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That much-maligned but vital facility of the motorway network, the service station, was an early landmark.

The war memorial is centrally placed in the village alongside the winding street by the stream. The roots of tradition run deep here, and some old customs were observed until the 19th century.

The Grand Western Canal was a 19th-century dream, planned to run from Taunton to the river Exe near Exeter.

This is another view of Lower Eype from further to the south-west, closer to the cliff above Lyme Bay, looking inland to Mount Lane and St Peter's Church (centre).

This is another view of Lower Eype from further to the south-west, closer to the cliff above Lyme Bay, looking inland to Mount Lane and St Peter`s Church (centre).

At the end of Soss Lane, beyond the railway line, are two former pump houses with tall chimneys; their steam-powered beam engines are situated on the Mother Drain which runs parallel to the River Idle

Gallowtree Gate runs out of Granby Street and London Road as it drops down to the Clock Tower.

This view typifies the unforgettable appeal of Kersey: brick, timber and plastered houses are raised to allow for the slope, with higher and higher steps to the front doors, and there is

West of Sutton Courtenay the route reaches Drayton. The older houses are mostly along the High Street, Church Lane and Abingdon Road.

The last view in Marcham was taken from the parish church tower looking south-east towards Parkside, a large estate of 1950s former council houses.

Though it passes through an industrial landscape, this canal has many quiet rural stretches where the narrow boats chug along under a dense canopy of green.

Barnoldswick is pronounced 'Barlick' by the locals.This is another village that has moved with boundary changes.

Kits Coty House, a prehistoric burial monument, is sited on a crest of the North Downs a mile or two to the north of Aylesford village.

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

This canal was constructed in 1796; it runs for nearly forty miles through northern Hampshire.

On the left we can see a line of old-fashioned telegraph poles. Not all post offices in the Fylde had a telegraph office early in the 20th century, nor could they deal with postal orders.

This view, showing the centre of Ewell village, was taken looking north towards the Horse Pond and Spring Corner, and includes several splendid examples of the motor vehicles of the period.

Epsom is famous for two things: Epsom Salts, and the two great classic flat races run on the Downs south of the town, the Derby and the Oaks, both inaugurated in the late 18th century.

From Newstead Abbey the route heads four miles south to Hucknall, which also has Byronic associations: in this church Byron was buried in the family vault after his body had been brought home from Greece

Here we see a peaceful open carriage ride on a hot Edwardian summer's day; the lady, protected by an umbrella, passes the 1850s east lodge to Offington House.

Close to the road, the solid but impressive ashlar tower dominates the immediate street scene with its substantial angled buttresses and crocketted finials; these are not 15th-century, but were added

Moving north-west from Albert Park to the Faringdon Road, the town tour finishes at the School of St Helen and St Katherine, as it is now named.

The name of this lane, which runs north from the junction of High Street and Lewes Road, refers to Sackville College.

The next views are of the residential roads laid out to the east of Brighton Road.