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Boot and shoe repairs are undertaken in these premises in one of the back yards in the cramped village of Mousehole. Perhaps it is Mr Jeffery himself who is posing at the steps in the foreground.

Consecrated in 1868, the parish church was funded entirely by William, the 8th Duke of Bedford, at a cost of £35,000.

Centuries ago drovers herded sheep and cattle across the river at this point.

The feeling of the time was that ladies should cover up, so parasols keep the sun at bay.

There is a policeman performing traffic duty at the junction with Canal Street, but the traffic - all horse-drawn - is very light.

This photograph shows Kings Road at the point where it meets Cemetery Junction, to the east of the town.

What you see in this view is no more, for it was destroyed by fire in 19990, but it has subsequently been rebuilt. It is located at the lower end of the High Street.

There is plenty of activity on the railway and at the pier. In the distance is Kilcreggan on the Rosneath Peninsula, and the entrance to Loch Long which is backed by the Cowal hills.

Tramway construction is going on at the junction of Lewes Road and Elm Grove. The tracks curv- ing away to the right ter- minated by the race- course.

At the close of the 19th century, Alton bore the stamp of an old country market town, with its bustling streets and striking shop fronts. Opposite the King's Head is the town's market square.

The bottom Marsworth Lock at Startops End is being used by an early pleasure cruiser.

OPENED in 1904, Caldecott Park was designed by Mr Edward Thomas of Aughton, Lancashire, who won £20 for his plan (a triangular park with a large clump of trees in the centre) in a newspaper competition

The village is home to both the College and the Shuttleworth Trust.

As well as the parish church and the village cross there are a couple of interesting memorials in the churchyard.

A view from the gardens of the imposing front of Cliff College at Calver, in the valley of the River Derwent, near Bakewell.

The Royal Marine Hotel on the left has now succumbed to a towering ten storey block of flats, Metropole Court, one of three architectural disasters along the sea front.

The railway arrived in Ipswich in 1846, and very quickly had an impact on industry and commerce.

One of the larger villages of Sussex, Billingshurst may get its name from the Saxon 'Billings', or perhaps from the Roman engineer Belinus who was responsible for Stane Street, the Roman road linking

The Sculpture Gallery at Chatsworth illustrates better than anywhere the fabulous art collection which successive Dukes of Devonshire have acquired over the years.

A busy scene at the height of the tourist season, as early visitors clamber aboard the several teams of coach and horses which will show them the wonders of the Lake District.

The first lighthouse at Dungeness was built in 1610, and lit by a coal fire. It was replaced in 1792 by a lighthouse lit by sperm whale oil.

Ivy-clad Lea Hurst at Holloway, near Matlock, is famous as the home of the Crimean War's 'Lady with the Lamp', Florence Nightingale.

Winforton has been described as a typical 'farm village' and this building would once have been the home of a very well-to-do farmer.

Winforton has been described as a typical 'farm village' and this building would once have been the home of a very well-to-do farmer.