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A Watney's Red Barrel illuminated sign (a much-advertised keg beer of the time) hangs below the main sign.

The Bear Hotel was a much-visited restaurant in the 1960s and 70s, but it became rather run-down and lost most of its clientele. It has re-opened following renovation and cleaning.

For such a small village, St Mary's is quite a large church.

There is also a Victorian east window and niches to left and right of the low panelled chancel arch. The tall west tower has diagonal buttresses, with buttress shafts and pinnacles in relief.

Much of the rest of the church, the present nave and aisles to the left, are later medieval with heavy Victorian restoration.

The brick-faced building with arched windows was the Angel Inn, which had an orchard and yard where the customers played quoits.

Designed by Christopher Wren in 1672 as a triumphal arch, Temple Bar originally stood at the top of Fleet Street in London.

At this date Queen Victoria's statue can still be seen (just visible, centre left); and between the bank and the Queen's Hotel the narrow gabled building with the big arched window is the

The slipway for the launching of rowing lifeboats was blocked up and moved to the land-facing side; the small arched window marks where the old exit emerged.

It now has a much larger traffic island around it, and during the holiday season it is a very busy place indeed. Butlin House (left) has been replaced by a functional modern building.

This photograph was taken in the days when Uttoxeter had a much larger market.

The corbels on the arches of the nave are worth a close examination.

Two bridges crossed the Usk at Llanfoist: the medieval stone-arched road bridge is dwarfed by the railway bridge, which was demolished shortly after the Abergavenny to Merthyr line closed in the

It now has a much larger traffic island around it, and during the holiday season it is a very busy place indeed. Butlin House (left) has been replaced by a functional modern building.

Two bridges crossed the Usk at Llanfoist: the medieval stone-arched road bridge is dwarfed by the railway bridge, which was demolished shortly after the Abergavenny to Merthyr line closed in the early

The name is said to originate from the mustering of troops during the English Civil War in the 17th century, but it could equally originate from a much earlier 13th-century charter allowing animals

It was partly destroyed on 21 August 1775 by a large flood - two of the original small arches were replaced by the single large span we can see here, giving it an asymmetrical appearance.

Opposite the arches and pillars of what used to be Hayman's Pianoforte Warehouse are just visible; the premises are now a gun shop.

Opposite the arches and pillars of what used to be Hayman's Pianoforte Warehouse are just visible; the premises are now a gun shop.

This single-arched stone bridge is situated a few hundred yards to the north of St Machar's Cathedral, and crosses a gorge of the River Don.

Its arches to north, south and east are very tall too, and of Decorated style.

The railings have also been removed, leaving a much more welcoming and open view of this charming village.

Although the pews of 1876 (which replaced much earlier box pews) still survive, the majority of the interior was remodelled in a major restoration under the hand of the architect Temple Moore

Next door is the overhanging 16th-century frontage of the White Hart Inn, with its impressive arch leading into the stable yard. The hotel was closed and converted into shops in the early 1930s.