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The name of the town does not refer to any beach, but comes from the Old English word 'beck', meaning 'stream'. Clayhithe was the harbour of Waterbeach; the word 'hythe' means 'landing-place'.

The London & Provincial Bank established itself c1883, relocating to a vacant school building on the corner of Stanwell Road c1886. It became Barclays (left) after bank amalgamation of 1919.

Drummond Castle Gardens is noted for its many rare shrubs and trees, but it also has another unusual feature.

Here we have a closer view of the quiet main street; note the sign of the Golden Cocker Café by the street lamp.

In the 17th century the building that is now The White Hart Royal was a manor house, and Charles I stayed there in July 1644 after the Battle of Marston Moor.

Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

The photographer is looking east from the top of High Street, where there is now a roundabout, with the churchyard walls and lime trees on the left. The wall and railings have now gone.

At the west end of the High Street, London Road curves away north-west downhill.

Once this lock on the Aire and Calder Navigation opened at 10am on 20 July 1826, trade boomed between the North Sea port of Hull and the West Yorkshire industrial heartland.

This is another viewpoint on the Edge, from which it is usually possible to see the Cage in Lyme Park.

On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

Two miles south-west of Michelham Priory, further downstream along the Cuckmere River, we reach Arlington, another scattered village of farmsteads bisected by the meandering river.

This panorama takes in the Old Winton Road, which crosses on the right. A lone block of four houses were the only dwellings on that straight length of road in 1899.

There has been change here, with development on both sides of the road, though the white building in the centre and the terrace of houses remain.

He was lucky to be allowed to go into exile, his estates forfeited to the Crown. Another victim of James's vendetta, Lady Glamis, was burnt at the stake for alleged witchcraft.

One of Berkshire's finest villages is Sutton Courtenay, with the cooling towers of Didcot Power Station a constant companion to the south.

The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one.When the railway arrived, a station was built here at Marsden.There was another Marsden just a few miles up the line in Yorkshire, so a railway

This is another village that has moved with boundary changes. It has been in Yorkshire longer than in Lancashire, but Lancashire is where it is now - so we can include it.

A visitor noted that 'in town boys are limited in their mischief, but at the seaside they command another element and keep you in a state of nervous fever'.

Now a tree-clad hilltop fort, this is another example of the many forts built by the Iron Age people. To date it has never been excavated.

On the street, a new generation had not yet been born in the Victorian shot, but otherwise not much has changed.

This prominent rock formation stands high up on the St Ives estate over the river; before the age of the car it was holiday treat to walk up here for the exercise and fresh air.

The half-timbered Kings Head inn in the background recalls the coaching age: Northleach was on the main London, Oxford, Gloucester and South Wales road (the main A40 road now by-passes the

The Perpendicular church of St Peter and Paul dates back in part to the 13th century, and the upper part of its porch was once used as a prison.