feature the de Vere star, and came from Earl's Colne Priory.

Earls Colne is a large industrial village on the A604: silk-winding, brick-making, seed-growing, and iron-founding have all taken place here.

This road takes its name from the bridge over the River Colne, visible in the foreground of the picture.

Beside the memorial to the dead of two world wars is a statue to another of Colne's brave sons, Wallace Hartley.

Laura described busy mill days: 'We wove miles of Chatburn checks … it was dobby weaving, which went into turbans out East and tea towels out at Colne!'