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Eckington is another north-east Derbyshire town which formerly depended on the collieries which surrounded it, but which now is finding a new focus as a commuter town for Chesterfield and Sheffield.

On the right is the Cliffe post office, with a pillar box outside. The Black Bull pub (centre) was another property of the Maidstone brewers Style & Winch.

The Hope was one of the many inns and pubs that lined the course of the canal, at one time or another.

Another view from Castle Hill, this time looking west. In the bottom left corner is the tramway that brought ball clay from Peters Marland to the station at Torrington (centre).

The Thames is not sufficiently wide at Oxford for the conventional kind of race in which one boat, known as an eight, overtakes another.

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

Because the River Cam itself is not wide enough for conventional races, races called 'Bumps' are held.

Note the telegraph poles on the left, once a regular sight alongside canals.

An old village on the Cheshire side of the Manchester Ship Canal, Flixton was developed as a residential suburb of Manchester.

The house on the corner of Montrose Street to the left is now another medical centre, with a dental surgery next door.

Because the River Cam itself is not wide enough for conventional races, races called 'Bumps' are held.

Here we see another restful feature in the Valley Gardens, but this is a later design. The area was originally a croquet lawn, established in 1864.

Speedwell Cavern, at the foot of the Winnats Pass, is another of Castleton's famous show caves.

The Jew’s House is another of Lincoln’s surviving early medieval stone houses: the city has more than most.

Both pub and Guildhall still exist, and have been subjected to only cosmetic changes. The policeman's uniform and the other clothing have also undergone something of a change.

There is activity on both sides of the lake.

The village postman poses for the photographer, while another villager gets a bucket of water from the fountain memorial to Dent's most famous son, the pioneer geologist Adam Sedgwick.

This connection with both her and John Masefield is remembered at the annual poetry festival.

More had to give both Melplash and his favourite daughter to Lord Paulet, who interceded with the king on his behalf in search of a pardon.

Another notable building associated with this family is Triangular Lodge, an exuberant folly which was designed as an emblem of the Trinity.

This is another of the Lincolnshire churches that has Anglo-Saxon long and short stone work in the tower.

Extensions were added to the palace over the following century after it was first built. Then in 1647 Bishopthorpe was sold to a Colonel White, who added further to the building.

Queens Road, at the top of Park Street, was chosen as the site for both the City Art Gallery and the City Museum.

The station closed to goods traffic on 30 November 1964; both Wilmslow and Chelford closed for goods on 4 May 1970; Styal in 1963; and Handforth in 1958.