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There seems to be ample room beneath the wide arches of Llanfoist Bridge, but when the Usk floods the waters have often risen to the top of them and flooded the Castle Meadows in the foreground

The entrance arch, with its green gates, was demolished in the 1980s to allow access for lorries building the new leisure centre.

The pier has since been much built on, with varying degrees of success.

Looking very much a shadow of its former self, this windmill would have ground corn. In common with other mills in the area, it is a post mill, with the mill revolving round the central post.

The now much enlarged thatched house on the right is the only Bridge Inn building standing today; the left-hand one has been demolished.

Thatched cottages (right) stand between Woolbridge Manor and the River Frome, looking upstream from the five mediaeval arches of Wool Bridge.

The road is very different to its modern counterpart, and reflects how much the sea was the main way out of St Ives. Cars pass by today where boats were once pulled up on the beach.

Before the new resort grew up across the landscape, much of the countryside around the old village was open downland along the breezy coastal strip.

The house looks much the same today, though it is now a conference centre. The bridge in the foreground is 18th century, built of brick rubble with a moulded parapet.

The line is long-since closed, but this towering sixteen-arch structure stands as a lasting reminder of Victorian skill and energy.

The 775 employees at Wolverton Works in 1851 grew to 2,000 by 1860, with the LNWR the largest single employer in North Bucks; a company engine driver earned nearly four times as much as an agricultural

there has been considerable investment in rejuvenating and developing the town, so much so that apparently property prices in and around the town are now rising faster here than in

Mickleover, still known as 'the village' to its residents, is today not much more than a dormitory town to nearby Derby.

Much of the stone came from the ruined Fulbrook Castle, which had been given to William de Compton by Henry VIII.

Much of the stone came from the ruined Fulbrook Castle, which had been given to William de Compton by Henry VIII.

This view shows the late Norman arches of the cloisters. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536-9) it became the property of Thomas Cromwell and soon fell into disrepair.

In the background is the 16th-century five-arched bridge which gave the village its name.

Not so much a castle as a huge castellated mansion, Cyfarthfa stands near Merthyr Tydfil and was built in 1825 for Robert Thomas Crawshay, a wealthy iron-master.

In previous centuries the old taverns hereabouts were much used by smugglers, who had brought into the Forest the contraband they had landed on the south coast.

A family picnic by the five-arched bridge originally built in the 16th century over the River Leven.

The buildings have not changed much, but the street has lost its hustle and bustle. Car parking was allowed at this time.

The street remains much the same today.

Much of the Hoo's 1053 acres of parkland were designed and laid out by Capability Brown in the 18th century.

The area has been much built upon in the century since this photograph was taken.