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St Giles' Church is over 800 years old and accepted as one of the most attractive in England.

A special railway station served the Exhibition. It had long platforms to accommodate the expected crowds, and plenty of staff on hand to help.

We are looking down towards the Market and the Town Hall, with the Lloyds Bank building beyond the Savoy Cafe (right) - Lloyds Bank moved to Whalley Road in 1962.

Here we see the buckthorn-covered dunes in the Park or Jungle; we are looking towards Roman Bank, with bits of the main footpath visible through the trees.

The photographer is looking south-west across the pretty market town of Wendover, which lies on the edge of the Chilterns.

The Lloyds Bank building on the right has been renovated, though the exterior is similar. The Crown to the right of it is now a building society.

Each week, on market day, colourful stalls line the pavements of the High Street, and shoppers come from all over East Devon as they have for centuries.

It is said that the first rumblings of the Luddite Movement were felt in Anstey with the breaking of the knitting frames; the village had expanded rapidly to accommodate an influx of workers.

The commons were largely enclosed in 1855, but the pond area was retained by the lord of the manor, Lord Sackville.

The medieval parish church, Ashtead Park house and its landscaped park, now part of the City of London Freemen's School, are south of this main through road, the A24 London to Worthing road.

A street cleaner works below the church wall, while a boy seems interested in William Box's grocery, wine and spirit shop; two ladies approach Russell and Co's drapery shop next door.

Until Barclays Bank was built in 1904, the Methodist church had the only public clock in the village.

This view, looking north, shows the Goddard Arms to the right. The old Automobile Association cast-iron signpost standing at this former major road junction has long since gone.

Very little of the Roman occupation of Dorchester, Durnovaria, remains.

We are looking at West Bank and the Victoria Promenade. This area had been regarded as a holiday resort, and had been known as Wood-end 150 years before.

Although the railway station opened in 1847 some 200 yards south of the Cock Hotel crossroads, development did not really get under way here until the Epsom Downs line opened in 1865, and new station

The railway station at Twickenham was opened in 1848, and the shopping district quickly developed nearby; it was gradually being improved with new shops in the late Victorian and early Edwardian

We are standing underneath the market cross and looking down the High Street.

We are now looking towards Bagshot, with the Cambridge Hotel the last building on the right.

The White Hart (left) contained what was probably the oldest letter box. It was discovered in 1988, and had been in use from 1842.

The George Hotel, top left, spans the entrance to the Market Arcade in Devonshire Street. It led into a covered market built between 1860 and 1866, a venue much used for meetings and entertainment.

There had been a house (probably half-timbered) at Bank Hall in the Middle Ages, but in about 1780 it was decided to improve the building, and the structure seen in the picture was the result.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.