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Alum Chine, with its spectacular coastal scenery, became a popular walk down to the seashore for visitors staying in the family hotels of Westbourne.

Here we see one of the famed paddle steamers heading down the River Dart off Kingswear.

The ridge of the island flattens out, and then dips down to the fen. A shop has been taken over for a county library (right) - this must be before the travelling library.

They drop down from the castle in four huge stepped terraces, and there is an orangery and charmingly precise topiary. The latter looks as if it is shaved daily.

The Wells House Hydro on the right of these views gives an idea of how compact the town is.

Flint and brick feature predominantly in traditional Norfolk buildings, particularly so in the pretty village of Blakeney, seen here looking down towards the marshes.

The Hundred, which runs down to the Market Place, is lined with striking houses and cottages. The Sawyers Arms, now a private house, can be spotted on the right.

The palace is thought to have been burnt down accidently in 1746 by General Hawley's troops.

A visit to St Cross breaks down the barrier between past and present; it is a chance to glimpse the charitable values of medieval England—and to pause for a while from the hurry and bustle of the

The photographer has moved slightly further back down the road to take in the whole of the Market Stores, no doubt for a picture postcard of the time.

There is a sad epitaph to John Chubb in the churchyard, who died young in 1784: 'Death like an overflowing stream sweeps us away: Our life's a dream: An empty tale: A morning flower cut down and withered

In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles was a thriving port.

Looking down the High Street towards the river and Salutation Square.

A train approaches the down platform of this station on the Horsham to Guildford Railway, which opened in 1865 and is long since closed.

The small rural hamlet of Corey's Mill, now completely absorbed into the New Town of Stevenage, was once dominated by its windmill, which burnt down in 1878.

It shows clearly the steps down onto the shingle beach, together with the boats drawn up in time- honoured fashion. Part of the pier can be seen.

This wonderful range of 17th-century thatched timber-framed cottages sweeps down the Tring Road towards the clock tower.

On Bridge Street, J T Jeffery's shop was later pulled down to accommodate the extension to the post office.

From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down 29 locks to the valley below. This one is on the edge of town, close to the old prison.

Beyond, the elegant town houses that once had rear gardens down to the river can be picked out through the trees.

This fine view of Dover's sweeping Esplanade shows bathing machines pulled down near the water.

A liveried driver negotiates a light carriage down the narrow lane beside the church in this well-composed picture.

Broad Street is the town's most fashionable shopping street, though the busy traffic of today prevents dogs lying down in the road!

A decade after this photograph was taken, the picturesque weatherboarded mill on the River Cray was burnt down.