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Note the Malvern Hills in the distance, and the tower of St John's Church, adding interest to this view of Worcester Bridge, which had been substantially widened just a few years before the picture was

The view is northwards, towards Chideock, and the mixed herd of cattle - including long-horns - had crossed an ancient packhorse bridge on their way into the hamlet from the eastern pastures.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

Ulverston's railway station, dating from 1878, is below the wall to the left - this view was taken from the railway bridge.

With the removal of both the main shopping and administrative areas of Runcorn some miles away these photographs show a town that, in the last 40 years, has changed enormously.

In the early 19th century, the colliery at Brereton nearby was connected by rail to a wharf, which enabled coal to be transported along the Trent and Mersey canal.

The whole area shown in these two photographs vanished when the new bridge over the river and the new Churchill Road were built to ease congestion in the town centre in 1971.

A fishing boat lies in the tidal section of the canal that linked it to the River Nene, which can be seen under Sluice Bridge.

The corner of Eastgate Street and Bridge Street. The buildings are from the Victorian half-timber revival period, designed by T M Lockwood in 1888. This area of the city is known as The Cross.

A little further downstream, just through the railway bridge, the view down river from the Staines bank has changed; now there is extensive housing development on both banks, much fortunately still hidden

In 1924, this compact little town had (and still has) its own town council.

The Maidstone tramway system opened in 1904, but by 1930 had been replaced by buses and trolleybuses. Maidstone Bridge, which spans the River Medway, lies at the bottom of the hill.

The whole area shown in these two photographs vanished when the new bridge over the river and the new Churchill Road were built to ease congestion in the town centre in 1971.

The river upstream from Kingston Bridge was largely free from commercial traffic, and consequently safer for yachtsmen.

Situated on the Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart, Clydebank was little more than farmland until 1871–72, when J & G Thomson began the construction of a shipyard.

The river basks in afternoon sunshine, with swans and a hired rowing boat on the water.

The Reach dates from the 13th century and used to extend further into the town.

Only a couple of miles from Kettering, the village of Barton Seagrave retains plenty of charm and character.

Once a common sight throughout the country, roadside petrol pumps such as those shown here are a severe fire risk, and are now placed well away from the kerb.

Like much of Bridge Street and the Circus (shown here in the foreground) this street, too, is now a smart pedestrian area.

Behind us is the bridge across the young River Pant. As recently as the early 1900s, it could still only carry horses - not carts.

Haverfordwest first developed when the Flemings established a town here and built the castle. Henry Tudor also passed this way with his army on the way to Bosworth to defeat Richard III.

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.