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This picture captures reminders of road transport old and new. In the foreground is a toll house, a vestige from the days of horse-drawn coaches that paid to use the road.

Norfolk is full of windmills - there used to be one on every piece of elevated land.

Another iron-making village, situated on a tributary of the River Mole, Leigh (pronounced 'Lye') is centred on this demure, triangular village green with its covered pump.

The YMCA outdoor activities centre on the western shore of Windermere a little distance north of Lakeside occupies 240 acres, with a lake frontage of half a mile.

This is Main Bay, which changed its name to Viking Bay following the arrival in 1949 of a replica Viking ship, the Hugin.

The New Inn, on the edge of the village, is on the Daventry to Warwick turnpike, and the name suggests it may have been opened because of the turnpike traffic.

Standing on the fringes of the Norfolk marshes, Blakeney like Cley, once knew busier days.

Note the area of tidal reach between the railtracks. The Mumbles-Swansea train in the centre of the photograph is heading for or leaving the Elms Terminus.

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, chosen in 1888 for reasons of communication.

In Edwardian days groups of customers surround traders as the business of the day is noisily conducted.

The village church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and parts of it date back to the 13th century. It actually stands inside the grounds of Clandon Park.

Here we see the impressive edifice of the Queens Hotel, built in 1875 to cater for the large number of tourists who came to Saltburn for their holidays in the late Victorian period.

E J Baker, the High Street butcher, was delivering to the substantial houses, many of which still stand today.

Feckenham once stood at the heart of Feckenham Forest, an ancient hunting ground of kings, which once covered some 200 square miles and included over 60 settlements.

Much of the rest of the building was replaced in the 18th and 19th centuries.

This photograph, looking west from the altar, gives a good impression of one of the glories of Nantwich's church – the wonderful carving detail in the choir.

The rocky knoll of Biskey Howe, rising abruptly above the built-up area of Bowness, has long been a favourite viewpoint – from here a large proportion of the lake is visible.

It stands on the north side of what is now the main A591, opposite the railway station.

Towards the west end of Fore Street, a gilded glass sign advertises Hepworths the tailors beyond Reuben Rogers` grocery stores (right).

The name of this small settlement on the slopes of Wansfell Pike between Windermere and the Kirkstone Pass means exactly what it says - 'the trout stream' - and it stands above a stream with the same name

The Troutbeck valley is one of the quietest in the Lake District, and in this view, taken from the old coach route between Windermere and Penrith, the essentially rural nature of much of the district

The chamber of the House of Lords is prepared for Edward VII's first state opening of Parliament. The throne on the right is for Queen Alexandra.

Note the traditional checkerboard brickwork on the cottages to the right, which also appear to have been the subject of some infill building since the 18th century.

This rural scene, about a mile east of the city centre along Monks Road, is now much changed.