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The early use of bathing machines made Weymouth a popular resort for sea bathing, and the town has never looked back.

We can see the back of a road sign proclaiming 'Halt: major road ahead' standing by a number of pedestrians on the right. Further along the street is an Odeon cinema.

Here we see the back of the great tithe barn, which was built in about 1413. It was claimed to be one of the largest in the country at 276ft long.

Weeping willows overhang the village pond and its coop for the ornamental waterfowl; they lie at the heart of a village whose history stretches back to Roman times.

As a market town, Fakenham serves the needs of a wide area of villages and farms - as is suggested by the presence of the main national banks.

It later became the NatWest Bank. The two pubs featured here are The King's Arms (far left) and, up the hill, The Barley Mow.

On the left, the river bank is being cultivated as a vegetable garden - essential when the nearest shop is several hours away.

The front of the chapel has been redeveloped; it now stands back from the road and provides pleasant housing.

The three-arched, balustraded bridge at Shillingford dates back to 1827 and carries the Wallingford to Thame road over the river. The road was turnpiked in 1764.

Buckland Rings, the great earthworks nearby, probably date back to the Iron Age, though the Romans used the fortifications during their invasion of England - coins of the Emperor Claudius have been found

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

This view, looking back towards the town centre, shows both the Congregational and parish churches.

Backed with a wind-break of Corsica pine planted by Thomas William Coke in the mid 19th century, this area is a breeding ground for birds such as terns, redshank and oystercatchers.

In 1551 the property of the Corpus Christi Guild ended up with Lord Clinton, and then the Marquis of Northampton claimed that of the other four guilds, though he handed back to the Corporation

The Dawlish Water and its high tributary the Smallacombe Brook rise on the wooded heathland of Little Haldon Hill, which rises eight hundred feet at the back of the town.

The Thames snakes and doubles back in these parts, and provides a delightful view of the church of St Nicholas.

The Dawlish Water and its high tributary the Smallacombe Brook rise on the wooded heathland of Little Haldon Hill, which rises 800 feet at the back of the town.

The Bishop of Durham claimed Barnard, and he actually occupied it from 1296 to 1301, when Edward I took it back.

With a little imagination, it is almost possible to smell the uncovered weed drying in the sun, as a lonely figure tramps with bowed back along the lower part of the slipway towards the boat trolley,

After all, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had also visited the town back in 1847.

A little further downstream, just through the railway bridge, the view down river from the Staines bank has changed; now there is extensive housing development on both banks, much fortunately still hidden

A little further east along the Essex shore our photographer reaches Tilbury and continues his maritime theme; he firmly turned his back on the remarkable 1670s Tilbury Fort, built by a Dutch engineer

This view of King Street looks east towards the grand Portland stone bank at its end.

The scene is backed by the then new police station.