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Heading north from Eastbourne, you turn left in Willingdon to climb Butt Lane to the Downs.

Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts.

Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts.

The single-storey building we can glimpse through the trees is the fire station, which moved in 1970 to Butts Hill.

Just a windmill, you might think, but this dark weatherboarded post mill is the oldest of its type in the country, dating back to around 1620 or possibly earlier.

The line is long-since closed, but this towering sixteen-arch structure stands as a lasting reminder of Victorian skill and energy.

New housing has been built in the village, but this part, South End Cottages on Back Street, is just as it was in 1955.

But while these red-brick buildings offered women a higher education, it was to be another twenty years before women became entitled to receive degrees.

The ancient barn on the right bears the date 1766, but this is the date of its rebuilding; its original construction date was much earlier.

The notorious Judge Jeffries condemned her to be burned at the stake, but this sentence was commuted to beheading.

The White Hart pub (right) still stands on the corner, but this row of ramshackle shops on the left, that once included a draper's, a tobacconist and a motor-garage and cycle works, have

The church originally had a spire, but this was struck by lightning and destroyed in 1730.

There has been a hostelry on this site for many centuries, but this version was originally built to cater for the navigators who built the Grand Union Canal.

Further to the right was a building used for slaughtering animals, but this had ceased by 1904; the building has now been demolished.

The church of St Cuthbert is of Early English origins, but was restored in 1877 and partially rebuilt in brick.

Another view of the Market Place, but this time from the opposite direction to photograph No 31073.

There are a number of contenders for the exact source of the River Thames, but this picture shows a favoured spot, and one more picturesque and accessible than the inauspicious muddy patches put forward

The canons developed a series of pools along Finham Brook to provide water power for their mills, as well as fish and fowl for food.

Another horse associated with Comberbach is the Marbury Dunne; but this is a ghostly one, sometimes seen with a lady in the saddle in the grounds of the former Marbury Hall.

It once boasted a castle, but this was destroyed by Cromwell.

The railway was originally worked by a water-balance system, but this was eventually replaced with colliery winding equipment.

Today it is difficult to believe, but for a short time Neston was an important port: as the River Dee around Chester silted up, a new quay was built on the 'ness' or headland here in the 18th century.

In 1775 the town's new gaol was built in Queen Street, but this was demolished in 1845, one year after Horsham's last public execution on the special gallows erected outside.

Legend has it that there was once an upper floor that was used as a lock-up for local miscreants, but this is generally thought to be unlikely.