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At the bottom end of Fore Street, on the right, is another Elizabethan building: the old Grammar School of 1583, with its tall porch bay, now part of Chard School.

Heading south-west towards Dorset we reach Crewkerne, another medieval market town that later specialised in sail- making for the Royal Navy until steam supplanted sail.

To the right, Spout Lane goes round to the other side of the village; as the name suggests it is another watery place and there is still a spring that can be reached down some steps from beside the roadway

To the east there is an outlying stone, over which the sun rises at the spring and autumn equinoxes.

The greengrocer's shop is still trading, although under another name, but the most surprising aspect to modern eyes will be the evident lack of parking restrictions as evidenced by the line of parked

Both on the north and south sands there are numerous bathing machines.

The story goes that 'Bugger Bognor' were King George V's last words when threatened with another recuperation near this seaside resort.

The fashions of the day are interesting; both boys and girls wear blouses similar to those worn by sailors of the Royal Navy.

Nestling below the tree and shrub covered cliffs, with (on this occasion) sun- drenched water, this popular seaside resort has always attracted not only regular tourists but, appropriately,

Caister, just north of Great Yarmouth, has a strong tradition for both fishing and its lifeboat. In 1901, the lifeboat was launched into a storm, and nine out of the twelve crew lost their lives.

Medway, and is another contender for the 'most attractive village in Kent' title. Certainly it seems very well planned around its spacious central green with its mature chestnut trees.

Open to both men and women, Whitby became one of the most influential monasteries in the Celtic world.

The Ulverston Canal was opened in 1796 to connect the town with the Leven Estuary, and to enable trade, both exports and imports, to be increased.

Here we have another view of the oak, with the war memorial placed in front, isolated by road changes. There is also a good view of the Church of St Thomas, dating from 1862.

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

This is the Colsterworth Road, and the lane to the left is Lord's Lane - but which Lord it does not state.

On the left is the Albion Hotel, where Charles Dickens stayed before he bought the property overlooking the bay on the right of the photograph.

Another of the town's important roads, Crow Lane East was extended in the 1960s with the addition of a library, the original Technical School and a large estate of social housing.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs.

The visitor may well be struck by the quality and preservation of the details of the carving of so many of the tombstones in the churchyard both here and in many nearby churches.

Interior space was at a premium - the premises included a museum and schools of both Art and Science.

The grandeur of both St Peter's and Market Hill are shown to best advantage in the days before car parking.

a far cry, too, from the Runcorn that was described in 1834 as 'celebrated for its situation, being surrounded by a beautifully romantic and picturesque scenery' where, according to another

As recently as the early 1900s, it could still only carry horses - not carts.