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Grassington was at one time a centre for lead mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, athough there was still some quarrying in the locality.

Overton is the home of the famous paper mill that supplies paper for Bank of England notes.

Along the street on the left stand St Stephen's Institute and the village school; beyond, on Ralph's Wife's Lane, is the church of St Stephen in the Banks.

Kingsgate Castle was built in about 1860 close to the sea cliff's edge and the North Foreland itself. It is shown here romantically clothed in ivy.

Shap Abbey, near the banks of the River Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540

Just down in the dale from Askrigg, on the banks of the River Ure, stands the ancient village of Bainbridge, once the capital of Upper Wensleydale, which was known in the 12th century as the Forest and

Further downhill, at Fiveways, the road on the right is Fosse Lane. Here the Roman Fosse Way climbs out of the Avon valley to cross Banner Down on its way to Cirencester, the Roman town of Corinium.

The Kings Arms Hotel (right), built in 1750, was a stop for the changing of horses and the collection of post on the London to Bristol route.

Exeter was the furthest west that the Romans ventured. They halted on the banks of the Exe in about 50AD and founded the town of Isca.

Here we see the south side of Wimborne's square at a time when the bank was called the Midland. This, with the nearby Minster, was the heart of the town.

Set on the banks of the River Yare, Cantley is dominated by its sugar refinery, which was built to process local beet.

The hillside town of Ruthin retains its medieval origins, although the aggressively black and white mock-Tudor half-timbering of the bank and outfitters' buildings on the left is perhaps a little over

The Victorian Town Hall in the centre of the Market Place was built by the Watts-Russell family; today it is occupied by local businesses.

Here we see the south side of Wimborne’s square at a time when the bank was called the Midland. This, with the nearby Minster, was the heart of the town.

The main facade of Trinity College stands on the right with its statues by Foley of famous alumni Edmund Burke and Oliver Goldsmith, while on the left is the Bank of Ireland.

William Wordsworth must have looked out from these mullioned windows of the ancient Grammar School, where he was educated between 1779 and 1787.

Evesham is a good place to begin an exploration of the Vale around, the River Avon and the not too distant Cotswolds.

The wooded slopes of Middleton Dale, west of the village of Youlgreave and near the hamlet of Middleton-by- Youlgreave, offer a tranquil walk in beautiful surroundings by the banks of the frequently-weired

Tamar barges, such as the one moored here at the quay, were once a common sight on the Tamar and the Tavy.

Opposite the Mansion House is the Bank of England, a single-storey monolithic edifice, designed in 1734 by George Sampson.

The crossroads pictured here are on the Woodchurch Road near Prenton.

The famous spring was discovered on the banks of the Wharfe by labourer John Shires on 4 June 1744. From then on, visitors flocked to the town to enjoy the benefits of its health-inducing treatments.

Whitchurch lies opposite Pangbourne, which is situated on the Berkshire bank. This turn-of-the-century photograph captures the atmosphere and feel of the village at that time.

The brick and white weatherboarded smock mill still stands in Mill Lane on the banks of the River Tillingham, though it is now converted for use as a guest house.