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Situated on the high road between Cowes and Ryde, Binstead has views across the Solent to Spithead.

Binstead's original Norman church was built under the instructions of the abbot of nearby Quarr Abbey, who did not wish the peasants of Binstead to worship in his own chapels.

Situated on the high road between Cowes and Ryde, Binstead has views across the Solent to Spithead.

The Village c1955 Situated on the high road between Cowes and Ryde, Binstead has views across the Solent to Spithead.

The area around Binstead, particularly the waste tips of the old quarries, is a rich source of supply for the fossil-hunter.

The area around Binstead, particularly the waste tips of the old quarries, is a rich source of supply for the fossil-hunt- er.

The Victorian poet Horace Smith wrote these lines on leaving the village: 'Farewell, sweet Binstead!

The Victorian poet Horace Smith wrote these lines on leaving the village: 'Farewell, sweet Binstead!

Banstead station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs station, opened in 1865.

North of Fir Tree Road and just beyond Banstead railway station is Cuddington Park Golf Course; the name is a reminder of the parish and village of Cuddington, which was cleared for Henry VIII's Nonsuch

This scene is of Banstead Downs, which are actually outside Sutton's boundaries, south of Belmont station.

In the gabled building was either Harry Benstead or William Terry, saddlers, followed by the Swan, run by Mrs Mary Newberry.

Much of Banstead High Street was rebuilt during the 1920s with a series of shopping parades.

The sinuous valley of the Tattenham Corner branch- line threads its way through the contours at the foot of Banstead Downs on the right.

The 12th Earl of Derby had often stayed at his uncle’s house in Banstead, the Oaks; as he was a keen sportsman, there was talk of his funding a new stakes for horse racing.

Modern excursion boats are diesel rather than steam, and have propellers instead of paddle wheels.

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

Today, instead of being a hospital, it is now known as Bakewell Cottage Nursing Home.

There are now two grandstands in the middle distance instead.

It was Jenyns, in fact, who gave up his place on the Beagle to allow Darwin to go instead.

The slopes below Banstead Wood make a fine vantage point above Outwood Lane meandering on its way towards Kingswood.

Originally founded for ladies in the autumn of 1890, the club admitted gentlemen to membership within a year, and from a tin hut close to Banstead Railway Station it moved to this site in Burdon Lane nine

Barnt Green is a rare village in this series in that instead of the number of shops on the main street declining, here they have actually increased.

It became instead the city's main route from north to south.