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Brinklow was one of 400 new towns deliberately created between 1066 and 1349, when the Black Death brought an end to the practice. Like many of them, Brinklow never really took off.

A large proportion of the settlers were young themselves—look at the number of children and pushchairs here.

The first school in Redditch was built in 1820 on land donated by a local landowner, the Earl of Plymouth, at the junction of Unicorn Hill and Bates Hill.

One cottage has the remains of the 15th-century open hall. The tall house on the right has fire rings at eaves height for ladders to be tied to the wall.

The first Welwyn Stores was founded in 1921 at Guessens road, but it closed in July 1939 when the new, larger stores was opened in the centre of the new town.

The occasional vehicle will be heard from inside, but apart from that, it is a peaceful life here. As the water flows underneath the bridge the occasional fish can be seen.

At a later stage its twin turrets became unsafe and were removed. The interesting façade of the hospital beyond was also lost when the Peace Wing was added just after World War I.

A Peace Parade was held at Stortford in July 1919 when the plans for the memorial in Castle Gardens were announced. By-laws forbade the beating of carpets and driving of cattle through the gardens.

For years two small steam packets provided a daily scheduled service between Gloucester and Sharpness, calling at a number of villages and convenient stopping-places along the way.

The house occupied by Oliver Cromwell whilst he was governor of the Isle of Ely between 1636 and 1647 was at one time the vicarage for St Mary's Church, and is now the Ely Tourist Information Centre.

This road runs south to Stokesley, some five miles away. The Mobil petrol station is just off to the left - they were evidently offering Green Shield Stamps in return for purchases at that time.

Built by the Wharton family of Skelton Castle for ease of access across Saltburn Glen, the toll bridge was completed in 1869. It stood 120ft high at the centre.

The wide shop on the left belongs to Henry Abbot, the long-established draper's, which became a Co-op in the late 1990s. Each alternate window on the first floor, has been blocked.

It looks quiet here now, but once the market at Leominster was so successful that the cities of Hereford and Worcester were jealous of its success.

In 1942 Lieutenant-Commander Stephen Beattie, the son of the Rector of Madley, was awarded the Victoria Cross after his ship rammed the dock gates at St Nazaire.

On 28 September 1066 William, Duke of Normandy, landed here and occupied the long-abandoned Roman for- tress, which then occupied a promontory overlooking open sea.

At the crossroads stands The Dicker, a somewhat eclectic and odd mansion of 1908, now St Bede's School.

Not much more than a stone's throw from Jack Straw's Castle, the original Old Bull and Bush can be seen on the right of shot.

The first castle to be built at Kenilworth is thought to have been a motte and bailey constructed between 1122-1127 by Geoffrey de Clinton. It was de Clinton's son who built the keep.

In the 1790s the Kennet and Avon Canal swept past at first floor window level of the 17th-century George Inn to cut it off from the High Street.

Mainly Georgian houses front Kimbolton's wide High Street, laid out in medieval times to accommodate a market.

The main port lay north of this point, since a medieval three- arched stone bridge blocked the further passage of tall craft upstream along the River Parrett; even in the early 20th century,

Close to the junction of Nine Mile Ride, New Wokingham Road and Honey Hill, we can see Chappell's Store, clearly the local retailer for Salmon's Teas but also providing the facility of

By 1903 the George and Dragon (of the Commercial Hotel sign) looks directly across the road at its rival, the now relocated Dunlop Temperance Hotel (above the Fry's Pure Cocoa signed shop window).