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Quarrying for limestone and copper brought new people to this quiet agricultural village - mines were still operating in the 1920s.

This one, with the beck running through it, was built up in the 19th century to house workers at the nearby mill, where for a hundred years John Wilford & Sons produced linen, flax and wool.

Originally sited on a ford over Firgreen Beck, Clifford was at one time the manor that included all of nearby Boston Spa.

This stream, the Lode Pit Beck, flows off the moor into the Aire at Shipley.

Catterick has three greens; this one looks along Sour Beck to the 15th-century parish church of St Anne, financed by the owners of nearby Brough Hall.

On the western edge of the North York Moors, Osmotherly was a centre for milling, weaving and clog making, and it grew considerably in the hundred years from 1750.

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

An Exmouth boatman stands barefoot on the Esplanade seeking customers for the many boat trips on offer.

Looking back the other way we see West Cliff.

Legend relates that a Saxon king, on a progress through his realm, wondered how he could cross a creek without getting his feet wet.

Most of Market Street was taken up by the now demolished Red Lion.

Photographed in the year it was built, this church had seating for 800 people, and a commodious schoolroom at the back. The

Set in a most attractive position on the shore of Restronguet Creek off the Carrick Roads, the old thatched inn was once owned by the captain of the 'Pandora', which sailed to the South Pacific to

Legend relates that a Saxon king, on a progress through his realm, wondered how he could cross a creek with- out getting his feet wet.

Although Beeching axed the trains on this line, he left this magnificent structure as it was.

The first of the road traffic tunnels to be dug under the River Mersey, the Queensway Tunnel was opened by King George V and Queen Mary on 18 July 1934.

Legend relates that a Saxon king, on a progress through his realm, wondered how he could cross a creek without getting his feet wet.

We are looking back the other way from R16047, with Sparks bakery and restaurant next door to the local branch of W H Smith (left).

Very few changes have been made to this attractive 16th-century coaching inn since the photograph was taken.

At the bottom of the street is the bridge over the River Bollin and the Manor house.

One of the darkest deeds in English history took place in Saxon times, when King Edward was murdered, probably by order of his stepmother, in 978.

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

At the north end of the park the focus is a statue of Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort, who had died in 1861 and in whose honour the estate had been named.