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Sonning was once the home of Dick Turpin's aunt. The Thames is crossed by an ancient 200-year-old bridge; the lock here regularly wins competitions for its dazzling flower garden.

Just over twenty years previously, a farm worker had unearthed a hoard of Roman treasure - now displayed in the British Museum.

Another view from the quay, which is situated just to the north of Carrickfergus. It shows the little harbour wall and a rather full rowing boat setting out on an excursion.

The photographer appears to have stepped into a garden and asked the inhabitants of the house to come out and pose.

A solid example of Victorian civic architecture, Yarmouth Town Hall stands squarely alongside the quay. A paddle steamer, crowded with holidaymakers, awaits more passengers.

Created in 1790, this successful canal was built to ship Bedworth coal to the town of Coventry. At Hopwas, just beyond Tamworth, the canal threads its way through attractive wooded country.

This is an unusual view of the Square with Church Street beyond. Today the Square has been paved over and has trees planted in it – but it's still used for parking.

Once it was centrally placed in the town, but the sea has carried away a number of streets, finally pausing here.

The photographer was probably standing on the platform of Sandhurst Halt when he took this picture. The Petrol Garage is still trading today.

The photographer was probably standing on the platform of Sandhurst Halt when he took this picture. The Petrol Garage is still trading today.

The mine was at the foot of the cliff, and in 1656 Captain Edward Christian found Bradda contained 'lead ore with much silver'. In 1699 the mine's output was 164 tonnes.

Grains Gill tumbles over a series of cascades beneath Stockley Bridge, near Seathwaite in Borrowdale, with Aaron Crags prominent on Seathwaite Fell in the background. The view is hardly changed today.

A long line of rowing boats waiting for their customers stretch around the bay at Waterhead, near Ambleside. In the distance, Todd Crag and Loughrigg Fell fill in the left background.

Here, the local fish merchants wait alongside creels of freshly-landed cod to start bidding for the best fish.

Further 'up street' we now meet the junction of Westgate with Chaloner Street, which leads off to the right.

Only a few steps further along the High Street brings us to some of the multiple stores. Marks & Spencer had replaced F Spence & Son, a furnishers with an impressive window display.

The old part of the town is mainly late Victorian, although it expanded rapidly after World War II as an overspill for London.

Two men, a young child and a dog outside the Half Moon Inn provide the only sign of life in the village centre.

Bidford became famous in 1922 when a Saxon burial ground was discovered containing 200 graves, including those of warriors buried with their weapons.

The children's zoo was definitely a hands-on place. Here children get up close to all manner of small, and usually friendly, animals.

The shops were once the outbuildings of the Swan Yard.

Sutton is 4 miles north east of Biggleswade. This Ford is spanned by a 14th-century packhorse bridge classified as an ancient monument.

Langford's tents have now taken the place of Dendy's bathing machines. Opposite is Redcliffe Lodge, and between the trees is Dendy's Parkfield House.

A further example of the Victorians restoring and re-erecting an old Celtic cross, perhaps inventing a suitable fanciful nickname for it too!