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Three miles from Wye, the Norman village church has remained largely unaltered since it was built, with the exception of its windows.

The hotel is on ground well below the level of the water in the river Yare, and is protected from flooding by the riverbank.

This view shows a number of St Ives gigs, small shallow-keeled boats.

The railway arrived in Ipswich in 1846, and very quickly had an impact on industry and commerce.

It is believed that the medieval village was enclosed within a deer park in 1300, but the only clue to that nowadays is the name of Park Farm, near the church.

These boats were used by the ancient Britons, and are still made in the traditional way: canvas is stretched on a framework of interwoven rods and rendered waterproof with pitch or tar.

Local firms included John Bowden's yard, which was active between 1877 and 1905 -it can be seen in the background of this picture; Richard Kitto (later Kitto & Sons) was in business from 1864 to c1904

The Grotto, on the left as one descends the walk, has always been a place for children to play hide and seek. Behind in the distance are the houses of Albion Place.

Ivy-clad Lea Hurst at Holloway, near Matlock, is famous as the home of the Crimean War's 'Lady with the Lamp', Florence Nightingale.

Winforton has been described as a typical 'farm village' and this building would once have been the home of a very well-to-do farmer.

Winforton has been described as a typical 'farm village' and this building would once have been the home of a very well-to-do farmer.

Situated on the corner of the A40 and the High Street, the appropriately named Cotswold Gateway Hotel opened in 1928. The building was once used as a boarding house for the local school.

Looking at this beautiful 16th-century thatched cottage, it is not difficult to see what attracted Kenneth Graham, author of The Wind in The Willows, and Dick Francis, ex-jockey and thriller writer, to

Above the centre arches are the carved heads of Father Thames, looking downstream, and Isis, looking upstream.

In the distance is the church of St Mary Major with its massive 13th-century tower, square at the base and octagonal at the top.

The pump and war memorial remain unchanged, although the Victorian double- gabled house beyond has lost its original porch, and the windows of the Globe Inn have been altered.

Lying two hundred yards south-west of St Mary's the chapel is a small church built by Earl Odda and dedicated to the Holy Trinity in April 1056.

Traffic was such that the two original basins of the 1770s were expanded to five. As Stourport thrived, Bewdley faded into insignificance.

This view of River House (left), former home to local artist Dendy Sadler, has hardly changed - there is now a flagpole on the front and less greenery.

The top half of this mill tower was demolished, along with the other factory buildings, leaving a stumpy tower, which has been modernised.

The view down the High Street has changed very little, but the increased volume of traffic has brought traffic lights to the junction with the road to Over.

We are standing on the northern shore of the wide and shallow Usk, looking at the grand bridge. It is 17th-century in origin with 13 arches in total, but only 12 are visible from the west.

Opposite the Post Office a precipitous flight of 111 stone steps scales the hill from the town's square to Vernon Place.

This view of the beach shows it in use by both holidaymakers and local fishermen.