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In 1247 King Henry III granted Romford a charter permitting a livestock market to be held in the town every Wednesday.

This is the Joymount corner of the town; the gardens, no longer there, mark where a governor of the castle, Sir Arthur Chichester, began to build a fine mansion in 1610.

An unusual, but often most welcome, combination of pharmacy and sub-post office, the building on the near left has performed the function under at least three owners to the knowledge

The Institute was opened in 1855 by Colonel Charles Townley; it was a haven for apprentices taking on night-school to further their careers, and for youngsters wanting to better themselves.

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

In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles, set alongside the marsh-lined River Waveney

It is accessible by foot at low tide, and many a holidaymaker has fallen foul of the tide's rapid reversal – a sobering cold night spent on the island their reward.

When this market hall was built a number of houses, shops and even a church were demolished to make way for it.

using subscriptions from workers in all departments of the LNWR Company 'as a token of their appreciation of the generosity of their Board of Directors (who) presented the park to the town

Just outside the town stands Bliss Tweed Mills, built by George Woodhouse in 1872, whose thriving clothing business provided 700 jobs.

Wollaston is a small market town with a charter granted in 1260 and with the remains of a motte and bailey castle.

Downstream from the town, the photographer looks back to the Richmond Half-Tide Weir and Footbridge.

One stop short of the terminus at Cockfosters, Oakwood Station is one of the jewels along this northern stretch of the Piccadilly line, which also includes Southgate, Arnos Grove and Cockfosters.

The post-war years saw the spread of high-street chains, and Chesterfield was no exception.

Joseph (1799-1872) was the second son of Edward Pease (1767-1858), and was the first treasurer of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.

The street is noted for its mid to late Georgian buildings, and distinctive pink and blue brick houses above lines of modern shop fronts.

To most people, it means Stonehenge and Salisbury, or somewhere that appears on a sign as travellers rush up and down the M4 motorway, heedless of what is around them.

The Sheffield branch of Thomas Cook & Son is dwarfed by its neighbour,Woodhouses.

Nearby is the site of the forthcoming 1930s Woolworth store and 1980s redevelopment.

Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.

The old terrace of shops to the left include J N Read & Son, butchers.

As time went on, Peter, the founder of the town, assumed the additional name of Fleetwood.

Navenby is a small market town with wide, airy views over the Trent valley to the west.

Banstead station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs station, opened in 1865.