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The famous spring was discovered on the banks of the Wharfe by labourer John Shires on 4 June 1744.

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

The bridge has endured the excesses of the Broadland waters for many centuries, yet it required continual repairs and bolstering up - buttresses have been added to keep it in service.

After 50 years, very much as one would expect, with the exception that one of the pine trees has been removed.

Boys stand in their boats and paddle near the rapids, while others fish around on the bank without a concern in the world, as boys have probably done here for centuries.

The Mill 1901 Now absorbed into the expanding suburbs of Ashford to the south, this small village once boasted its own imposing windmill on the banks of the Great Stour.

The pretty village of Bainbridge, centred on its extensive green, stands on the banks of the River Ure (foreground).

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch

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.

In the 1850s, Cheapside was one of the most fashionable shopping streets in London, with a ‘mighty stream of traffic’ flowing through from Oxford Street to Leadenhall and the City.

A few minutes from the centre of the original village and situated by the weir, this small 19th-century hotel on the banks of the River Lea, with its eight rooms, was, and still is, popular with anglers

The original parish church that served this area was the one at Farnworth that dated from Norman times.

The original parish church that served this area was the one at Farnworth that dated from Norman times.

The crypt was built about 1340, later than the chancel, and it was restored in 1922.

The county town of Kent stands on the banks of the River Medway.

The county town of Kent stands on the banks of the River Medway.

The ferry is pulled by a chain across the Ouse; at this time villagers used the ferry to go to work in Over or to cycle to Cambridge.

The banks beside the road show how it has eroded with use over hundreds of years; because of this the houses and small cottages on Church Street have steps down to the pavement.

The Neville stronghold of Brancepeth Castle was forfeited to the Crown during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Doune was built by Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Guardian of Scotland, on behalf of James I, who at the time was a captive at the English court.

Here we see the River Itchen flowing through Bishopstoke.

Seen here from the south, across the bank of the small stream which flows through the village, the pale sandstone outline of St George's Church stands proudly in its churchyard.