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Various benefactors, including John Forest, Dean of Wells, came to the rescue, and work on the college was eventually finished.

No longer reliant on a hazardous route across the sands, the town quickly grew, catering for the well-to-do, who came here to live or take their holidays.

Then, as today, horse-drawn carriage rides were popular, as were the electric trams, which were the first operating anywhere in the country and came into service along the promenade in 1885.

Without automatic machines, it was an all-day job; washing, rinsing, blueing and mangling, and then pegging out before the rain came.

It is claimed that the Magna Carta was written on Havant parchment, and the parchment used for the 1919 Treaty of Versailles came from here.

It is interesting to note that the tide came up to this point when the church was built.

It is a town full of history - the founder of Yale University in the US (Elihu Yale), came from the Wrexham area, and is buried at St Giles's church.

Its very Dutch-looking curved and pedimented gables came when the house was rebuilt after fire destroyed the upper storey in 1674.

It came into being 200 years ago when granite was being quarried. The land was given by the Prince of Wales, and from him it gained its name.

These barracks were built about three years after the Infantry Barracks, but the construction came under much criticism.

Victorian travellers and writers, such as Dickens and Tennyson, all came to England's most westerly point and admired its rugged grandeur.

Most of the national retailers (Woolworth`s, Boots and Sainsbury`s) came to Haywards Heath in the 1930s.The electrification of the railway certainly helped.

In 1906 it was recorded that thousands came from Burnley and Padiham besides Clitheroe. Eli Tucker and his sons David and Charles of Brungerley Farm supplied boats.

Built early in the 16th century by Bishop Storey, the purpose of the cross was to provide shelter for traders who came into the city to sell their wares.

Much of the stone for the spa town came from this area, and the Devil's Chimney is probably a result of quarrying as well as erosion.

The presence of the mount contributed to the growth of nearby Marazion, which flourished in its shadow and catered for the many pilgrims who came to the Benedictine priory which was built on the summit

The Green c1955 We are looking across Newick's green from the pump towards the Bull Inn, famed at one time for the annual sports- man's suppers staged by Thomas Baden- Powell, cousin of the founder

Cobles came in all lengths from 10ft to 40ft, and usually carried a single large lug sail, but the rig could, and did, vary.

At the bottom of Wells Hill we can see the railway station, which came with the Bath and Bristol line in 1874, succeeding a canal and tramway for carrying coal.

With its new-found status came the trappings: pump room, assembly rooms, even London retailers - who opened for the season, took the money and ran.

This is the 'Jose Neville', the first motor lifeboat to be used at Caister: she came into service in 1941.

This was the start of the famous Felsted School, which rose to the height of its fame in the 19th century under its headmaster W S Grignon.

After the railway came to the nearby town of Dorking, and also Gomshall, in the 19th century, Holmbury became a desirable place to live.

This well-known house takes its name from the Scandinavian ships that came up to Perran Wharf to discharge timber for the tin and copper mines many years ago.