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Luxury hotels were built to cater for the better-heeled visitor to Bournemouth, prospering until well into the 20th century.

Built in the late 1700s by 'Capability' Brown, who is usually better known for his gardens, this extravagant mansion was demolished in 1954. Today the M54 motorway runs right over the site.

It is a somewhat different story in the depths of winter, when this coast is regularly battered by storms.

For decades the place has been a favourite with those who like nothing better than to 'bimble around' by the waters edge.

Close to what would become Catterick Camp, Hipswell Hall had seen better days than when this picture was taken.

One of Thomas Hardy's few forays into politics was to champion the cause of better treatment for rural workers.

Close to what would become Catterick Camp, Hipswell Hall had seen better days than when this picture was taken.

Rather battered breakwaters give some protection from erosion to the sand and shingle beach.

It was to be the Lady Chapel, but it is better known as the burial place of the first Tudor king and his wife, Elizabeth.

The monument here is obscured by a cabman's shelter (better than the public convenience that replac- es it now). The Corn Exchange entrance beneath its clock dated from 1854.

Mary Ann is better known to us as the writer George Eliot; in many of her books she wrote about the rural and industrialised Midlands.

Luxury hotels were built to cater for the better-heeled visitor to Bournemouth, which prospered well into the 20th century.

Children cluster round licking at the cheap ice cream from the hokey pokey stall.They look like ragged street urchins in their rumpled suits and battered boots, and were probably bought their treats

Children cluster round licking at the cheap ice cream from the hokey pokey stall.They look like ragged street urchins in their rumpled suits and battered boots, and were probably bought their treats

To the left is a better view of the old school in the churchyard. The tip of the church spire looks as if it has been repaired recently.

Judging from the discarded betting slips, the punters had not backed Harry Wragg to get the better of Gordon Richards in the first race.

Neddy's perennial face appears everywhere, surely nowhere better represented than at Skegness'. E A Jackson, 'Skegness and Neighbourhood : A Handbook for Visitors' (1883).

The house on the right appears derelict, and the stone stairs have seen better days.

On the right is the Ordnance Arms, better known to today's tourists as the ivy-covered Hathersage Inn. The small building serving as a bank is now a three-storey affair.

Rather battered breakwaters give some protection from erosion to the sand and shingle

Birdwatchers would do well to bring their binoculars the better to see the great variety of seabirds that visit this coastline.

Woodland Road is better known today as the A68. In the second half of the 19th century, Darlington was growing fast, attracting industry and business.

The thatch covering the rubble cottages on the right has seen better days.

The smaller harbours support their yacht clubs as well, and are often better places for the beginner to learn to sail.