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Here Withypool is viewed from its six-arched bridge over the Barle. The squat tower of St Andrew's Church can be seen above the old Methodist chapel (centre).

The shopping arcade was very much a Victorian concept, enabling the shopper to browse without getting wet on rainy days.

The roads of the New Forest tend to be much busier these days than they were when this photograph was taken.

The cannon would not have been much use in 1940. Mablethorpe is to the right and north.

There is no north aisle, but instead the plain Norman arch on the left is for a transept which contains the organ.

This view remains much the same today.

It was flanked by the high Abbey precinct wall, and the arched entrance with supporting towers formed a porch.

The waves of the sea echo along the Chine on wilder days, whilst much of the Island's southern coastline can be seen from the Observatory.

This graceful arched bridge over the River Frome has wooden rails, which still guard the road.

The ever-changing coastline has very much dictated the fortunes of Aldeburgh, but one thing which has not changed is the activity of local fishermen, who park their boats on the shingle bank which runs

The wonderfully over-the- top Baroque town hall is a triumph for the town, and much better than the pallid neo-classical one it replaced.

By the date of this photograph, much of the town's main streets were established, and they display the characteristic detail of the period: projecting shop fronts proudly display their goods (including

The hill-top town of Shaftesbury, or Shaston as it is sometimes known, owes its foundation to Alfred the Great, showing much evidence of its Saxon origins.

Tiny fishing smacks still set out from the cove each day, much as they probably did in 1588 when the Spanish Armada was first sighted off the Devon coast.

Apart from improvements in the sea defences, the view is much the same today. It was here that Sir John Millais painted that most famous of pictures, 'The Boyhood of Raleigh'.

Most obviously, a rood screen, erected in memory of Harold Woollcombe-Boyce, who died on active service during the Great War, now spans the chancel arch.

The church hall, in Rectory Road, was much more central to Pitsea than the medieval church, perched on its hilltop site.

This 16th-century arch, leading from the original village down to the harbour, was once fitted with a portcullis and gates as a protection for the settlement against pirates and sea-raiders.

When it was built in 1832, the Grosvenor Bridge was said to have the longest single stone arch span in Europe (200ft).

The high arches of the nave arcades echo the proportions of Canterbury cathedral.

This photograph was taken in the year that Giles Gilbert Scott designed the much-loved red telephone box, which was soon to become a familiar sight all over the country.

It was much restored in the 19th century. The wall of the cloisters, a feature of monastic buildings, can be seen on the right of the picture, although no monks ever dwelled within these!

The gardens on the left are much smaller since the road has been widened.

North Bovey in the latter half of the 19th century, was initially less than impressed with his flock: 'My new parishioners were very turbulent people ... the women were awful ... the whole village was much