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The 'Star Inn' on the left is being given a fresh lick of paint in this view from the railway bridge.

The driver of this MG Magnette was perhaps distracted by the vista around him, and has himself become something of a tourist attraction.

Conwy was already something of a tourist attraction by 1898 with its castle and remnants of the planned medieval town.

Beautifully situated by the tree-lined River Wyre and the ancient bridge (Bonnie Prince Charlie's army passed over it) is one of the three most ancient churches in the Fylde—they are Preston, Kirkham,

The Kennet and Avon Canal, authorised by Act of Parliament in 1794 and opened in 1810, linked Bristol with London, cutting a canal from the Avon in Bath to the Kennet, which was then canalised to the Thames

The Bridgewater canal, built between 1759-1776, was a key transport network of the early Industrial Revolution, linking Manchester to Runcorn and carrying freight and passengers.

We meet Bazalgette later at the Embankment in central London; seen here from the Barnes bank towpath, his suspension bridge has a 420-foot main span, and the towers are finished with French-style pavilion

Stone was on the North Staffordshire line from Stoke, which linked with the London & North Western at Colwick West Junction.

Entering the hamlet, the main A483 crosses the River Camarch en route to Builth Wells.

The Wye River is viewed here looking downstream from the Kerne Bridge. Within a short distance, the river becomes the border between Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.

The crew in an approaching sail fishing boat, having raised her sails, stand by to clear the jetty, leaving both harbour and fellow craft moored alongside the Stade.

Warehouses and industry flourish along the banks of the river. In 1968, when work was underway on a new Devon Bridge, timber piles and some stonework were discovered on the river bed.

As the water flows underneath the bridge the occasional fish can be seen. At Fullerton the River Test meets the River Anton and then passes Stockbridge and Romsey to enter Southampton Water.

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.

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,

Upstream from the lock at Sonning, the 18th-century bridge spans the river, and the recreational use of the water is plain to see.

Abingdon Abbey was founded in 675 AD, and the town grew up at its gates. However, nothing remains of its great monastic church.

Electric street tramcars had been introduced in 1899; in this picture we have a selection of single-deckers and open-top double-deckers.

The High Street, across the Witham via Town Bridge rebuilt in 1913, presents a mainly late Georgian character with mostly three-storey frontages to the pavement edge, but many of these conceal earlier

Most cottages here were built in the century from 1750, and accommodated coal miners. Other trades here included spinning and weaving.

The main Huddersfield to Manchester railway makes its way along the steep side of the valley, and it has to cross many side valleys.

High Street remains unchanged, and is still used for markets on Saturdays. Much of the northern half of the street is pedestrianised.

By the 1890s the leisure boathouses and boat builders had taken over, interspersed with inns and hotels catering for the visitors who flocked to the river in and out of the Regatta season.

Located on the east side of Magdalen Bridge, The Plain signifies the boundary of the old city. Just out of sight, the River Cherwell flows under the easterly part of the High Street.