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These could only come into shore to pick up trippers at high tide. Awnings protect the many shops, seen in the background. This is already a busy area, well used by pedestrians.

A cartload of voyagers being returned to dry land after a sail in the Wash.

The clock tower at the northern end of the High Street was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.

Bedfordshire County Council took over education in 1902, and it was hoped that the Higher Grade school would serve Luton's growing needs.

The watermill at Crumplehorne, in the valley just above Polperro village, is a good example of an overshot waterwheel and its launder.

At some of the weirs, salmon ladders have been provided to help them ascend to their spawning grounds.

The gardens and the railway occupy what was the Nor' Loch, an expanse of water that formed part of the old city's defences.

This dark-coloured cake of flour, treacle and ground ginger was a favourite snack with Victorians at fairs and street events. The roughly-shaped pieces were measured into paper cones.

After a service at St Paul's, the ageing Queen was driven in her state coach past Parliament and across this crowded bridge, escorted by her loyal troops.

On the right is a statue of Richard Oastler, who fought against the use of child labour in the mills.

A sheltered location and mild climate have brought generations of holidaymakers to Ventnor. The town lies at the foot of an 800ft hill with gradients in some streets of 1 in 4.

Lying opposite Castletown in Carrickey Bay, the inner harbour dries completely at low water, exposing an varied array of assorted weed and barnacle-covered rocks.

The tiny village of Garboldisham on the Norfolk / Suffolk border has many houses made of the knapped flint which is so characteristic of the area.

This idyllic picture of the Brixham fishing fleet gives some idea of just how much the fishing industry dominated the town for hundreds of years.

Queen Victoria much admired the town of Dartmouth and its beautiful estuary, recording in her journal that '...the place is lovely, with its wooded rocks and church and castle at the entrance.

Branscombe is strung out down a deep valley running from the Devon downlands to the sea at Branscombe Mouth.

Branscombe is strung out down a deep valley running from the Devon downlands to the sea at Branscombe Mouth.

To the right of Balliol College is the famous Martyrs' Memorial, commemorating the 16th-century Protestant martyrs Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer, who were burned at the stake in nearby Broad Street.

A sextet of non-commissioned officers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade adopt a casual pose for the photographer amid the gorse bushes and sparse clumps of grass outside the Sergeants Mess at this camp on

The large building is the Whitsand Bay Hotel; it used to stand at Torpoint on the banks of the Tamar, but was dismantled and re-erected here.

Along with Woodhouse Moor to the north, the park was considered the chief lung of the city, where for a few hours at the weekend factory workers had an opportunity to get away from the dust

If we follow the signs, we come to the National Rifle Association Offices and Ranges, known the world over.

If we follow the signs, we come to the National Rifle Association Offices and Ranges, known the world over.

Par Green begins to look narrower and congested with the addition of more cars, wandering pedestrians and a white line in the road.