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Note the absence of road markings and the apparently low volume of traffic that enables motorists to park on the bridge itself. Picton Place is named after the Picton family, referred to later.

This bridge over the River Usk is situated near the site of the old castle.

It was Flatford and nearby East Bergholt which provided the young John Constable with the inspiration for many of his fine paintings.

Two little girls walk arm-in-arm across the tree-shaded ancient packhorse bridge which crosses Clapham Beck in the centre of the village.

We are looking towards Bridge Street and the River Barle. Across the river on the hillside is The Cottage, a mock-Tudor house with plaster pargetting standing amid rhododendrons.

Abraham Darby bought a furnace in 1706 and began experimenting with ways of smelting iron by using coke rather than charcoal In 1709 he mastered the technique and changed the world.

In the late 18th century a ferry operated between Muskham and Newark, but the owners soon gained a reputation for being greedy when the river was in flood; there is one instance of them charging five guineas

This old inn, just over the river from London Bridge, was called by Stow 'one of the fair inns' of Southwark.

This beautiful display has survived, but vandalism and lack of funds has meant that many have disappeared.

In the centre of the village, on Affleck Bridge, is the Independent Wesleyan Chapel built in 1874 to serve the Nonconformist industrial workers of the boot and shoe factories.

This old inn, just over the river from London Bridge, was called by Stow ‘one of the fair inns’ of Southwark. In 1720 it was described as ‘well built, handsome, and enjoying a good trade’.

The locomotive comes tender first into Newby Bridge station, where it is awaited by the station-master.

We are looking up river towards the lock gates, with the site of the former abbey and its grounds on the right.

Situated on the north-western edge of the New Forest, Fordingbridge was once famous for the manufacture of canvas and sail cloth.

The pony and trap seen here was a versatile form of transport.

The three-arched, balustraded bridge at Shillingford dates back to 1827 and carries the Wallingford to Thame road over the river. The road was turnpiked in 1764.

One of the many streams that cascade off the moor - this is the beginning of Mill Ghyll, which flows down Wells Road and then underneath Brook Street.

The houses of Middleborough grew up beyond the town walls and the north gate, which was demolished in 1823.

Traversed by a dozen bridges, the Wensum clutches the old city in a tight embrace.

This sturdy gritstone bridge has spanned the mighty River Derwent in the centre of Derbyshire's county town for five centuries, although it has been widened and strengthened to take modern traffic.

The 15th-century tower of All Saints, the Anchor pub and the elevation of the bridge, which is medieval in origin with 19th-century additions, add up to a classic photograph of the entrance to the village

Fred Atter's grocery shop and café and the old post office went to make way for the footings of the A1 flyover, which now dominates this scene.

An interesting view from the south bank of the Thames looking east, before Christchurch Meadows on the left were made into a riverside park, and, more significantly, before Reading Bridge was built

The nearby village of Culham lies on a curve of the Thames, and is noted for its bridge built by Christ's Hospital and damaged during the Civil War.