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A view over the rooftops from Tower Hill.

The circular estuary of the Stour and Avon, where the two rivers penetrate far inland, and the shores of Christchurch Bay, attract thousands of sea and wading birds, particularly during the winter months

Instead of horses and carts, cars now clog the pavement outside the Black Bull.

On the left-hand side of the street, the building with the bay window, once the Castle Hotel and then the Co-op, is now Mackays clothing; while the premises to the right, occupied for many years by Folley's

This pleasant stone-built Victorian seaside resort clusters beneath the steep craggy slopes of the coastal mountains on Conwy Bay, and looks across the broad eastern approaches of the Menai Strait to Anglesey

The Victorian bulk of the Grand Hotel looms over Louisa Bay; this photograph shows how the clifftop had become increasingly built-up.

Sandown and its twin resort of Shanklin, a couple of miles to the south, are connected by a long promenade that winds around the curve of Shanklin Bay. This

Here we see the view southwards along South Street, from the taxi rank (left) to the tower of St Mary's Parish Church (right of centre).

Bathing is possible along some of the beaches at Cowes, particularly at Gurnard Bay.

For decades, just as in this picture, people have sun bathed along the sea wall.

Here we have another view of North Landing, showing the brick-built lifeboat house.

Just below the promenade and overlooked by some prominent hotels, these visitors enjoy a sunny day. The

The tea stall and the small Walls ice cream stall are doing a roaring trade.

Tregenna Castle was built as a house for John Stephens in 1774 to the designs of John Wood the younger, the well- known architect of Georgian Bath.

Before the arrival of the hotel in 1894, Carbis Bay was known as Carbis Valley.

The lane winds gently down between stone banks towards this picturesque fishing village of white-washed cottages and bright spring flowers.

The modest hotel stands on North Quay Hill with a view over the harbour and bay.

The Victorians, who were fond of such comparisons, compared the locality of Sandown to the Bay of Naples.

This view shows the end of Boutport Street, where it enters The Square.

The coat of arms above the North Gate is that of James ll.

Porthpean ('little bay') has always been the local beach for St Austell people.

The coat of arms above the High Street Gate is that of James ll.

As is customary in medieval great churches, the choir stalls occupy the first bays of the nave.

The north aisle wall was moved when the aisle was widened in 1846, but the Norman arcades remain; they have three bays, with unmoulded arches of simple imposts with slight chamfering.