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The War Office purchased over 1600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been constructed for troops returning from the Boer War.

At the time of this view, it would have been called the Rose and Castle. Since then, it has undergone massive refurbishment and changes of name before becoming The Mill House.

This view, from the end of a path leading past the Brownlow Arms to the west bank of the Trent, looks across the tidal river from Nottinghamshire to South Clifton in Lincolnshire.

This beach is far less crowded than those shown in the 1950s, the Indian Summer of the British seaside town.

To the right of this view is Duncombe Place, with the tall memorial to the soldiers who took part in the Boer War. It was erected in 1905.

With its modern tower and spire rising 140 feet above Twyford, the handsome church looks out across woods and meadows towards the bank of the Itchen.

A close-up showing the foundations of the original Chapter House dating back to the early 18th century.

The boathouse on the opposite bank belongs to Sharpham House, the Georgian pile visible above the trees, which was designed by Sir Robert Taylor.

The Exe was one of Devon's richest salmon rivers, although as early as the 19th century concern was being expressed about the level of the stocks - vast numbers were taken when they were on their way upstream

The fact that the road level is significantly lower than the ground on either side confirms the antiquity of the settlement.

A group of gunners from the Royal Field Artillery pause in their task of servicing their heavy artillery outside the ordnance depot at Deepcut Camp, which had been built in 1901.

Many visitors come to admire the beauty of St Mary's Church. The original church was built in the 12th century.

Today the size of this pub (built in 1938) reminds us that by the 20th century Hoylake had become a holiday resort.

It was cut out of the chalk in 1778, although legend suggests that a shape facing the other way was carved out to commemorate King Alfred's defeat of the Danes in AD 878.

Girls, perhaps the shop assistants, crowd in the doorway of the post office, while at least one fisherman is walking up Fore Street.

There was little going on in Betwys-y -Coed until the road was improved for the Irish Mail in 1808.

It was rebuilt in 1908 to plans by the architect Arthur J Stedman of Farnham in the mock-Tudor style prevalent at that time.

The coronet design on the tower of All Hallows Church is the only one of its kind in Sussex, and rarely found throughout the country.

In this quintessential holiday scene a pleasure craft hoists its sail ready to carry a party of trippers up and down the coast.

The handsome portico of the building has been the position from which civic dignitaries have overseen events such as the march past of the Accrington Pals on their way to training in August 1915.

A pleasure boat crowded to the gunwales chugs serenely up the river at Fulford, just south of York on the Ouse.

This market, with the medieval Luttrell Arms Hotel to the right and Conygar Tower on the hill behind, has little changed.

Thomas Hughes, author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, was born in Uffington, and this 380-year-old school featured in the novel.

This village lies along the Itchen, where many old buildings can be found - the wide river fills one side of the road. Since the 1960s the village has expanded with new estates.