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The coming of the railways put York firmly on the tourist map. Though the lines were owned by the North Eastern, no less than five other companies had running powers into the city.

John Fowler & Co. built roadrollers, traction engines and farm machinery, and there were a number of companies producing castings of various sorts.

The coming of the railways put York firmly on the tourist map. Though the lines were owned by the North Eastern, no less than five other companies had running powers into the city.

The old town, quaint and picturesque, is situated on the low ground near the edge of the harbour, and as a matter of course, the streets are very narrow.

This illustrious thoroughfare was once one of the two main routes leading westwards out of London. Because of its proximity to open parkland the wealthy clamoured to move here.

The terrace of shops stepping down the High Street, beyond the busy junction with Carshalton Road and William Pile Ltd (the stuccoed corner building), was erected in 1880.

This view looks east towards the High Street, past the Post Office on the right.

Our last view shows Dorney Reach with the Berkshire bank on the left.

This, the northern gate, stands on the site of the Roman Porta Principalis, the gateway of Eboracum. The barbican was demolished in 1835.

This and the following three photos, although from the same vantage point, span a period of 60 years.They show many changes in some of the buildings and in the mode of transport.Two horse-drawn vehicles

There's a sign on the building on the left that reads 'National Health Dispensing Service'.

The chimney in the background (right) is that of Berry's or Lower Mill, the last remnant of a once thriving industry.

It is probable, given the number of stone circles found on Dartmoor, that a family or a group of families erected them for ritual worship, either to venerate the dead or for an astronomical purpose.

The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view. The venerable Austin Seven must be about twenty years old at the time of this photograph.

Just a couple of miles from Haywards Heath railway station is the attractive and ancient village of Lindfield, named after the lime (or linden) trees which flank the village High Street.

This is one of Newbury's most attractive streets, Northbrook Street, depicted at the beginning of the 1960s.

Here we see the English side of the De Brus Cenotaph.

Underneath the stained glass windows of the council chamber we can see the arcade of shops leading to the Market Hall, flanked by Marley Modes, a ladies' dress shop, and Bradleys, a gentlemen's outfitters

Further west along the A30, Chard is a market town laid out in 1234 by Bishop Jocelyn of Wells.

A mile south-west we come to Athelney, a name redolent of Anglo-Saxon history.

Not far from Chipping Norton, close to Long Compton, stands a Bronze Age circle of 77 stones, a group of Neolithic upright stones and the single, 8 feet tall King Stone shown here, which dates from the

Boot's is on the right, where you could join their lending library, and next to it Woolworth's, where immediately inside on the left you used to be able to have a 'cuppa' and a bun.

The tower and spire of St Mary's church dominates the view. To the right is the Town Hall, which was originally situated over the north end of the bridge, with only a narrow arch for traffic.

A barefoot boy with a stick guides two donkeys back to their stand on the pullover.