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The 1870 view of the bridge is particularly interesting, for it shows the Berkshire bank before the spread of late Victorian developments that brought large houses and villas to the Berkshire hillside

The River Arrow meanders over a wide flood plain and most villages in the area sit well above its banks. However Eardisland, for some reason, is situated right beside the river.

Looking east from Blucher Street this view shows how steeply the chalk hills rise behind the town, still undeveloped.

East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of the River Asker towards houses beside East Road (centre).

The heart of the Square Mile. City life looks as frenetic as it does today. Job mobility was unheard of in the Victorian office.

Mostly the buildings are two storey. Banks, such as Lloyds in this view, are the only buildings of any quality.

The heart of the Square Mile. City life looks as frenetic as it does today. Job mobility was unheard of in the Victorian office.

This view looks downstream from the Egham bank.

The photograph is taken from the Norfolk bank of the Wellstream that flows into Wisbech. A later brick front was added to the 17th-century White Lion.

The photograph is taken from the Norfolk bank of the Wellstream that flows into Wisbech. A later brick front was added to the 17th-century White Lion.

Just two years after the new pavilion's opening, a disaster was averted when bravery and decisive action prevented a blaze reaching it.

The elegant, classical façade of the Shire Hall has dominated the Market Square since it was built in 1798, replacing an earlier Elizabethan hall.

Round the bend, past the old garage, the A271 continues as Gardner Street, the main shopping street of the village.

The Trustee Savings Bank building, on the right, was formerly the office of Stroud's Conservative newspaper, the Stroud News.

Here we see the bridge over the River Greta in the busy little market town of Keswick in the northern Lakes.

Here we have a clearer view of the tall Town Hall building to the right, and beyond it lies the premises of the National Provincial Bank.

We are looking up Bridge Street past the North Street junction.

At the opposite end of Chapel Lane stands the post office (left), which originally offered a full counter service, but is now relegated to sorting and parcels distribution.

West of the Queen Street junction the London-Bath A4 was remarkably narrow, but is now pedestrianised and by-passed. This view looks east.

Down by the river bank, the paviours follow the line of the medieval wharf. Behind the moat are the medieval outer defences, the inner one overlooking the outer - the battlements are 19th-century.

This last view of St Mary's Church gives a clearer impression of the relatively unrestored tower stonework.

The hotel stands on the north bank of the River Leven, by the bridge.

By the time the castle was finished in around 1200, Richmond had grown in size; a market has been held here since 1155.

A hint of the heavily-wooded banks of the Brun can be seen on the left of this picture.