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This view is looking towards the town centre, and the boat ('BN3', a Boston-registered boat) is heading out to the Wash and the North Sea.

During the floods of 1947, the River Ouse rose over the gardens of the twelve houses in River Terrace and drenched the ground floors.

It was on the sands here that the French invasion army laid down its arms — with the exception of 25 who could not attend due to temporary incapacity (they were ill or probably drunk on looted

Tenterden is a beautiful old Kentish town close to the Rother Levels. It grew fat in the Middle Ages on sheep, wool and weaving, and later became a market town.

Presiding over the town's broad High Street is the 120 feet high, pinnacle-topped tower of St James', which dates from the 15th century.

This is a historic lost view of Lyme's eastern cliffs before they were entombed and extended in 1984, by sea defence works which incorporated and hid sewage disposal facilities.

South of Lincoln a string of villages grew up along the western edge of the limestone ridge, mostly along the spring line.

Broad Street is a later medieval planned extension of the market place, which is beyond the end houses.

These women players are at a considerable disadvantage with their long, billowing dresses and broad-brimmed headgear.

The town of Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.

The Teifi begins its journey to the sea 70 miles away; it provided an inland route for the Normans to service the castles of Cardigan and Cilgerran.

The heart of Georgian Weymouth overlooks the sands from the Gloucester Hotel (top left) and the Royal Hotel (centre left), in a broad sweep around to the Victorian spire of St John's Church and Brunswick

These women players are at a considerable disadvantage with their long, billowing dresses and broad-brimmed headgear.

The village of Hampstead Norris nestles in a shallow valley, the buildings dominated by the short broad tower of St Mary's church in the background.

'A walk through the streets on a summer's day half-a- century ago ... was different in many respects.

The vicar of Holy Trinity Church in the mid 19th century was the Rev Edward Lyon Berthon.

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late

This broad open space at the heart of the city is a kaleidoscope of noise and colour on market day.

The main shopping areas of Broad Street and Church Street have not changed too much in character since the camera clicked on this scene.

While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late

This broad parade, named after Queen Victoria, runs along the East Cliff in front of Wellington Crescent and the lawns.

Aberaeron is almost in the middle of the 60-mile coastline of Ceredigion. In 1800, Aberaeron was little more than a farm and inn by the main coast road where a bridge crossed the Aeron.

The girl carrying a baby (left) and the children playing in the boats are noticeably not visitors.