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Close to the banks of the Wye above the town, Holme Hall was built in the 17th century as a private residence, a function it performs to this day.

Nowadays it has views north-west to Steep Holm island and depressing views west to the troubled Hinckley Point nuclear power station.

This is where the road between Knutsford and Macclesfield crosses the one from Alderley Edge village to Holmes Chapel.

The Holmes Refreshment Rooms was part of the Temperance Hotel, which later became the Dolphin Hotel.

Amongst the farms are Sharples Farm and Holmes Farm. Mellor Brook is the nearest village of any size in this well-wooded area.

The old house at the end of the parade housing Holmes & Co butcher`s (established 1824) was demolished for road widening.

But this picture does give us an uncluttered view of the Grosvenor Hotel, while on the right, Brown, Holmes & Co, silk mercers to both Her Majesty and HRH The Princess of Wales, sport the royal

The Abbey of St Benet-at-Holm was founded in 1020 AD by King Canute.

Within is the impres- sive tomb of the Caroleon admiral Sir Robert Holmes. If the head on his effigy does not quite seem to match the body, that is because it was added later.

Holme is a hamlet on the east bank of the Trent slightly north of Winthorpe. The church was rebuilt in 1485 by John Barton of Calais.

In the four corners were four rare specimen trees, examples of the evergreen holm oak, one in each corner of the park.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle set some of his Sherlock Holmes story 'The Valley of Fear' at nearby Groombridge Place, where there is now a museum dedicated to this great writer's most famous creation.

Bowness Bay opens out into the north basin of the lake; Hen Holme island is backed by wooded Claiffe Heights and the mountains around Langdale.

Tea could be had next door to Barclay's Bank or in the Copper Kettle across the road, by Holmes & Sons, printers of the Andover Advertiser.

Lyme Regis is only a mile away, beyond the next bend, but lies hidden behind the woods at the Holm Bush and what is now National Trust land at Ware Cliffs (top left).

Designed by F & G Holme, its original purpose has now been forgotten. It was the home of the Lancashire Quarter Sessions, and has always been the poor relation of the buildings around it.

This 17th-century inn, apparently referred to in the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Speckled Band, stands by the junction of Stoke Road and Station Road.

building rows of new terraced brick housing close to the factories in the growing suburbs of Caldewgate, Shaddongate and (after the building of the Nelson Bridge over the Caldew in 1853) Denton Holme

The lake and village of Grasmere can be seen in the distance, while to the right, the 'Lion and Lamb' summit rocks of Helm Crag are seen sil- houetted against the skyline.

The castle holds a lofty hilltop position surveying five counties. It is visited by many every year, and holds various special attraction days.

Here the Whitstable United Christians hold a beach gathering; on the sheet at the back it says 'Suffer little children to come unto me.'

The old walnut tree stood near St Margaretís church, and was so big that it required props to hold it up and keep the roadway clear. It died some years ago.

Among its many memorials is an effigy of William Leigh, shown vested in the robe of a Knight of St Gregory and holding in his hands a model of the church he founded.

Note the child wearing pantaloons holding her mother's hand in the middle distance.