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A great effort was made to tame the wild landscape across which Bournemouth grew up. The Bourne Stream was rapidly transformed into an attractive water feature forming the centre point of the town.

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town, astride the Bourne Stream.

Here we see another church in an attractive location near the small village of Bekesbourne, which contains 18th-century cottages and some modern housing.

The pond is in central Ewell; the wall separates it from the grounds of Bourne Hall on the right.

The Square stands at the very heart of the town, astride the River Bourne.

A view across the River Bourne, a tributary of the Thames, with a hay cart fording the river and horse and cart and mounted horseman looking down from the bridge at the lower end of Brighton Road.

This view captures well the qualities of old East Bourn, now called the Old Town.

Mow Cop could be said to be the birthplace of the Primitive Methodist movement, for it was here in 1807 that Hugh Bourne (1772-1852) and William Clowes (1780-1851) held their first meetings.

A windmill was first recorded in Bourn in 1279. This post mill is thought to date from the 17th century, and is perhaps the oldest working post mill in the country.

This was Southampton's main entrance until the 1930s. In 1961, a box of three Irish linen hand-rolled handkerchiefs cost 8s 11d from Bourne & Hollingsworth in the Bargate.

Bournemouth pier stands above the original mouth of the River Bourne. Its construction marked the town's commitment to its role as a resort.

This view looks north along the A15 towards the church of St Guthlac and Bourne.

Bournemouth's Pier stands above the original mouth of the Bourne Stream. Its construction marked the town's commitment to its role as a resort.

Mow Cop could be said to be the birthplace of the Primitive Methodist movement, for it was here in 1807 that Hugh Bourne (1772-1852) and William Clowes (1780-1851) held their first meetings.

The lake is now restricted to boaters; they may take out a skiff, but no private motor boats or any such thing noisy and anti-social.

The Tilling Bourne quietly adds its own liquid note to this peaceful scene as its flows past The Compasses, one of two pubs in this small village on the main Guildford to Dorking road.

This is the A15 road coming in from Bourne, which makes the traffic island a very busy place - it is now much smaller than it is in the picture.

It lies along the slopes of a narrow valley at the head of a stream that flows towards the Tilling Bourne. This

In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a holiday home on lonely heathland, close to the mouth of the River Bourne. Other

The Library and adjacent buildings on the left are of more recent date than those on the right because there was a regular problem with flooding on this side of the road, caused by the local Bourne stream

This crowded beach scene shows minstrels performing on the sands.

Cattle seek the summer shade and the cool waters of the Bourne at this ancient farm.

They face onto the road leading to Wareside village centre. The van (right) is driving down Fanhams' Hall Lane from Ware, and may be about to turn left past Appleton Farm and Baker's End.

This is the A15 road coming in from Bourne, which makes the traffic island a very busy place - it is now much smaller than it is in the picture.