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The architecture of London Street has changed very little since this photograph was taken.

Continuing the development of houses along the main Dunmow to Colchester Road, these fine houses, dating from the turn of the 20th century, were also built for the growing middle class.

The Village 1908 This view of quarrymen's cottages is an echo of a long-gone past for this area. It is now very much a tourist mecca.

The church of St Cuthbert is of Early English origins, but was restored in 1877 and partially rebuilt in brick. There was once a south aisle, but this was removed, as was the chancel arch.

By 1711 the church possessed five bells and a set of chimes.

The Thurne is a tributary of the Bure, winding through vast, flat landscapes of salt marsh. Many of the buildings here are perilously below sea level.

The elegant Abbey Crescent was built in 1858 in anticipation of the opening of the nearby railway station the following year.

Christchurch is the mother cathedral of the Church of Ireland. It is situated a short distance west of Trinity College.

A swan cruises on the river as it curves into the east side of the village, running by a municipalised garden of finely-mown grass, and a statutory wooden seat carefully placed under the only tree of consequence

Just north of the village is Brewery House, home of Sir William Hooker and his son Joseph.

Cattle graze on Emery Down's green in the early years of the last century, a more familiar sight then than now.

To a current inhabitant, the most striking feature of this view is the absence of houses in the centre.

Giltar Point is an expanse of limestone projecting out into the sea at the end of Tenby's South Beach.

The township of Staveley-in- Cartmel is part of a civil parish of the same name. The name 'Staveley' means 'a woodland clearing where staves were to be found'.

Chideock, usually pronounced without the 'e', stands rooted in history along the line of an old stagecoach route.

These charming houses are at the east end of the quay; the left-hand one, Ferry House, is a reminder of the Colne ferry that crossed the river here. To the right are the cranes of a boatyard.

Part of Ramsgate's famous fleet of fishing smacks are moored in the inner harbour.

The small town of Watlington, at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment, used to be famous for its many inns.

Almost in Gloucestershire, Bushley lies but a couple of miles from Tewkesbury.

St Mary's has undergone several periods of renovation and in 1843 some schoolboys accidentally knocked some plaster off the arcade to reveal capitals of exceptional quality.

In earlier times, war had only affected the soldiers and sailors directly involved and people who happened to live on or near the battlefield, or the route of the marching army.

Barrow-in-Furness sprang from a tiny hamlet in the 19th century to become the world's largest producer of iron and steel, and a major force in the world of shipbuilding.

Formerly the Kingston Arms coaching inn, the Clinton Arms has connections with Lord Byron, who stayed here whilst his first book of poems, 'Fugitive Pieces', was being printed at the local firm of S &

A mile or so north of Ampthill, we divert right to visit the ruins of Houghton House.