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Today, it is quite hard to get down to the river in some places, but the Ribble is still there waiting to be reinvented.

The Cotswold rivers of Coln and Leach join the Thames here, and the town is much influenced by them.

Ballard Down (top left) and the Victorian villas of Gilbert Road (middle distance) form the backdrop.

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the River Avon 60 feet below.

Once an important market town, Shefford was blighted this century by through traffic; its central T-junction was a bottleneck until the town was recently by-passed.

If we count four awnings down on the same side of the road, we will just be able to make out Boots.

We are looking down from the keep of Clitheroe Castle to the town below.

The Brown Cow public house is on the right, and the Black Bull Hotel can just be made out further down the road. The village is 400ft above sea level.

We are in the main part of the Hartings, nestling in the northern slopes of the Downs, on the pilgrims' route to Chichester.

Woodstock House is a country house hotel nestling in the Downs below the heights of Charlton Forest. We are near Goodwood racecourse, hence the racing scene on the hotel restaurant signboard.

This is a fine example of Bridport`s eastern countryside, with the Dorset Downs falling away into the Marshwood Vale (far left) from the heights of Eggardon Hill and woods of Knowle Hill (left), in

The main road leads down past Holy Trinity church, which was built in 1836. The scene is similar today but the road is very busy with motor traffic.

Here we see a rural scene in a fold of the Downs - now much more wooded and obscured by trees. A stack yard is in the foreground, with round and rectangular corn ricks.

The Angel Hotel (offering Good Stabling and Garage) was knocked down and replaced by a cinema. This in turn has become a nightclub. A pub built next door - The Bell - is now derelict.

The first stage of the Otley to Skipton Railway reached Ilkley on 1 August 1865 - the town was decorated with bunting, and merrymaking continued day and night.

This view looks down the High Street towards the clock tower. This was built as a market hall and lock up, or temporary prison, in 1842, but in 1870 the clocktower, belfry and spire were added.

The Victory Inn can be seen down the street, and round the corner, not visible in this picture, is The Bugle, Hamble's famous riverside inn, which probably dates from the 12th century.

Here, looking down Main Street towards St Mary's Church with its horse mounting steps, we see the white Imperial Cottage (left). The chestnut tree has been removed, giving a view of Jubb's Farm.

Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and

The reality is more down to earth.

Terraces extend down Mallams, and houses have reached Modbury Mead (centre).

Further down, towards Bancroft and Nightingale Road, the tannery and other industrial works poured their waste into the river. Only the lavender works may have offset the obnoxious smell of the Hiz!

The church of St Mary and St Hugh was badly damaged by fire in 1708, which burnt down the spire and melted the bells.

The gaps in the wooden weir were stopped with slats which enabled more water to be directed down the leat.