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Built in 1878, and flagship of the MacBrayne fleet, Columba was renowned for the quality of her passenger comfort, with saloons the full width of her hull, a barber's shop and a post office.

The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.

The two shots together provide an almost panoramic view of the coastline. Here the young boys explore the boat, whilst a lady appears only too aware of the photographer.

The view of Church Street from the opposite side of the roadway shows the medieval timber frontage of the Berkeley Arms Hotel with its first floor mullioned window, while further along is a

In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having landed at Pevensey to claim the English throne from King Harold, marched here and built a timber castle.

The new town of Amersham on the Hill developed from the 1890s when, after 60 years of opposition, the Drakes and then the Tyrwhitt-Drakes finally allowed the railway to come to Amersham, but up the hill

Known as the Prince of Wales Arch, this was erected by the Rev Oliver Raymond (d1889), the third of six Raymonds who were rectors here.

Watchet was one of medieval Somerset's most important towns, and its harbour remained important into the 20th century, exporting iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the south.

Situated eight miles south-west of Cardiff, Barry was the last of the great Welsh coal ports to be developed.

Cumbria by open expanses of moss and marsh. Only the narrow Eden Valley offers an opening, running south-east to Stainmoor and lowland England.

Historic association abound in this section of the main street.

WE BEGIN the tour of the city by the Dean's Eye gate-house, the dropping-off point both for mod- ern tour coaches and ancient stagecoaches.

Glanton stands on a ridge about two miles north of Whittingham and nine miles west-by-north of Alnwick.

The wooden jetty on the left would have been used at high tide. This photograph was taken long before the widening of the promenade.

The ivy-clad inn on the left of the photograph is the Miller of Mansfield, a famous pub in the Thames Valley.

Terraces of solid Victorian houses overlook the cliffs, with brick walls and wrought iron railings protecting the gardens.

The façade of the 18th-century Grey House on the left originally resembled that of its neighbour.

The Fauconberg Arms was built in 1662, and carries the name and the coat of arms of Earl Fauconberg of the nearby Elizabethan Newburgh Priory.

The building on the right of this picture was built as the village police station in 1915, and contained a cell.

The post office (on the left of the picture), under the management of F G Fitchett, is apparently the fulcrum of village life.

Bournemouth is a relatively new community, for all of this area was wild heathland 250 years ago.A Mr Tregonwell built a home here with the intention of establishing a resort.

Halfway down the estuary of the Beaulieu river stands the little community of Bucklers Hard.

It is of Spencer Compton, 8th Duke of Devonshire, who was Mayor of Eastbourne in 1897-98, in effect leader of his own 'company town'. He died in 1908.

It has been described as being fragmented, but here, in the centre, cottages of differing styles combine to give an air of rustic beauty.