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Unsuspecting visitors stranded on the island and trying to return to the mainland were often swept out to sea by the strong current and tidal race - if they were lucky, they were rescued by locals.

The centre is overlooked by the 1100ft- high Witton Fell, and on the green is a huge boulder brought down by 20 horses in 1859.

The building started in the 1180s and was finished by the late 1230s; the external climax is the west front screen, which has over 400 carved figures in its niches.

'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

The pub has recently been demolished, but it had a late hour of glory during the 1997 General Election, when it was besieged by the nation`s press as inside, the local Conservatives deliberated

The main east-west street of the town - Windsor Street this side of the Town Hall and London Street beyond - is indeed dominated by the 1851 Town Hall, which projects over the pavement; it is now a

This village was once known as Clandon Abbots, for its manor, as in many other Surrey villages, was owned by the local abbey. Here, Chertsey Abbey owned the manor from about 666 AD.

Nowadays the ponds are owned by the National Trust, along with Frensham Common with its pine woods and heaths, and they are still as much a major tourist attraction as they were in the 1960s.

By the road is a rather good war memorial, while to the east there are views of Hampton Court Palace and the 1930s river bridge, designed partly by Lutyens.

The Checker and the upper floor of the old bakehouse are now occupied by the Unicorn Theatre, opened in 1953 - it has a version of a Shakespearian-period stage.

Later, the golf course would be constructed beyond the base of the mounds, and house building in this road would be virtually continuous on both sides by the end of the 1930s.

Facing the end of the street beyond the White Hart, the huge block reflects the confidence and wealth generated in the town by the china clay industry.

Following the death of the owner, the site was acquired by the town and first opened to the public in 1960.

The warehouse beneath is owned by the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company; one of their boats is moored close by.

The square, originally Cross Bank, was bypassed in 1810 on its eastern side by the A6 Market Harborough to Leicester road.

It is said that the castle was built by the daughter of one of the Norse kings of the Western Isles.

There is an old story that the glow in the sky caused by the great fire of London was observed from the mill. Listed Grade I, it is privately owned and open to visitors.

A couple of miles north-east of Ticehurst, Flimwell is a small village bisected by the London to Hastings road, now the A21, which crosses the foreground of this view.

The Swan Hotel on the left, an 18th-century building, has just had its ground floor reworked in this view; it was owned by the Southdown and East Grinstead Breweries, whose brewery was further down

While the old town up the hill had its origins in the 8th century, the Bexhill everyone knows grew up from the 1880s by the sea as a resort on Earl De La Warr's estate.

Bridlington lies near the top of Bridlington Bay, its northern flank protected by the great headland of Flamborough some six miles distant.

It acquired the 'Royal' appendage to its name after a visit in 1844 by the King of Saxony.

The council paid £139,000 for the park in 1872, it being one of a number of acquisitions by the authority over the previous 20 years.

It was built as the town's Corn Exchange in 1849, but was felt to be too small by the 1870s, when a new grander one was built on the north side of St Paul's Square (seen in the second view