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Burgage Street, once the main street of Prestbury, is thought to be where the annual fair and the weekly market were held - they originated from a charter granted in the 13th century.

The village of Theydon Bois Green has existed since the 18th century; it constituted the parish's only real settlement.

East Mill stood on the north side of East Road and was powered by the River Asker. This view, dating from 1904, looks eastwards from the north bank and duplicates picture 43865.

The creation of an official long-distance footpath along the Dorset coastline has brought many walkers to Burton Bradstock.

This view looks towards the Gloirette; on the left can be seen the main building. In this picture, the magnificent location of the Castle, surrounded by its enchanting lake, is clearly seen.

Not far away is Slaughter Gate, where King Edmund Ironside routed the retreating Danish army of King Canute.

The High Street remains the main entranceway to the older part of St Ives, and is an important shopping street.

At this time Ormskirk was a busy little town of around 6,500 people. On market days the favourite places for a tip- ple were the Wheatsheaf, the Talbot and the King's Arms.

The Albany was the only temperance hotel in Sheffield to be mentioned alongside the likes of the Royal Victoria (rooms from 3s 6d, dinner 5s), the Midland, the Talbot and the Wharncliffe.

Once the bridge opened the transporter, which was one of only three in the country, was decommissioned.

Bedfordshire brick and pantiles on the roofs place this row of cottages fronting on to the street in the early 19th century.

Derry's Clock, erected in 1862 by Samuel Derry, was known to generations of Plymothians as 'the four-faced deceiv- er' because all the clock faces told slightly different times.

A number of inns, hotels and bed and breakfast establishments cater for the tourist.

This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a college in Ipswich.

This view, from the famous High and Over viewpoint on the South Downs, shows the big meanders and flat valley floor of the only undeveloped river-mouth in the south-east.

Blue-and-white and green-and-white striped awnings cover the rows of stalls which threaten to overflow into the churchyard.

This view of the High Street must have been taken from a bedroom window. The shops and houses mix with small workshops and boundary walls.

This was because the Bishops of Worcester maintained a palace in the village, and the church had to be big enough to accommodate the Bishop's entourage.

Of its sizeable population, many commute to surrounding East Midland towns.

The building nearest the camera, Rainsford House, was built around the turn of the century. From1924 it housed the town's municipal offices, but was eventually replaced by a new Civic Centre.

Even in Victorian times it had a wild reputation, but it reached the zenith of its colourful activities in the 20th century.

One medical expert at the time boasted that 'residence at Bexhill is especially beneficial in anaemia, scrofula and tuberculous diseases, and in diseases of the respiratory organs'.

The gates to the churchyard are cast iron and very obviously much older, perhaps from the previous church which was built on the site in 1839.

Once belonging to the collegiate church of St Mary-in-the-Fields, this green was an unofficial park until 1877.