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The beautiful row of thatched cottages has gone, to be replaced by a rather uninspiring three-gabled house, and uphill from it there is what appears to be a garage.

Looking in the opposite direction from the Coffee Tavern, this view of Hadleigh's High Street shows the George public house and, further down on the same side, the White Lion Hotel.

In the market place is an iron ring, said to date back to the days of bull-baiting.

The action-packed scene that is a town street in Edwardian days, with plenty of people going about their business; the only traffic is horse-drawn vehicles.

The pier is at the bottom of Evening Hill. The hut has today been superseded by a larger building for the East Dorset Sailing Club. Both houses in this photograph survive.

Set on one of the picturesque creeks branching off the Fowey estuary, Lerryn is seen at its best when the tide is high. At low tide there is nothing but mud in this creek.

The house with the porch is one of the oldest in town. Note the little girls with their summer bonnets, and the barber's pole, centre.

Sir John Everett Millais painted his famous 'The Boyhood of Sir Walter Raleigh' while living at a house called The Octagon here in the late 1860s.

The timber structure in the middle distance is the remains of an attempt to build a pier - a grand Victorian folly if ever there was one.

Situated to the south of the town, overlooking the Test, Broadlands is an imposing porticoed house remodelled in classical style by 'Capability' Brown and John Holland in the mid 18th century.

Filling stations are no longer allowed to have their pumps directly adjacent to pavements, but in the days of the dependable ash-framed Morris Traveller, it was pretty much the norm.

Seaplanes from the newly-formed Royal Air Force are pulled up on the beach - perhaps being used either for recruitment or anti-submarine duties.

Notice the horse-drawn cart and the absence of much other traffic.

Tyrell's butchers shop at No 44 is a reminder that the town then had several such shops and now, in the whole of the town centre, there is not one left.

Some of the quarry's workers would probably have lived in these cottages.

Seaplanes from the newly-formed Royal Air Force are pulled up on the beach - perhaps being used either for recruitment or anti-submarine duties.

The parish church of St. Leonard's, seen here, is mostly a Victorian restoration - only the west tower and doorway have survived intact from the 15th century.

Just a century ago a great deal of lonely countryside remained around Kenton, which lies on the road to Harrow.

The very narrow Broad Gate is obviously named for the street rather than the width of the gate.

For decades, the art gallery contained the finest municipal collection of Dutch, French and Scottish schools in Britain.

One of the finest houses in the town and dating from the 15th century, this is likely to have been built as a priest's lodging.

Kent is synonymous with the growing of hops. This labour-intensive work was done by poor London families coming down for their annual paid holiday.

The Gardens at Dunoon offer a little peace and tranquillity, compared to the hustle and bustle of the town.

The Green, with its period buildings, lies at the heart of Datchet. This photograph captures an ice cream vendor waiting for business in the village centre.