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Acle lies on the main road between Norwich and Yarmouth.
Acle is a busy market town, one of the early possessions of the Bigods, who founded a priory here during the reign of Edward I.
One of the most frequently-painted sites on the Broads was the old Acle Bridge with its three arches, which we see here.
The marshland all around, much of it reclaimed from the sea, is dissected by dykes, the grazing parcelled out by ancient custom.
Holidays on the Broads were already big business when this photograph of cruisers was taken of the moorings near Acle.
Acle Bridge now has a thriving boatyard with leisure-boating facilities.
Acle is a small market town, now really a village; it was granted its market charter in the 13th century.
Before it was developed with grand apartments and hotels, gentlefolk, and even ladies on their own, as here, were able to stroll peaceably along this quiet stretch of West Cliff.
Acle Bridge now has a thriving boatyard with leisure-boating facilities.
Acle is a small market town, now really a village; it was granted its market charter in the 13th century.
Away from the cold winds, the Victorian gentry were able to pursue their favourite pastime - a gentle stroll.
High above the river stands the Petersfield House Hotel, whose guests are able to relax by the summer house under the chestnut tree.
He is a general jobber, able to sharpen knives and tools, re-set saws, repair locks and cut replacement keys.
Like the nearby Butlin's Holiday Camp, it was a pioneer venture; the miners were determined that their people should be able to enjoy cheap holidays of the same kind.
By the turn of the century, it was able to boast a 'Grand tepid swimming bath ...
The photographer would certainly not be able to set up his tripod in the middle of the same street today!
This was the only boat in Saundersfoot able to take visitors to Caldey Island.
founded by Bishop Henry de Blois in 1136 and is the oldest almshouse in England, originally built to house, clothe and feed 'thirteen poor impotent men, so reduced in strength as rarely or never to be able
Now bypassed by the M20 motorway, half a mile away, it has been able to regain some semblance of its former tranquillity.
Theatregoers used to be able to hire a boy from the Barbican to queue for them, a service which cost the princely sum of 6d in the 1930s.
