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Even when this picture was taken, the hustle and bustle of St John's weekly market lingered on only in the memories of the village's more senior citizens; it had ceased in 1888.

Here we see the narrow main street of this north Norfolk market town. The road sign on the left depicts a torch, and warns of a school just around the corner.

It will always be associated with the Lincoln family, as the ancestors of President Abraham Lincoln lived here for many generations and are commemorated by a bust of the President in the parish church.

The nearby parish church includes a rare painting of Sir John Hobart kneeling before Henry VII, with a picture of Loddon church as the background.

The spectacular Market Cross was built in about 1600, replacing one burnt down in the major town fire of that year.

The reed-beds on the right of the picture have been cut, and the reeds will be used for thatching roofs.

Pictured here from King's Parade, the gatehouse which leads into the Front Court of King's College was built in 1828 by William Wilkins.

In the centre of this picture are the buildings of Monkton Combe School. Beyond can be seen the Limpley Stoke viaduct, built for the Black Dog Turnpike Trust in 1834.

Showing one of its clock faces, Wellington's Market and Town Hall was built in 1831 on property belonging to the Duke of Wellington.

Yet how interesting that one of the news signboards on the front of Allin's the newsagent's is announcing 'Midland Storm Havoc'.

Clifton was one of the first schools to teach engineering, and under headmaster James Wilson (1879-1890) the teaching of science was greatly improved.

The ancient town of Christchurch stands on the two rivers Stour and Avon, getting its old name Twyneham from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'the town between two rivers'.

Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps. The surrounding heathland is heavily used for tank training.

The Royal Pier, at the eastern end of Mayflower Park, was opened in 1833 and for many years was the largest in the south of England.

The block of six houses inscribed 'Erected by John Pollen Esq 1686' are all now privately owned.

The impressive War Memorial stands to the west of the bandstand on high ground overlooking the sea.

A fine view down the length of Union Street in the last peaceful days before the First World War.

Its castle, one of four block- houses built by Henry VIII, was garri- soned until Victorian times, such was the prolonged fear of invasion from across the channel.

The memorial in St Giles dates back to 1841; it stands on an island in the road and was designed by George Gilbert Scott. Behind it is the Church of St Mary Magdalen.

The most recent commemorates the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

This view of Matlock Bath is taken from the station on the Midland line, and shows the beautiful setting of this Derwent-side village.

Taking the form of a Celtic cross, it remembered the dead of the town during the First World War, which had ended just a year before.

This old building has undergone a number of changes over the years. Once a large elm stood close by, but this was lost during the problems with Dutch elm disease.

John Chandler and Derek Parker describe the effect of the church on the visitor in 'Wiltshire Churches, an Illustrated History': 'There is an aura of intense mystery, and to submit to its darkness