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Rushton Road, at the east end of Station Road, is a mix of Victorian terrace housing and factories.

As well as serving as a means of calling the faithful to services by means of its bells, these towers also acted as vantage points in the event of war.

Dorchester, as the name suggests, was an important settlement during the heyday of the Roman Empire, and the surrounding countryside is rich in Roman remains.

Dominating Castle Square ('Y Maes' in Welsh) at the west end of the town stands the great bulk of the castle. The structure covers two and a half acres and is in the shape of an irregular oblong.

This flight of 122 steps leads up to the parish church dedicated to St Chad.

The 13th-century parish church of St Oswald is now the centre of a hectic one-way traffic system. A rare annual rush-bearing ceremony is held at the church.

A brisk climb above Winchester is always well rewarded by the beautiful views of the city, its handsome and historic buildings clustered round the hollow in which this one-time capital of England sits.

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch and

Magham Down is a hamlet on a crossroads between Hailsham and Herstmonceux. The main road tourist route has great views of the Downs.

The river runs alongside the right of the churchyard.

At the other end of the Market Square is the bronze statue of James Boswell, drinking companion and biographer of Samuel Johnson. His statue was not erected until 1908.

The Tone is one of several rivers draining these lowlands, and the one that gave Taunton its name.

This modest resort of broad beaches and spectacular rock scenery can be reached along the sands from Newquay.

Largs was well-served by steamers from all parts of the Clyde, and by the Glasgow & South Western Railway to Ardrossan, via Fairlie and West Kilbride.

A view of one of the city's best narrow medieval streets, lined with tall, overhanging shops and houses.

Opened in June 1900, the immense hotel block dominates Fistral Beach on the edge of Newquay. A horse and open carriage are about to take guests on an excursion.

Originally built by Sir Drummond Wolfe in the early 18th century and later extended, this luxury hotel with 80 rooms, three acres of gardens and its own well, was immensely popular with the leading stars

Largs was well-served by steamers from all parts of the Clyde, and by the Glasgow & South Western Railway to Ardrossan via Fairlie and West Kilbride.

A steam tugboat hauls a barge into the docks on the right. St Katharine's Dock was built in 1828.

This 'superb temple of legislation' in Tudor Gothic was built to replace the old medieval Palace which burned down in 1834.

This attractive village retains its quiet rural atmosphere; it is ranged along its north-south street about a mile to the south of Kibworth Beauchamp.

Dartmoor Prison at Princetown was built in 1806, initially to house French prisoners of war.

Hope is one of the more remote corners of Devon, located on the west side of the South Hams, six miles from Kingsbridge.

A brisk climb above Winchester is always well rewarded by the beautiful views of the city, its handsome and historic buildings clustered round the hollow in which this one-time capital of England sits