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The stonework arches belong to the 1754 replacement for St Lawrence's Bridge; it dated from 1362, and even had a chapel to St Lawrence halfway across.

Along the ridge, Somerset Place and Lansdown Crescent curve sinuously to great architectural effect, with grand views across the city.

War memorials face the church across the Garden of Remembrance, a fitting place for six plaques on curved walling for World War II, 1939-45, and the Cenotaph for World War I, 1914-20.

A close inspection of the brickwork of St Bartholomew's Church reveals the date when the tower was built - 1702. The main body of the church was completed two years later.

The oldest of three chests in St George's chapel is thought to date from the time of Wimborne's monastery and nunnery.

The shop with the clock, at this date called The Shoe People, still sells shoes. The shop front at Fairweather's next door has been extended across the entire width of the building.

The church of St Mary dates from the 12th century, and outside is an even earlier carved Saxon cross. Also in the market place is the old grammar school, now holding primary classes.

Part of the nave and the chancel at St Mary's has walls dating back to Saxon times, and the walls incorporate many Roman bricks.

We are looking across Main Bay (now Viking Bay) towards the harbour, the pier and the prominent mansion Fort House (now called Bleak House), prior to its extension and castellation in 1901.This house

The present church dates from 1712. The tallest building across the road was M Robinson's Coliseum Department Store, now Debenhams.

The central lamp standard dates from 1873: the globe is supported by fishes and surmounted with the crown and arrows of St Edmund, to whom the church is dedicated.

Newly-built Durlston Castle (top left) and the 40-ton Great Globe, also dating from 1887, are seen here from the south-east.

North of the old windmill is the Manor House in mid 17th-century brick, which retains its original cross windows.

Thirty-eight millstone grit stones form the circle, which is about 100 feet across. The circle has an attractive setting on a little rise against Castlerigg Fell.

We are looking south- eastwards from West Hill across to the Victorian villas on the sylvan summit of East Hill, glimpsing the tower of the parish church (left).

Sandway Bridge carries Sandway Lane across the meadows from the village of Frampton and over the River Frome to the hamlet of Southover.

She married a Manchester Unitarian minister in 1832 and stayed at Lindeth Tower (dated 1816) in Silverdale. From here she described the sunsets and the views across the Kent estuary and the Irish Sea.

The major landmark is the windmill, a post mill dated 1665.

Across Poole Road, the low railing offered easy access to the fields of the Dean's Court Estate. The pub dates back at least to the 18th century, and parts of the building are even older.

St Leonard's Church was built in 1878 on the site of earlier ones dating back to 1220. To the south of the village is the old lime quarry, now a wildlife sanctuary.

Picturesquely perched on top of its steep knoll and surrounded by a sea of 20th- century housing, the church of St Nicholas, Laindon, possibly dates from the 12th century.

These date from before 1723. The view across the water is to the cliffs of Cain's Folly (left) and the skyline of Stonebarrow Hill, Chardown Hill and Golden Cap.

In 1907 the Corporation cut a new thoroughfare across Newgate, demolishing the Circus and the old Hippodrome and linking Blackwater Street with the Esplanade.

The church of St Mary, off to the right, dates from 1120, with a tower of 1667. Born in the village was the 'mouse man', wood carver and furniture maker Robert Thompson (1876-1955).