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The town may get its name from Swene's Wic, the Bay of Swene, perhaps commemorating the great naval battle fought nearby between the Saxons and Danes in 877.

The town features slightly in his novel 'Two on a Tower', which was written at that time. Hardy was fond of sitting in the Minster with only the organist and his music for company.

The winding road out of Newlyn rounds Penlee Point then dips down to this celebrated fishing village that nestles within stout stone breakwaters. At its back it is fringed by hills.

Distinctly lacking in moral uplift, they were of course immensely popular. Hanging on the rack are Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, Puck, Home Chat, Titbits and Handy.

This photograph shows a Cessna aircraft as used by the Hampshire Aeroplane Club in front of an early terminal building, with the control tower and a large hangar on the right.

This café is the sort of simple building that once proliferated in the Basildon area.

A moody shot of Charles and William Warren`s boathouse at Eype Mouth, southwards across Lyme Bay. Crab, lobster and crayfish pots are stacked by the door.

At the time of our photo, its three echelons included ABC Wallpapers, Forbuoys newsagents and Robinson Rentals at the bottom; Peter's gents' hairdressing and Hart's store in the middle; and offices for

Market Drayton stands on a hill-top site overlooking the River Tern, which flows in the foreground of this photograph, and the settlement probably originated in prehistoric times.

Certainly the fertile flood plain of the river is good farming land, but at this point, just before the Severn enters the Ironbridge Gorge, it is regularly subject to flooding.

The clean air and scent of the pines must have been welcomed by the London residents suffering from lung complaints, who were sent to Pinewood for their treatment.

Dunstable's Civic Hall was built during the same period to much more pleasing dimensions and structural lines as an indication of civic pride in the Borough.

The electric tramway ran from Chester General station through the town and crossed the Dee by way of the Grosvenor Bridge. It then continued to Eaton Park and Saltney.

In days gone by, steamers from the resorts of Swanage, Weymouth and Bournemouth would call in at Lulworth Cove, landing passengers either by a plank bridge - as seen here - or by rowing boat, depending

The bill for the original construction of the dam was £945.

Just north of Leyburn is this fine village complete with a large green.

The Clydach River is a tributary of the Usk, and joins it between Abergavenny and Crickhowell.

The junction of Wine Street and High Street. High Street was where Joseph Cottle opened a bookshop and publishing house in 1791.

Situated in Norfolk Street, the Victoria (Methodist) Hall was designed by W F Hale and built in brick with stone dressing.

From the Pier 1900 Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable.

We may be thankful that this beautiful cottage in the tiny hamlet of Frogholt near Newington (just outside Folkestone) remains unchanged today.

Angmering-on-Sea is a modern residential area with a quiet beach. The photograph shows a typical shingle beach of large flint pebbles, wooden groyne sea defences and a concrete sea wall.

The Palace Hotel makes an impressive backdrop for this rear view of The Golden Hind. The main function rooms in the hotel overlooked the sea.

In the foreground stands the arch of the Conservative Club, with the solid brick-built Cambridge Hotel next door. The honey-pot style telegraph poles carry lines to the surrounding