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Both Pulborough's and Stopham's medieval bridges are now fortunately by-passed and left as footbridges.

It took five years to build with workmen tunnelling from both ends; it carried water from the Derwent Valley to the reservoir at Rivelin.

Ramsgill is another village in Upper Nidderdale. The parish church was built in 1842, and is furnished inside with altar rails by Robert Thompson, the famous 'mouse man' of Kilburn (see K68008, p53).

Howth is well-known both for its harbour and its former Abbey church, now ruined. In this view, the prominent site of the Abbey, on a bluff overlooking the harbour, is clearly visible.

Another interesting building is the Red Lion, an old coaching inn outside of which is a milepost inscribed '100 miles London'. In 1906 a night at the Red Lion would have set you back 2s 6d.

This playground area was close to the sea. Miniature golf was another attraction, with a round of eighteen holes costing the princely sum of 9d.

Another general view of Matlock Bath, looking up towards the wooded Heights of Abraham on the skyline.

This is yet another of the fascinatingly beautiful bridges that span the river Wye.

Despite the growth of Shifnal (it developed to provide accommodation for both Birmingham and Wolverhampton to the east and the new town of Telford to the west), it has managed to retain

As if one Compton Abbas was not enough, Dorset is fortunate enough to have two: one is near Maiden Newton and is usually known as West?Compton, and the other is near to Shaftesbury.

morning three ladies walk along Church Street, perhaps to the church. this is another example of the peaceful village life of half a century ago.

Two loaded narrowboats head north on the Grand Union Canal, their cargo concealed from both weather and prying eyes by careful sheeting.

Another view of the beach at Canvey Island shows children busily playing around the many deckchairs. Most of the older holidaymakers are well wrapped up against the cold.

Woolbridge Manor is another Dorset building with Thomas Hardy associations, for it was here that Tess of the D'Urbervilles spent her short and disastrous honeymoon with Angel Clare.

The sea wall leads to the Parson and Clerk rocks, with the railway—surely one of the loveliest stretches of line in the country—running alongside.

The sea wall leads to the Parson and Clerk rocks, with the railway - surely one of the loveliest stretches of line in the country - running alongside.

Newton Abbot market has changed a great deal in both character and appearance since this photograph was taken in the 1920s.

Today Albrighton is known to most people because of its proximity to the RAF base at nearby Cosford.

Another idyllic view of the grand cathedral in the late 19th century. In the background we can see the many hills that surround Gloucester, giving way to all routes north, south, east and west.

Another well-known poet lived nearby - Edward Fitzgerald, who translated the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Another view of Skelton taken from 'the hills', showing the distinctive white façade of the Methodist Church on Green Road.

Another view of the dusty, un-made road surface of the High Street which carried so much traffic at the start of the century, together with the intrusive early telegraph poles which, sentinel-like, dwarf

Yet another of Worcestershire's imposing old mills stands on the banks of the River Avon near to Fladbury.

Locals pronounce Slaithwaite 'Slawit', and this bustling village in the valley of the River Calder four miles south-west of Huddersfield is another one with Norse origins.