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In front of St Giles' Church is the Buttercross (1734), used over the centuries for the sale of local dairy produce; it replaced the cross of St Oswald.

Hever is intimately associated with Anne Boleyn, who spent her childhood here in the company of her father Sir Thomas Bullen, the Earl of Wiltshire, whose tomb is at the little church of St Peter.

Away from the tourist area of Beach Road the little village of Hemsby remained unspoilt for many years. Still standing without change is St Mary's.

Looking from South Street the general appearance of Victoria Road has changed little in the last 50 years.

This is a street mainly of 16th- or 17th- century timber-framed cottages.

This unforgettable village cupped in a hollow with a large wayside pond is the home of All Saints' Church.

Prior to 1935, all that would have been seen from in front of the church would have been the top of the church spire.

At the eastern extremity of the South Downs, the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse at the foot of Beachy Head warned shipping of the hazards of the chalk cliffs, which now lie under the sea.

This is a wonderful memory of a fascinating part of Teesside which was completely obliterated from the map not long after this photograph was taken.

Originally the site of a Saxon hunting lodge, much of the present Corfe Castle, which gives its name to the stone-built village beneath, dates back to the troubled reign of King Stephen.

Charcoal burning was one of the New Forest's earliest industries, though it is a rarer occurrence today. The charcoal produced had a multitude of uses, particularly in the smelting of iron.

The small hamlet of Rosedale Abbey sits in the heart of Rosedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, seen in the background. It was a boom town during the 19th-century iron-mining era.

Known today for the nearby open prison situated on an old RAF camp, Eastchurch's claim to fame in earlier days was that it was the site of the first British airfield.

The Market House, seen here on the left, was built in 1772 and has fulfilled a variety of roles since.

A nostalgic scene of tiny Dooega, a cluster of cottages on the south western seaboard of Achill. Fishing nets are left out to dry on the cobbles at the top of the beach.

A couple of miles to the north lies the tiny hamlet of Kettleness, or rather what is left of it. During a violent storm in 1829, the cliff fell into the sea, taking most of Kettleness with it.

Paignton's beaches and coves give a combined sea-frontage of over two miles; this led to the growth of the town's satellite villages of Preston and Goodrington.

The historic heart of old Winchester, once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex, is seen here from the heights of St Giles hill.

A further view of the Working Men's Convalescent Home, showing the sunken gardens, laid out on the dry bed of the former lagoon of the Belle Vue Hotel, which can be seen in the centre of the

This photograph shows the dovecote at the end of the Abbot's garden, the wall of which is undergoing repairs at the time of the picture.

The Victorian Parish Church of Saltburn illustrates many architectural features characteristic of the 'High Gothic' style of architecture.

Cottages become the retreats of young executives, and thus the ugly chocolate box Grange Dairy makes its appearance.

The Norman fortress begun by Alan the Red of Brittany in 1071 dominates the entrance to Swaledale.

Behind the Barley Mow pub in the centre of the picture, the northern and southern branches of the River Wey unite.