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The Broadway c1955 In the last years of the 19th cen- tury Marconi set up an early wireless transmitting station near to Totland Bay, exchanging radio signals with a steamer out at sea.

The former Town Hall is on the left with The White Hart in the distance on the right, its 18th-century facade concealing a 17th-century building.

The children are standing in front of Bexhill's clock tower, which was erected on the Parade in 1902 to commemorate the Coronation of King Edward VII.

Once famously described by the novelist George Eliot as 'the finest mere parish church in England', St Oswald's parish church at Ashbourne has long been regarded as one of Derbyshire's finest.

Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed. During the prim Victorian era, to discard even one item of clothing would have been unthinkable.

The post office at Cadnam certainly has plenty of stock and a variety of advertisements. A Calor Gas stockist, the shop also boasts Brooke Bond and Walls ice cream.

Ainderby Steeple lies to the west of Northallerton. Here we see the 15th-century church of St Helen.

This is part of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. The lock was built between 1793 and 1797, and the principal engineer was John Rennie.

At one time the county boundary, now defined by the River Tamar two miles to the north, ran between the two villages, and the old boundary stone can still be seen beside the road.

The corner block on the right is Samuel Webb's drapery shop at No 27 and 28 High Street. It has an unusual hipped roof which neatly turns the corner to The Close.

The tractor is going round the field turning the hay, a common sight in the summer at that time.

This wooden bridge was built over the River Llugwy so that the miners living in the village of Pentre Du could get to the lead mines of the Gwydir Forest.

With the spread of suburbs around the larger settlements, functional but small shopping centres were established to cater for a growing population, with handy parking for the increasing number of car owners

One of Dorset's three ancient mazes stood at Leigh, though it had all but disappeared by the early 1900s.

The village of Yapton lies between Bognor Regis and Littlehampton. Note the church's jumble of unusual angles and architectural styles.

Ified was once a typical rural settlement surrounded by open countryside, but these days it is part of Crawley New Town.

The narrow bridge stands at the confluence of the Rivers Rother and Arun, and replaces a former Anglo-Saxon structure built of wood.

Garrigill is a typical North Pennine village, clustered defensively around its central green in which stock would be gathered in time of attack.

The Jetty at Margate was to all intents and purposes a pleasure pier.Always known as 'the Jetty' to distinguish it from the pre-existing harbour pier, it was 1,240 ft long.The Jetty was a popular

The hillsides and vales of Membury have been farmed since at least the Iron Age.

West Hill House, right, at the corner of Market Hill and Quarr Barton, is Grade II* listed; it was the home and surgery of Dr James for 42 years.

This hotel was built in 1873 for the 4th Earl of Carnarvon, who lived at nearby Pixton Park, and it became a centre for hunting and fishing.

Viewed from the post office, this memorial to Queen Victoria is known as the Pepperpot because of its shape.

Ingoldisthorpe is an open village on the sandy soils of north-west Norfolk.