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Post Office Road was originally called New Road.

A photograph of the well-known landmark of Killarney, the road tunnel on the Killarney to Kenmare road. The tunnel is beneath Cromaglan mountain, near the shore of the Upper Lake.

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.

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

A train on the Smitham railway bridge adds interest to this photograph of the northern end of Brighton Road shopping area.

Leaving the town centre we move along Church Street to the Missenden Road, just past the junction with Pednor Road and Wey Lane.

This road formed the old parish boundary between Sutton and Cheam. At its southern extremity and the junction with Cheam Road was the site of East Cheam Manor and a dozen or so houses.

The church tower can be seen in the centre of the view, which looks west along what is now called All Saints Road (in 1903 it was Benhill Road).

The 1909 police station in Carshalton Road is in the distance. Behind it is the side elevation of the Congregational Church of 1888.

The grand pub and the simple working men's houses and shops in St Marks Road and First Avenue are all of a similar date.

A small village at the western edge of St Leonards Forest, on the main road and railway line between Horsham and Crawley. Local legends say that dragons and serpents inhabited the forest.

We begin with Mulgrave Road, which started as shops and flats, but soon became entirely residential. The road runs south and parallel to the railway as far west as Belmont Rise.

Grindleton is a classic case of village development: here ancient roads cross, and ribbon building took place along those roads.

On the right-hand corner with Dalton Road is Saxone Shoes, now Thomas Cook.

A classic view of a 'boreen' or small road. The luxuriant vegetation reveals the almost Mediterranean climate of the west coast, whilst the roads hereabouts are dotted with isolated smallholdings.

A busy shopping day, at a time before Moulsham Street was effectively bisected by Chelmsford's inner relief road.

Pelham Road runs all the way through the town; it is now built up on both sides of the road. The vehicles are up-to-date - a new Austin A30 van is delivering to the shop on the left.

If we leave Daventry eastwards on the London turnpike, we arrive at Road Weedon, the portion of Weedon village on the main road.

These baths are around the corner from where Throwley Road once turned to the north (it is now Throwley Way and acts as an inner relief road or High Street by-pass).

This is Main Road, and it is full of local limestone-built houses. Originally it was the Great North Road, and had numerous inns.

New Road is one of the main shopping streets of the town. The roads seem empty by today's standards. In the foreground is British Home Stores, and Hepworths is on the extreme left.

The bungalows along Church Road are fairly representative of the kind of housing to be seen in Laindon before the New Town came. Several of them are still there.

The main road from London originally climbed Angel Hill's ridge, but in the early 19th century a cutting was made.

This view looks along Station Road at its junction with Westminster Road (on the left) and Meadow Lane. The Westminster Bank building (left) still stands, but it is now occupied by a bookmaker's.