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In days gone by there was a gate across the road at this point which barred the way to passers-by, who could only proceed on payment of a toll.

A real coach party - that is, a party using a coach and horses - arrives at the stable block at Haddon Hall.

18th-century cottages in Main Street at West Lulworth, looking westwards from the wide triangle of highway and grass beside the Castle Inn.

At the time of our photo, its three echelons included ABC Wallpapers, Forbuoys newsagents and Robinson Rentals at the bottom; Peter's gents' hairdressing and Hart's store in the middle; and offices for

Cromwell's family farmed at Slepe Hall in St Ives, but by all accounts they were not particularly successful at it; they were even thought to have contemplated emigrating to America at one point.

The pier was considerably shorter in length than those at Blackpool, but somewhat similar in design to the one at Aberystwyth.

This was a popular place for trippers, with train services from Temple Meads beginning at 7.00am.

At the beginning of the 20th century a room at the Queen's Hotel cost 4s a night, breakfast 3s and dinner 5s.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Kenilworth was a small town with about 4,500 inhabitants.

This view shows St Ives' smallest beach bursting at the seams at a time when beach holidays were at the height of their popularity.

This little hamlet lies on the River Llugwy, at the foot of Snowdon.

St Michael's House, the Victorian home of Mrs Brandham at No 7 Pound Street, became St Michael's Hotel.

Carlisle and Sons' delivery van waits at the level crossing near Silecroft Station on the west coast route between Barrow and Workington, which opened to traffic in 1848.

A top-hatted and frock-coated gentleman surveys the garden front of Haddon Hall.

As well as being a market town, Ormskirk has a long association with the Earls of Derby who lived at Knowsley Hall.

MAIN ROAD c1965 A monastery stood at Hanbury in Anglo- Saxon times, when the land came into the possession of the Church at Worcester.

Guests were always welcome at hydropathic establishments, even when they were not taking water treatments.

The arched building in the left foreground is the Market Hall, which was built in 1627 at the expense of Sir Baptist Hicks.

At Westmill the Oughton falls from the millpond into the river course.

Opened throughout in 1772, the Staffs & Worcestershire Canal was designed by James Brindley as part of a scheme to allow traffic to operate between the Thames, Trent, Severn and Mersey.

Opened throughout in 1772, the Staffs & Worcestershire Canal was designed by James Brindley as part of a scheme to allow traffic to operate between the Thames,Trent, Severn and Mersey.

During the Civil War, the bridge over the Severn at Upton was of strategic importance to forces investing Worcester.

Miners' cottages overlook the buildings and railway lines associated with the colliery at Cwmtillery, which opened in 1850.

The gardens and the topiary at Levens Hall, near Kendal, were laid out by the King's gardener, Beaumont, in 1692.