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The Transporter (or more correctly 'transbordeur') Bridge was a meccano- like structure below which moved a suspended cab.

With the Hough on the left and looking towards Waterfall and Clockhouse Woods, the path up the Edge, originally an old right of way from the Hough over to Macclesfield, has recently been

A community of Cokelers, a religious group otherwise known as the Dependents, once lived in the village.

This was such a tranquil place in 1906; but now it lies on the main Dales road from Hawes to Leyburn.

Atop the hill, it has a pedestal with inscription plaques on three sides and a relief of a naval battle on the fourth.

The Institute for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge has stood up well to the passing of time.

We are on the navigable River Ouse and an old Roman road. The flint-built church of St Mary is over-restored, with little of the original remaining. Court House is an altered 15th-century hall-house.

This pleasant market town lies just inland from the chalets and caravans of the 'honky-tonk' north coast between Rhyl and Colwyn Bay.

In this view we see pargetting with birds and plants on the projecting gable, and in the centre to the left of the drain pipe there is a single leg.

The Master window, in the middle, is dedicated to the memory of Robert Mosley Master: when he left Burnley after thirty years in 1855, he became Archdeacon of Manchester.

We have now moved upstream west of the bridge, with a view taken from St Mary's Embankment in St Mary's Gardens.

Bosham features on the Bayeux Tapestry, for in 1064 Harold sailed from Bosham to Normandy, and set in train the events that led to the Battle of Hastings and his own death.

This small town grew up on the course of the Roman road from London to Chichester, later known as Stane (or stone paved) Street.

Objections were raised by well- known figures like Sir John Betjeman and architectural historian Marc Girouard, who wrote that the proposed scheme was 'a classic example of how not to plan, for

The Roundabout Hotel on the Delmé Roundabout used to be St Edith's Industrial Home for abandoned or orphaned girls run by the Waifs and Strays Society.

It was built around 1160 on the edge of the town by Cistercian monks, who found the natives not very friendly when they tried to establish an abbey here in 1147.

What a wonderful mish-mash of buildings are captured on camera here.

Once the centre of the Anglo-Saxon village, the Green is overlooked by houses mostly dating from the 16th and 17th centuries.

St Athan is home to RAF Athan, and has formed part of the local community and economy for many decades, particularly following the Second World War.

The shadow of Cheam Court in the foreground indicates that this photograph was taken shortly after noon on this summer's day.

'The one desire of every true Briton on first coming to Dorking is to follow Sam Weller as he descends from the Arundel coach to the Marquis of Granby.

Between them are the solid shapes of Sundial Cottage and Library Cottage, and No 11 with its gabled frontage above an arched doorway (centre right).

Knowledge of the swift tides and currents in this area is vital, and that is why there are more fishermen using this beach than tourists, who have heeded the warning.

On the right, by the main road, which had not long been built at the time of this photograph, is a cluster of prefabs, temporary housing after World War II.