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This was indeed once the place where paupers and those down on their luck could seek food and a roof over their head.

The 121 acres of Farthing Down have in recent years seen the introduction of a small herd of cattle to graze the coarser grasses.

The arch led to the rear of the Angel Hotel yard, owned at that time by John Jasper Taylor, who also had a temperance hotel, Deanery House, further down Church Street.

Looking towards the Castle at the end of the street, note the agricultural implements on sale on the left, the Lion Hotel further down the street, and on the right-hand side the arched

This scene was snapped from the church and faces down the hill. On the right is the Goudhurst Coffee House, and it looks as if a shop is next door. Eedes the chemist sits behind the trees (centre).

Originally an Elizabethan building, this was knocked down in late Victorian times and rebuilt as a mock coaching inn.

Forty years before this photograph was taken, war memorials like Preston Candover's (centre right) were being erected in villages up and down the country to commemorate the young men of these communities

According to legend St Kennith was sent down the river Loughor in a coracle, landed on Worm's Head and founded a monastery at Llangennith.

This was rescued during renovation work in the 1860s - it had been used, face down, to repair paving.

Can you see the sign of the Noel Arms further down on the left, and the Wheatsheaf on the right? Dulcie Ellingworth was headmistress here.

The open-air swimming pool in Market Drayton was built in the 1930s; it attracted people from a large area around the town, even from as far away at Stoke on Trent.

This shot was taken at the southern end of Market Street, which leads to that area of town that was traditionally the main shopping centre.

Today the varied selection of shops down this street includes a ski shop. Havant Arts Centre and Havant Museum are also to be found here.

Down the lane which passes behind it and leads to the right is the pond in which, in Cider with Rosie, the body of the unfortunate Miss Flynn was discovered floating.

A railway line ran directly from the works down an incline and along the jetty to make the transfer of material into the ships an easy operation.

The factory burned down in 1963.

Formerly, it was a sea mill: the tide entered the pool, now ornamental, above it and then drained back down again. The building is now much altered in appearance.

Towan Beach is the closest to the town centre; here, wheeled bathing machines have been drawn down to the edge of the sea, while a few beach tents and deckchairs are also provided for visitors

The earliest tourists to the Lake District were overwhelmed by the 'horrid' and 'frightful' nature of the mountains and crags, which frowned down on them as they negotiated the passes.

Stickle Ghyll, which flows down from Stickle Tarn, passes under the bridge in this view, which looks towards the 2,403 ft summit of Harrison Stickle, the highest of the pikes.

As the High Street runs down toward the medieval town wall gate and through to the harbour, the influence of Robert Wynn's Plas Mawr can be seen in the transomed stone mullions of the Castle

Much of the prosperity of the town derived from the nearby Greenfield Valley.

Down in this very picturesque village, the cottage beyond the lych gate has the village hall attached at the far end, all beneath a continuous thatched roof.

Further down the street we can see the distinctive sign of the Bear Inn.