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The pier is pictured with its grand pavilion, during the year it opened.

Begun in 1618 for Sir Thomas Holte, Aston was not completed until 1635.This picture shows the east front; it comprises a main block of seven bays topped by a clock tower and two-stage cupola, and

Jet mining was a large industry here, and involved cutting into the cliff.

This clearly shows the fine sweep of elegant buildings that lined Glentworth Bay and the hillside.

This is a mid 18th-century symmetrical brick building of quality, two and a half storeys high and five bays wide.

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

It can be appreciated from this photograph how the bleak area of beach and pools resulted from the infilling of the bay by silt and sand from the china clay industry; the old cliff line

Our journey starts in the superb stone-built town of Oundle, nowadays a popular tourist destination and home to Oundle School.

A view of Lyme on a clear summer's day in the 1950s, with the conical clifftop of Golden Cap in the distance.

Almost at the end of the Lleyn Peninsula, this small village opens out onto the beach and Cardigan Bay.

We are looking towards the Red Lion, an early 19th-century public house with attractive bay windows.

Cars have now taken over the centre of The Square, but they are facing in different directions; this, coupled with the absence of kerbs and marked parking bays, suggests that this particular car park

Gone are the sailing vessels, and in their place are the fishing smacks of the town.

Looking up to the Granville Temperance and Commercial Hotel in Pump Square, several establishments that did provide alcoholic drinks may be seen among the 18th and 19th century buildings

As we look north towards Market Square, Hutchinson's tobacconist shop is at the corner of Langton Street.

This photograph was taken some fifteen years before the opening of the Britannia Royal Naval College.

This was once the town's market place.

The old inn dates from the late 15th century and comprises three bays with two wings projecting behind either side of a courtyard.

A delightful study of people taking the sea air and enjoying the view over South Bay.

The five square miles of Plymouth Sound provide a fine safe anchorage.

Water-skiing was just one of the many new sports offered to guests at Rockley Sands.

Once a sleepy Devon backwater, Croyde's beach and bay was discovered by holidaymakers in the 19th century.

The sun sets over Lyme Bay, silhouetting the cliffs.

To the east of Margate, and south of Foreness Point, Kingsgate Bay is marked by this gap in the cliffs.