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In the 1920s Torquay became not only a venue for family holidays but a much-loved destination for day trips, with tourists arriving by train and charabanc.

Concrete tiles, soldier arches and stretcher- bond brickwork combine in this aesthetic desert.

You can see Norman evidence here with the blocked arch into the long-demolished south transept from the tower, and also the doorway arch.

The coming of the motor car made Lyndhurst a much busier place, as can be observed by comparing this view with earlier photographs of the same location.

February 1645, after a forced march covering 30 miles in 36 hours over difficult terrain in the worst weather in living memory, that the great Marquess of Montrose, with fewer than 2,000 men, defeated a much

Whitmore Way was the site of Basildon's first proper shopping parade: this included a chemist, a hardware shop, a post office, a Martin's newsagent, a Home & Colonial store, and a much-needed chip-shop

The fence on the right marks the extent of Shabden Park and its disappearance now gives a much more open appearance across attractive downland.

Rustic benches and rose arches form the subject of this picture, and would have made an attractive postcard.

Concrete tiles, soldier arches and stretcher- bond brickwork combine in this aesthetic desert.

Horse-drawn carriages and motorised vehicles had to take a much longer nine-mile inland route via Blythburgh.

St Peter`s Church was built in 1846, replacing a much earlier place of worship on this site.

His poem about the embittered fisherman Peter Grimes inspired an opera by a much later and better known resident, Benjamin Britten.

Mock Gothic turrets were added, a profusion of sharply arched windows and much other sham detailing.

With sixteen stone arches, much of the original fabric survives after a widening in 1796.

Much of the Abbey would have been designed with arches, openings and decorations similar to those that survive on the Norman Tower.

The Butter Cross was built in 1689, after the fire of the previous year which destroyed much of the town.

It is late Norman, apart from the large pointed window over the middle arch; on either side of this are two smaller arches which led to the north and south aisles.

To the right is the Town Hall, which was originally situated over the north end of the bridge, with only a narrow arch for traffic.

This photograph shows the graceful architecture of Maidenhead Bridge, distinguished by its elegant arches, striking stonework and fine balustrade.

In this photograph we head north-east out of Market Square along Cambridge Street, once known as Bakers Lane, a road that haas seen much change since the 1950s.

Later all the decorative work - finials, dormers, chimneys and belfry - was removed, leaving a much plainer facade, but the school survived until 1990, afterwards being adapted as Chequer

Moving into the Thames Estuary, the river passes Erith, a much rebuilt and rather forlorn remnant with its medieval church of St John the Baptist; the town is now joined by development inland to Bexley

Above the entrance there is a much-decayed lion rampant, emblem of the Percy family, and above that are corbels that once carried a machicolation to enhance the defensive capability of the flanking

The opening in 1912 of the County Hall in Cathays Park provided a much-needed centrally contained administrative centre for Glamorgan.