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The hotel stands on the north bank of the River Leven, by the bridge.

This scene has altered little since the picture was captured.

Formerly Garbrand Hall, this two-storied, five-bayed stuccoed house stands at the centre of the village, and was built on a Tudor site around 1775.

Long before John Bunyan was born in the village, the son of a brazier or tinker, Elstow was known for its Benedictine nunnery founded in about 1075.

Symondsbury is an intimate little village positioned between two rounded hills, and probably on the route of a medieval road linking Bridport and Axminster.

The stone-fronted houses match the shops with their sturdiness and `built to last` qualities.

The creators of Golden Acre Holiday Bungalows - as they are now called - proposed a relatively modest development of 18 such buildings.

This seaside resort and residential haven developed from the 1860s. Despite being continuous with Colwyn Bay, it preserves its own peaceful character.

The collection of moored open boats lying inside the jetty, and a few other small craft, make a strong contrast with the crowded waters inside an obviously busy harbour in the previous

Further east, the photographer looks west towards the pier along what was then known as Gloucester Parade, now The Esplanade.

The name of this historic village derives from the flatfish called 'flukes', caught off the shore in Morecombe Bay. There is a poster for cocoa in the window of the Co-op shop on the left.

The work of building the cathedral can be attributed to several distinct periods.

The Steine, originally marshy ground, became the focus of early Brighton development as houses were built for the fashionable visitors.

Farley Green is situated towards the south end of Albury parish, and its fields are carved out of the surrounding greensand woods.

The interior is much earlier than the exterior. The aisles have Perpendicular windows, but some extensive restoration has spoilt its earlier magnificence.

The body of the church is flint with Victorian detail, including a bleak Victorian window of 1847 on the south transept front.

A steep road from Sabden leads to the well-known pass of Nick o' Pendle.

We are now further west in The Narrow, as this part of High Street was called. Woolworths, on the site of the Lion Inn, can just be seen beyond the third shop blind.

This is a detail of the chalet zone which sprang up behind the 1897-built Esplanade (right), between the waterworks and the Salt House on Pitfield Marsh (left).

Here we see landslipped Langmoor Gardens (left) before the building of retaining walls and amusement arcades.

Reculver is a popular little seaside town on the coast between the Thanet resorts and Herne Bay. There was once a Roman Saxon Shore Fort here.

Across the inner basin from the quay (right) beside the Cobb Warehouses is the 17th-century North Wall (centre), which protects the harbour from easterly gales.

The central bay was destroyed at some time and has been rebuilt. The nearer range has been dendrodated to 1447-48, and the further to 1533-34.

Brighton made the seaside fashionable for the upper crust, and its wider popularity was settled when the railway made the connection in 1841.