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The Bispham cum Norbreck Ratepayers Association and Gynn Estate residents were vocal in the early 1900s about gas supply and cliff erosion.

They are surrounded by poppies, which grew in profusion along this cliff top - it is now known as 'Poppyland'.

Originally built on the East Cliff, it was dismantled and erected on this site in 1810 by John Marshall.

The end of the High Street lies in the centre, and Cliff House stands just out of view on the right.

A young lad sits on the grass on the sheltered inward side of the cliffs.

Here a group of people take the chance to admire the view over Spa Cliffs, or catch up with the latest news. The Spa by this time was long gone, having been destroyed by fire in 1876.

This is a great place for a seaside holiday, with golden sand serviced by the growing resort of Newquay, with hotels and boarding houses built literally to the cliff edge.

Built in a narrow gully in cliffs 400 feet high, this was once a smuggling village.

Bridgnorth and its castle sit on a cliff of very soft sandstone.

Bridgnorth and its castle sit on a cliff of very soft sandstone.

Shortly after this picture was taken in 1906, cliff erosion caused a part of the building to collapse; the remainder was demolished in 1907.

In the year of Queen Victoria's passing, these fashionably-clad Edwardians take the air along the mile-long greensward of The Leas on top of the cliff, and against the backdrop of these smart Victorian

The low coastal cliffs below the village provided a pleasant walk above the beach. Hidden by the trees is St Peter's Church, believed to have been founded in 967.

This path has been built over the Cliffs Shelter, seen in the previous picture. On the left are two of the well-known hotels of the time, The Imperial and The Westward Ho!

Behind is the London to Bristol main line railway, and on top of the tree-clad river cliff bank is the Oxford Road.

This fine view along Budleigh's strand looks towards the mouth of the River Otter and the bulbous cliff top of Otterton Ledge.

The church was built in the early 15th century using granite quarried from sea-level cliffs near Zennor, a few miles west along the coast. The granite was carried by boat to St Ives.

The great chasm of Blackgang Chine was an early tourist attraction on the Isle of Wight, with its dramatic waterfall and eroded colourful cliffs.

The red sandstone cliffs in the picture rise to 500ft on either side of the river Sid's valley.

Rising 111 feet high up the cliff, it is 201 feet long. The town is also a centre for another type of railway - the restored Severn Valley Railway with its steam engines.

In the 1920s domestic staff at Guy's Cliffe worked a six-and-a-half-day week. They were expected to attend church every Sunday, even if it was their half day off.

We see Brownsea Castle from the south-west, with Canford Cliffs' high ground visible across the harbour to the right.

The limestone cliffs overhanging on the left of the photograph shade clumps of water-loving butterbur, the leaves of which were once used to keep butter cool and fresh.

The massive limestone buttresses of Shining Cliff look down on the junction of Middleton Dale with the road to Eyam on the left of the photograph.