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It was intended to link New Radnor with Old Radnor, two miles distant, to form a major city to be the capital of Radnorshire. The project faltered, confirming Welsh antipathy to large settlements.

A number of people, on the beach by the bathing machines in the distant back ground, enjoy the mirror-calm water.

In the days when Middlesex encompassed much of what is now Greater London, Brentford remained the important county town, though the title was more or less ceremonial - real administrative

By this date, Perranporth was becoming popular for bathing on account of its sandy beach. Pilchard fishing was also carried on, and a few boats are drawn up on the beach.

Half a mile downstream the river passes through Sir Robert Taylor's supremely graceful and beautiful sandstone bridge of the 1770s that still carries the busy A4 London to Bath road.

Bruce's heart was carried on a crusade against the Moors of Granada by Sir James Douglas.

The first county council was formed in 1889, with the 4th Marquis of Bath as chairman. It used to rotate meetings around the county.

This early picture of the beach at Ramsgate shows the benches that were precursors of the modern deck chair and a few bathing machines. Ramsgate Sands Station is in the centre of the picture.

The bathing stage at the lake's eastern edge reminds us of how popular swimming once was. Up to 35,000 bathers per season made use of the supervised facility.

Dressed for sports, a group of boys check the noticeboard which is in the colonnade under the Big Schoolroom.

Wasdale and Wastwater can be said to have seen the birth of the sport of rock climbing, and climbers from all over Britain stayed at local hostelries such as the Victoria Hotel.

The miniature railway at Cofton Wood was nearly as popular as the tea room, though one cannot help wondering if the adults in this picture are not just the teeniest bit embarrassed.

The hotel on the left here is The Fox and Goose, one of several large pubs on the main road at Penn, a reminder that this has for centuries been a major line of communication.

Swings and donkey rides were available for the children; note the striped bathing huts and (left) a temporary stage for the concert party, Carlton's Cosy Corner, higher up the beach.

If you think something is missing amongst the buildings overlooking North Pier you are right, for Blackpool Tower was not begun until 1891.

Situated on Southampton Road, this is rumoured to be the oldest pub in Great Britain. Following a recent make-over, it now has slate and oak floors, leather furniture and oak tables.

This imposing building is impressively situated on the shores of Southampton Water.

The Romans quickly absorbed the local Celtic goddess, 'Sul', into the cult of Minerva, and built a temple here in Sul-Minerva's honour as patroness of the baths.

Hayes department store on the right, now expanded from the one shop in this view, and on the left the picturesque Walcot Parade of about 1770, with its vaults for coal cellars and stores beneath the curving

Climbing out of Limpley Stoke, head west through Hinton Charterhouse with its fascinating remains of the 13th-century Carthusian priory, Hinton Priory, to the village of Wellow, four miles south of Bath

This walnut tree was reputed to be the largest in the country. Unfortunately, the apparent care taken in its preservation came to nought when it eventually succumbed to honey fungus.

Overlooking the Square is what appears to be the tower of a church. Actually, it is a bell tower, described by Arthur Mee as 'the glory of Evesham'.

After the baths closed in 1981, officially for refurbishment, the council decided that the demand for a new pool could not justify the cost of extensive repair or replacement, and a search began

A bustling shopping scene of the early fifties, taken when the row of shops was fairly new. Many of these now await new lessees, but the surmounting clock and its cupola are still present.