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The most striking thing about present- day Ullenhall is the number of houses with names such as The Old Central Stores, The Old Bakery, The Old Post Office and The Old Forge, to name

Silhouetted against the skyline, the south lock- house does not immediately appear to be a part of one of the county's major tourist attractions.

The towers were purchased by Trinity House in 1810 as an aid to navigation.

On the left of this photograph stands The Six Bells public house, which was one of the properties of the Maidstone brewers Style & Winch Ltd.

The gabled house was built in 1912, but it lost its circular window when the shop front was extended in the 1960s.

Lower House (right) and the former shop date from 1520-50. The late 19th-century shop front is inserted under the jetty. The Branks family ran the shop, which shut in 1992.

It was renamed the Crossroads Hotel when the house to the left was demolished and the hotel expanded, sporting a fine clock tower.

His services were called on once again in 1868, when the house caught fire and several works of art and other treasures were lost.

Other fine examples in the High Street include the 18th-century Bedfont House, the 14th- century Woolstaplers Hall and the early 19th- century Lygon Arms.

Today the building is called the Heritage Gallery, and houses a gift shop.

Behind the pub and the house rears the wooded slopes of Anstiebury Camp, one of Surrey's finest Iron Age hillforts, dating from the second century BC; its ramparts enclose over 11 acres.

Today this road has far more traffic than a solitary horse and cart. The buildings on the right stand at the junction with Belmont Road, and are now the Belmont Inn.

The Coffee Tavern (right) has survived as part of the Hook and Parrot public house.

This view shows Carbis Bay when it was still largely undeveloped, with just a scattering of houses above the cliffs overlooking the sandy beach.

In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a house on lonely heathland close to the mouth of the River Bourne. During the years that followed other wealthy Hampshire gentlemen followed his example.

In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a house on lonely heathland close to the mouth of the River Bourne. During the years that followed other wealthy Hampshire gentlemen followed his example.

Large buildings, hotels and boarding houses were erected, while on the sands below bathing huts and several frames of swings may be seen to the left.

This view is from inside the school quadrangle, with the Chapel and School House to the left. In front is the Great Hall, completed only 3 years before the photograph was taken.

He assembled a vast collection of rock plants from all over the world.At the time of the picture, the Five Ashes public house was offering customers ales from Tamplins, Brighton Brewery.

On the road behind the houses there is a mouldering old Sherman tank. It was lost during the 1944 rehearsals, and only recovered in 1988.

Note the open vista through the trees at the top left of photograph - the park not yet fully encircled by housing.

The building on the middle left is the Customs House, whose officials would have worked around the clock checking vessels arriving from foreign ports for contraband and diseased passengers or crew

These half-timbered houses, overlooked by the 15th-century church of St Mary the Virgin, were once homes for local tradesmen from the Jacobean Chilham Castle estate.

The northern part was bought by a consortium of businessmen who built houses overlooking it. Chantry Park is known as Moseley Park today, and is accessible only to keyholders.