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It was designed by William Butterfield in the prevailing neo-Gothic style, and much of its cost was met by the wealthy Windsor family.

This gorgeously ornate building is early 18th-century, and has been refurbished every century since. Before the railway - the Quay station can be seen on the left - this area was quayside.

This view shows Peveril Point, eastwards to its lookout and fort (far left), which with a semaphore mounted on Round Down, operated as a Royal Navy signal station during the Napoleonic Wars

The Reach dates from the 13th century and used to extend further into the town.

The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal.

The River 1903 Amid a grove of tall poplars on the banks of the River Stort are the weather- boarded malting mills, which helped to lay the foundation of the town's prosperity following the passing

Unfortunately, the town had much of its heart punched out by 1960s development. The 1897 Diamond Jubilee drinking fountain was reerected in The Steyne gardens in 1969.

I am old enough to walk on my own now!' says the child standing by her pushchair.

This coastal town, famed for its oysters, was one of many to suffer in the great tides of 1953, which damaged many homes and businesses.

Quay Town, along the old harbour quays, has been much changed since 1890. To make a promenade, all the cottages on the sea side of the lane have been demolished: a great loss of character.

Frith's photographer was looking east, past the Town Hall on the right, towards St Nicholas's Church and the abbey gateway.

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.

Dedicated to St Mary and St Stephen, the parish church was rebuilt in the late 1840s; all that is left of an earlier 12th-century structure is the lower part of the west tower.

Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pier Pavilion, which is advertising the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra.

Exploring the dramatic coastline, pasto- ral countryside and delightful towns and villages never fails to make for a memo- rable holiday.

Fordingbridge is now a busy market town, though in former days it was an important industrial centre, renowned for the manufacture of sailcloth and canvas.

The hilltop town of Shaftesbury began its existence during the Iron Age, but it became important when King Alfred founded an abbey here and installed his daughter as abbess.

The three-storey black and white building on the left of the picture is The Wilbraham Arms, named for an important local family who lived in nearby Dorfold Hall; the Wilbrahams were

Michael Palladino used to go round the town with his ice-cream barrow and charged a penny for a wafer and just a halfpenny for a cup.

A visit by Princess Victoria in 1835 helped to stimulate interest in Swanage as a resort, but it was the activities of the general contractor and collector George Burt, the controlling mind behind the

When this photograph was taken, Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday. This photograph shows the open market in New Market Street.

The village's assets attract visitors and shoppers, whilst the River Soar brings in canal cruisers. Of its sizeable population, many commute to surrounding East Midland towns.

Cheltenham absorbed the industries of the last century quite well; most of the factories were sited on the outskirts of the town.

In 1659, Southwold suffered a huge fire which destroyed a substantial part of the town.