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Further down are Woolworth's and Dewhurst Butchers.

A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.

Many of the terraces would have been built by local speculators as lodgings for visitors - the mildness and salubriousness of the climate made the town popular as a winter residence.

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

The Quay and the harbour were once separate from the rest of the town. The present harbour walls date from the middle of the 19th century; they are built on the site of previous medieval walls.

This is one of Exmouth's two bowling greens - the other is at the back of the town at Phear Park. The high ground beyond is Gun Cliff Gardens, off Carlton Hill.

In his 'Topographical Collections' of 1659-70, John Aubrey wrote: 'Here is a strong and handsome bridge in the middest of which is a little chapell as at Bathe, for Masse'.

This view shows a working community—the town still thrives today.

Station Road was probably the first view of the town for most tourists, leading as it does from the railway to the sea front.

Herbert H Raphael's gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden

Before the railway came in 1838 and today's town began to grow, this was the centre of Woking. Here it appears as though it is completely deserted with not a soul to be seen.

Home to Britain's oldest brewery, Shepherd Neame, this town sits near many fruit trees and hop fields.

It was purchased by Reuben Farley, who paid for its restoration and presented it to the town in 1898, together with four acres of land.

At first glimpse Bibury church, with its castellated roofline and square tower, looks largely 15th-century. On closer examination, however, the fabric's earlier origins become evident.

The petrol station in the centre of the market place was the Town Hall with an open arcaded ground floor, the arches now glazed. It dates from 1764, and surely deserved a better fate.

A charming turn-of-the-century tableau of Salutation Square, the main access into the town. Note the hotel carriage by the entrance and the various horse-drawn conveyances.

Looking from the B3153, just east of the town, this photograph shows a local train hauled by a steam engine, whilst the cows below, well used to the noise, continue unconcernedly chewing

Originally there were three Broughs, and this view shows what is properly known as Market Brough.

The town's reputation for its fine market harks back to the 14th century, when the first rights were granted to the abbot of Cockersands.

Attractive flower beds and shrubberies surround an ornamental lake, which draws large numbers of water birds.

Historian Arthur Mee described Botley as 'a delightful old town with quaint shops, handsome houses, and pretty inns'.William Cobbett was equally fulsome, maintaining that Botley had everything in it

As its name implies, this lovely Georgian town was once a port, though its harbour is now two miles away at West Bay.

Situated along Ayston Road, to the north of the town, it was bought in 1895 by C R Haines who added a wing. Threatened with closure in 1925, it has survived and flourished ever since.

This curious little extension to one of the town wall towers is even more interesting because of the modern and incongruous-looking brick wall that looks as if it has just been built.