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Tin and copper were once mined hereabouts and Mary Tavy was at the heart of it.

The meeting of the East and West Dart rivers has drawn tourists for as long as transport has been available.

This is the A49, and we can see the Feilden's Arms head on. Because Samlesbury Hall was so near, the area was popular with walkers and day trippers in the post-war years.

A London Transport RTL-class bus on the 87 approaches the Clock Tower from White Post Corner.

The shops are in the short parade on the left- hand side leading to St Wilfrid`s churchyard, whilst offices occupy most of those buildings on the right - they adjoin Victoria Park,

The ruinous towers of Hadleigh Castle were pictured by John Constable in a painting which he first exhibited in 1826.The Castle was originally built in 1232, and was rebuilt in 1365 against a possible

This bridge originally carried a tramway believed to have served the wire industries in the Anghiddy Valley, which linked up with the Wye Valley railway south of Tintern Station.

There were nine swing bridges over the canal, seven of them being where major roads crossed. Some crossing points not considered important enough for a bridge were provided with ferries.

Lechlade Mill, a mile east of the town, was powered by the River Leach which reached the Thames just below St John's Lock.

As a town, Basingstoke has been growing since the early part of the 20th century, but in the last 40 years or so it has become the fastest growing town in Western Europe, its population increasing from

Many of the buildings in Southampton's historic High Street were destroyed during the Second World War, more than 30 years after this photograph was taken.

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

The Town Hall with its round corner turret was designed by Liddell & Brown and built in 1907-08; the fire station in Lawson Street and the public baths were part of the same scheme.

This must be a very early photograph of the navigation, for the canal did not open until 1 January 1894. 36 miles long, and many years (and financial crises) under construction, it linked Manchester to

The Royalists had a verse about local lad and Parliamentary general, Thomas Harrison: 'Son of a witch, Mayest thou die in a ditch, With the butchers who back up thy quarrels, And art above ground, While

Beyond the industrial area are some of the most beautiful houses in Frome, which date from about 1700. Willow Vale House still retains its ivy.

Home of the famous 'Furry-Day', Helston was an important market centre for local produce.

With its shallow sandy bays, broad grassy downs, civic gardens, and terraces of unpretentious lodging houses, Bude is almost completely an Edwardian construction.

The building to the left is the rear of the China Bowl, which fronts onto the market place near the main entrance to the church, where once the stocks and whipping post stood.

Drifut's, on the extreme left, is offering customers coloured sand shoes and baseball boots to augment its traditional old-style repair business.

Even then, the road shows signs of traffic congestion. Note the substantial old-fashioned telegraph poles and cables, a once-familiar sight on Britain's trunk roads.

The contrast between the two scenes is remarkable, chiefly because of the cars which now throng the road; the contrast with the scene today is even greater.

Crow Mill on the River Sence was recorded around the mid 12th century; we see it here in a picturesque meadowland setting.

Behind is the car park for the cars to come under the hammer, and the fully mechanised tuning, repairing, and testing service of Magna Motors.