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Chipping Norton - or 'Chippy' as the locals call it - prospered as a result of the wool trade.

The downs to the west of the Arun are notably more wooded than those to the east, which are remarkably open and treeless.

Swiss Cottage Lodge was part of Squire Clifton's property. The drive became a favourite walk: tree-shaded, it rang with bird song, and hundreds of snowdrops pushed up in February.

Here we see a typical shopping parade of the 1950s. It includes two banks, a newsagent's and a garage. The Midland Bank, on the corner of the row, now bears the name HSBC.

This schooner may well have been unloading limestone, which was shipped from South Wales to be fired in the lime-kiln that still stands at the side of the beach.

Another ex-mining settlement, Porthtowan became a popular destination for day-trippers from Redruth around the turn of the century.

Here we have another view of the bridge. On the right is the post office; near here is the point that the Ordnance Survey declared was the centre of the British Isles.

Swalecliffe is two miles east of Whitstable and a popular area for holidaymakers. Here campers queue up at the camp shop for their daily newspaper, milk, bread and so on.

Kidwelly lies due south of Carmarthen. The borough is one of the oldest in the principality; it received its first Charter under Henry VIII.

Across the broad expanse of the High Street is the portico of the Town Hall, which was rebuilt in 1790.

East of Ashford, and now subsumed by it, the little village of Willesborough possesses two landmark structures.

This building is now slightly shorter, and has been restored as a single cottage rather than the row of up to four dwellings pictured here.

By the time this photograph was taken, Bournemouth was at the height of its popularity as this view of the town centre shows.

St Andrew's Church sits on an unspoilt headland to the south-west of Clevedon. Buried here is Arthur Hallam (1811-1833), the son of historian Henry Hallam (1777-1859).

Note the bollards in the centre of the road - an early form of traffic calming - which were subsequently removed. Local inhabitants have requested their return for safety reasons.

Many of the townís older houses in London Road can be seen in this view from Mount Ephraim.

The photograph could have been taken around 12 May, the date of the coronation of George VI.

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

As well as being used for promenading, the Hoe has always been the vantage point from which Plymothians have watched the arrivals and departures of vessels, from Sir Francis Chichester's 'Gypsy Moth

Hythe is now a popular residential area standing just across the water from the great city of Southampton.

These houses, also known as the Hospital of the Holy Trinity, were founded in the 17th century. Built in ragstone, these pleasant cottages with dormers were restored in about 1842.

The festoons of electric light bulbs were a noted attraction for visitors strolling the promenade in the evenings and for the evening concerts given at the octagonal bandstand, beyond the Cigar

The house was built in the 1830s during the reign of William IV. One famous resident was the Emperor of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Taken from the eastern end of the village, above Burbitt Lane. This view looks north-eastwards to St Martin's Parish Church (right), and the distinctive 599-feet profile of Shipton Hill (centre).