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This church stands in an area with a long-standing Christian heritage: it is recorded that in 314 the Bishop of Caerleon was present at the Synod of Arles, the first general council of western Christianity

This church stands in an area with a long-standing Christian heritage: it is recorded that in 314 the Bishop of Caerleon was present at the Synod of Arles, the first general council of western Christianity

Acle lies exactly halfway between Great Yarmouth and Norwich. The church is dedicated to St Edmund: it has a thatched nave roof and an octagonal top to its round tower.

Acle lies on the main road between Norwich and Yarmouth. The old bridge had something of a reputation for being haunted.

One of the most frequently-painted sites on the Broads was the old Acle Bridge with its three arches, which we see here. The bridge has frequently been rebuilt - repairs were first recorded in 1101.

Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.

Holidays on the Broads were already big business when this photograph of cruisers was taken of the moorings near Acle.

Acle Bridge now has a thriving boatyard with leisure-boating facilities. The old Bridge Inn building has gone, but the pantiled outbuilding survives as a craft and gift shop.

From Acle to Yarmouth the Bure flows through low-lying, flat marshland with few trees to break the skyline.

Acle Bridge, a mile from the village, crosses the Bure. Two years after this photograph was taken the fine stone bridge, built in about 1830, was replaced by a steel one.

Before it was developed with grand apartments and hotels, gentlefolk, and even ladies on their own, as here, were able to stroll peaceably along this quiet stretch of West Cliff.

Below Acle bridge a provisioner brings supplies of fruit, vegetables, milk (in churns) and other essentials to holidaymakers and people living on houseboats such as this one on the right.

Acle is a small market town, now really a village; it was granted its market charter in the 13th century. It became a major cattle-market, receiving a boost when the railway arrived.

Protected on the north-east by the great headland of Flamborough, there are long stretches of fine sand both north and south of the harbour.

High above the river stands the Petersfield House Hotel, whose guests are able to relax by the summer house under the chestnut tree. A path and lawns now lead from the hotel to the mooring.

He is a general jobber, able to sharpen knives and tools, re-set saws, repair locks and cut replacement keys. Hanging on the rail behind are huge clumps of keys.

Acle Bridge, a mile from the village, crosses the Bure. Two years after this photograph was taken the fine stone bridge, built in about 1830, was replaced by a steel one.

Like the nearby Butlin's Holiday Camp, it was a pioneer venture; the miners were determined that their people should be able to enjoy cheap holidays of the same kind.

By the turn of the century, it was able to boast a 'Grand tepid swimming bath ... Pure milk from own dairy farm.

The photographer would certainly not be able to set up his tripod in the middle of the same street today!

This was the only boat in Saundersfoot able to take visitors to Caldey Island.

Now bypassed by the M20 motorway, half a mile away, it has been able to regain some semblance of its former tranquillity.

founded by Bishop Henry de Blois in 1136 and is the oldest almshouse in England, originally built to house, clothe and feed 'thirteen poor impotent men, so reduced in strength as rarely or never to be able

The imposing columns are the entrance to the Theatre Royal, which stood on the site now occupied by the ABC Cinema.