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A few ruined walls in the estuary mark the site of Fort Charles, which was garrisoned by the royalist army for four months in 1646 during the English Civil War.

A party composed mostly of ladies in long flowing skirts enjoys a pleasant stroll between the river and the monastic ruins which adjoin the cathedral.

So have the patch of grass, the thatched cottage and the trees. The Royal Oak is still there, though it looks very different now.

This is the north end of High Street, which seems to have had an abundance of shoe shops in 1950: Trueform (on the left) was a popular chain for decades, and Olivers (on the right), is still trading today

A monument of Sir John David, 1625, is large and in grey stone with three recumbent effigies, coupled Tuscan columns left and right, and a pediment.

This lovely view was taken just a few miles north of Dunsop Bridge.

We can also see Prince's Park with its colonnade to the right of the casino. A new open-air bathing pool was added on the seaward side of the park in the late 1920s.

Main Street c1955 Victorian visitors had a number of inns to choose from when seeking sustenance in the town, some acting as fully-fledged hotels.

Wootton Bridge has many connections with the sea, as the name of its inn suggests. In the churchyard lies the grave of the Victorian admiral Sir John Baird, who died in 1908.

To the right is John Gibson's dignified Italianate bank of 1883, now the Nat West and well restored. It towers over Stone Bow and is one of the city's finest Victorian commercial buildings.

The majority of the buildings fronting the De La Warr Parade were erected between 1891 and 1901, and reflect the late Victorian style of seaside architecture.

Burgess Hill is one of the mid 19th-century settlements created on enclosed Wealden commons.

Part of Beeding's Bridge is just visible on the small rise at the far western end of the High Street, next to the Bridge Inn on the left.

Boys on bicycles, shoppers and motorists throng this street, and there is every sign that the public library (left) had a regular flow of readers who still did not have the luxury of owning a newly invented

This wooded hill in the town centre is topped by the ruins of a Norman castle, whose builders might not be entirely surprised to find that the outer bailey now houses a zoo: after all, exotic animals were

Mock-Tudor houses are typical of the area, though these have a pleasanter outlook than most. It may be pleasant, but not necessarily peaceful, as they stand close to the A41.

The size of these hotels shows how busy and popular the resort of St Anne's was in those days. The sea came well up to the promenade; in later years, as at Southport, it has receded.

Good examples of 18th-century architecture can be seen in Uley; one is The King's Head, with a brightly painted sign outside that dates from the time of George I.

The building contains examples of domestic furniture along with maps and illustrations of old Norwich.

Ann or Anna was originally the name for the shining stream now known as the Pillhill Brook, a tributary of the River Anton. The people of the Stone Age lived by the water.

Izaak Walton fished here in the Meon, reflecting that the valley 'exceeds all England for swift, shallow, clear, pleasant brooks and store of trout.'

Drayton, a suburb of Portsmouth, lies close to Portsdown Hill, a 7-mile chalk ridge stretching from Bedhampton to Fareham.

Situated on the north-western edge of the New Forest, Fordingbridge was once famous for the manufacture of canvas and sail cloth.

Lobster pots dry in the fresh air outside one of the tiny cottages that cling to the dramatic cliff swooping down to the sea. Coastal erosion is a constant peril around Runswick bay.