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This is a most attractive hamlet of thatched cottages not far from Truro. Its church is on an ancient site, for a Dark Age inscribed stone was found here.

Travelling here in 1871 would not have been a venture to take lightly: it was nearly fifteen miles' distance on unmade roads from Ashburton.

Building a hotel here in the 19th century must have been something of an act of faith, for the nearest railway station was four miles away at Bovey Tracey and the hotel could only be reached by coach.

In the early 18th century the manor passed to Thomas Pitt, an enterprising businessman who made a lot of money by selling a valuable diamond to the Regent of France.

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch

With stalls creaking under the weight of locally grown produce, there is no hint of the rationing to come after the outbreak of war the following year.

Seaton is a mostly Victorian town hard by the mouth of the River Axe. Though never one of Devon's more fashionable resorts, it has a charm of its own and an attractive setting.

A young man enjoys the broad prospect of Gorleston sands from the worn and pocked cliff. The ports of East Anglia have suffered continual erosion down the centuries.

Lines of wind shelters adorn the beach at the popular Yorkshire coast resort of Filey.

This is probably the oldest part of the present village. The houses were built on a fair sized, flat piece of land sheltered by Penny Nab. There was easy access to and from the sea for the cobles.

Joseph Wade, a Hull timber merchant, had a strong influence on the development of a resort here following the arrival of the railway in 1864.

Viewed from the position of what in 2002 became a sparkling new piazza, the 1950s Lytham exhibits little of its potential.

Port Skillion at the foot of Douglas Head was reached by ferry from the harbour, fare 1d, and was used by gentlemen only for open-air bathing.

In September 1960 the electrification of the London Midland Region's line between Crewe and Manchester was completed.

St Peter's, the Victorian church in the middle of the picture, was Aberdovey (or Aberdyfi's) first church, though the song 'The Bells of Aberdyfi' suggests that an earlier church lies drowned beneath the

The Stone Bridge over the River Can - otherwise Bishop's Bridge or Moulsham Bridge - is the primeval hub of Chelmsford. There was probably a bridge here in Roman times.

The market moved from the High Street to a new site behind the north side of the High Street in 1926.

If we imagine this scene without the buildings, we can get some idea of the expanse of the marshlands.

Here we see the Packhorse Bridge from downstream, with a clear indication of the speed of the water hereabouts.

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

The war memorial (left) forms the centrepiece of Trelawney Square in the centre of this market town.

Easington is set alongside the coast of the North Sea, some five miles north of Spurn Point.

This fine view of Dorchester from the meadows alongside the River Frome shows the county town of Dorset much as Thomas Hardy would have known it when, as an apprentice architect, he would walk there

In this tranquil scene, a farmer rests on a fence overlooking Windermere.