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This view from the church tower shows part of the C E School playground, with Manor House next to it. Note that some of the cottages in this row appear to be thatched only on the street side.

The crews of several Lowestoft-registered trawlers take advantage of low water to carry out maintenance on the hulls of their vessels. Note that the capstan fires are kept lit.

The printing offices of the Lancaster Guardian was the second building on the right. Church Street was used as an open market on Lancaster Fair days.

The ethos of the owners was to supply the public with old-fashioned home baking and cooking in a comfortable and pleasant environment.

As can be seen from the two television aerials sprouting above the rooftop on the right, modern innovations in home entertainment were already making their presence felt in the early sixties.

A mile and a half north-east of Daventry, the Grand Junction (formerly the Grand Union) Canal cuts through the limestone ridge via the Braunston Tunnel.

The lower end of the Bude Canal has a basin with a sea lock to allow ships to enter and remain afloat. Three vessels are in port, while a fourth one lies aground beyond the lock gates.

Another mystery regarding Stonehenge is that many of the stones have been dressed - again there is no precedent for such work in Britain prior to Stonehenge.

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

Originally it was called the Flint Gate; then it was re-named after the Grand Old Duke of York and re-built in 1795 by Lord Henniker.

Then, just as it is today, this area of the town was an exclusive parade of expensive little shops, smart tea shops and expensive restaurants.

The Round House, re-named Rose Cottage, stands at the centre of the village - it was a toll house. The expense of maintaining roads was met by payment of tolls.

Situated on the Bargate beds of the Greensand, and amid pine-woods, Witley became popular with artists and writers in the closing years of Victoria's reign; George Eliot stayed here while writing Daniel

In the main street of The Borough, and facing on to Castle Street as it runs up to the south side of the castle, this early 17th-century, half-timbered building with its complex pattern of quatrefoils

The weatherboarded Spring Hotel, in the background at the junction of Chessington Road and Kingston Road, was once a farmhouse, until this stretch of the highway was created in 1834.

Main Street here leads up to Beeford Road in the direction of the 13th-century church of All Saints, with its circular churchyard. This road also leads to the remains of the old castle.

The last view in the book looks south-east along the High Street past the long terrace of 1850s cottages on the left. Market Square is in the far distance.

Today, Brockworth is altogether urbanised, a suburb of Gloucester. But when this photograph was taken, it was a village with its own character and community.

Some things never change: in a rather dull street of 19th- and early 20th-century buildings, on a Midland Red bus route, the Council is digging up the pavement!

George Lowe's butcher's shop has pride of place here, next to the emporium of T L Jones. Further down on the left, and beyond the two cars, a grocer sells Lyon's tea and Wills Star cigarettes.

Here we see an attractive group of sub-Arts and Crafts buildings with steeply-pitched roofs and tile-hung dormer windows over an open timber balcony.

This picture was taken eastwards from the north side of East Street, from Mrs Alice E Gale's musical instrument emporium and fancy repository on the corner with Barrack Street (left).

As befitted a growing Victorian town, the spiritual needs of the new citizens were vigorously addressed.

This view is of Lower Green, and on the right, out of view, is Cricket Green. In the middle of the green is the Vestry Hall, built in 1887, which has a cupola and clock tower.