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The village of Kettleness succumbed to disaster on 17 December 1829 when the cliff broke away and the houses and alum works fell into the sea.

In spite of the cars, it has a village feel to it, with pedestrians and cyclists unaffected by traffic. The British Lion public house next to the Estcourt Dairy is early 18th-century.

This is a closer view of Spring Lane. Although all the buildings on the left have been replaced by flats, the road remains narrow and attractive.

On the extreme left, in Holden Road, is the substantial two-and-a-half storied Holder House, built of red brick around 1800 with a Doric-columned porch.

The Red Lion is the building on the right. Like so many other local timber buildings, it now has a brick façade.

According to the terms of Dr Magnus's will the Trustees were to appoint 'two secular honest priests, one to have sufficient cunning and learning to teach grammar, and the other to have cunning and learning

The ugly iron railings do little to enhance or exploit this fine dolmen; it is sad that it may well be the price society has to pay for preserving one of the oldest man-made monuments in Britain - it dates

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

Development dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries has crept up the hill away from the little fishing harbour on the east side of the Lizard peninsula.

Seen on countless calendars, this view of Derwent Water from Ashness Bridge, on the narrow road up to Watendlath, has long been popular. Skiddaw fills the backdrop.

This simple stone obelisk on the summit of Friar's Crag, Derwent Water, commemorates the great Victorian art critic and Lake District conservationist John Ruskin.

The church, large enough to hold over 1,000 people, was built in the 1840s at a cost of £8,052. It was designed by Anthony Salvin and built using stone from the nearby Runcorn Hill quarries.

Bleak House stands on the right, while on the left is the prominent tower of Holy Trinity church, built in 1862. Note the canopied deckchairs on the right.

All the familiar seaside fun is here: happy holiday-makers digging in the sand, deckchairs and bathing machines fill this evocative picture of Edwardian Broadstairs.The steps and the lift house are

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Having completed the church building, attention was turned towards the interior of All Saints.

Note the variety of roof lines on the left. Fred Dickinson , newsagent and tobacconist, owned 'The Lile Bacca Shop' (left).

This view, with well-clad visitors strolling along the beach and sailing boats drawn up on the shore, shows a south coast beach before development and formalisation changed its character.

The Bowder Stone, a 2,000-ton boulder which was transported to near Grange in Borrowdale by Ice Age glaciers, has been a source of tourist wonder for centuries.Today the stone is surrounded by trees

It was originally jettied (with an overhanging upper storey), and is the oldest known domestic building in the parish and one of the oldest in Hampshire.

Here we see the Llandoger Trow Inn, whilst a little way down the street is the Theatre Royal, home of the Bristol Old Vic since 1946.

Seen on countless calendars, this view of Derwent Water from Ashness Bridge, on the narrow road up to Watendlath, is always popular. Skiddaw fills the backdrop.

The path extends for the full length of the canal.

The church of St Lawrence is right alongside the Kennet & Avon Canal. This view today, a century later, is almost unchanged.