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Some of the wooden battleships of Nelson's navy were built at the waterline of East Cowes.

At the end of South Gate is the Market Place, which has on its east side one of Lincolnshire's finest churches.

This is the top of Knowle Locks, an impressive flight of five wide locks built in 1932 to replace six narrow ones, the remains of which can still be seen.

On closer examination, however, the fabric's earlier origins become evident.

Cosily tucked away in a fold of the sandstone hills south-east of Godalming, Mare Lane leads to the highest point of the Down at Hydons Ball, where it reaches 593 feet.

A fisherman's life was hard, even when the weather was kind: in 1872 William Munday, coxswain of the Mullion lifeboat, and his crew of three were lost on a fine spring day when their boat foundered in

The original viaduct of 1847 collapsed after heavy rain, and was rebuilt three years later.

A directory of the time states that 'the church of All Saints is a plain and ancient edifice of flint, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle and porch, and a small wooden tower with pinnacles, rising

The college was first built for the Minster's Chantry Priests in about 1465.These priests had plenty of money and plenty of time on their hands, and were always getting up to mischief.

This was the latest of many wooden bridges to span the River Stour at this point on the main route from Essex (right) into Suffolk.

This delightful picture reminds us of what was lost with the development of Runcorn.

What a pleasure it must have been to walk down the middle of the street without the worry of a constant stream of traffic.

Within fifteen years of this photo, the roadway had been made into a proper bridge, and there had been an infilling of bungalows on the left- hand side.

West Bay is the small port of the neighbouring town of Bridport.The River Brit, which gives the larger town its name, is held back by a series of sluices and released at low tide.

A similar view to No 43714, above, and taken five years later shows cows grazing in the Meadows, a cowshed in the shadow of the Grammar School (far right) and an even better view of the upper part of

This is a magnificent view of the semi-ruinous church of St Thomas, designed to be a big proud church, but probably never finished.

Henfield is a long, straggling village a mile or so to the east of the River Adur.

Newly opened in November 1965, the school stands in Gainsborough Road at the southern end of the town, and takes its name from the ancient stretch of woodland opposite its gates.

In a manner typical of this coastline, the soft red sandstone has been blasted into grotesque shapes by the constant battering of wind and wave. Note the winch alongside the nearest boat.

Originally it was a few fishermen's huts at the end of a lane south of Prittlewell. Here we see the central beach in the last years of the 19th century.

The elegant Georgian house on the right of the road has been converted to offices.To the right of it is the entrance to Botley Mills, an 18th-century mill complex, which is mentioned in the Domesday

This view looks across the Main Bay from the pier, with two Thames sailing barges in the centre of the picture. Note the line of bathing machines under the cliffs.

Ellesmere Port was the focal point for much of the canal activity in Cheshire.

The Gas Service building on the right housed the offices and showroom of Redditch Gas Company at the time of this photograph.