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The grandeur of both St Peter's and Market Hill are shown to best advantage in the days before car parking.

The wooden cycle stand is positioned in front of the bay window with its tempting display. The post office closed c1972.

Note the tram lines running down the middle of the street. On the left is the imposing Georgian church of All Saints, built in 1795.

This picture looks towards the castellated Victorian pile of Kingsgate Castle, with the white houses of Kingsgate Bay Road on the right.The largest of these is Holland House, built for Lord Holland

Originally, St James', Altham had served the Clayton-le-Moors area, but the expanding population of Clayton led John Mercer, a devout Methodist, to realise the need for an Anglican church.

When the nearby harbour of Axmouth fell into disuse after a cliff-fall in the 12th century, the only alternative was to extend the harbour at Lyme Regis.

To make a promenade, all the cottages on the sea side of the lane have been demolished: a great loss of character.

The sheer size of the building indicates the importance of the railway to the town.

In the distance we can just see the imposing building of King Edward's School. It was founded in London in 1553 as Brideswell Hospital to care for destitute children.

The road through the village follows the route of the Guildford to Arundel turnpike, completed in 1809. Medieval glass was also made near here in Sidney Wood.

Smacks dry their sails within the protection of the outer harbour.

This view looks northwards along Middle Street (otherwise known as Chapel Street) in the centre of the village towards a 17th- century thatched cottage on the corner with Grove Road (centre

The delightful timber- framed house in the centre of the picture is said to date from 1510.

In c1790 the Earl of Warwick offered to pay most of the cost of a new bridge, which was to be erected upstream.

Although flocks of sheep and herds of cattle no longer congregated at Tregaron ready for the walk to England, the town continued to serve as a market place for livestock for many years.

This photograph was taken from the corner of Caroline Street and Queen Street. Davies's Buildings containing the post office was built in 1892 on the site of the Mackworth Arms (demolished 1890/91).

Singleton was one of the model villages built up and down the country in the 19th century: Squire Miller provided St Anne's Church, picturesque cottages for the workers, and the much photographed little

Besides its famous school, Westonbirt is best known for its arboretum, which boasts one of the largest collections of trees and shrubs in the world.

Several coastal churches, including the one at Orford, have been reduced in size by blocking off the eastern end.

The abbey of the White Canons was transferred here from Minsmere in 1363, and rebuilt after a fire in 1382.

The most striking buildings in Petersfield are Georgian; some of them overlook this large square, in which stands the statue of William III, depicted on horseback and dressed, absurdly, as a Roman.

The church of St Dunstan, relatively new at the time of this photograph, had been built in 1862-64 by G A Pownall in florid French Gothic style alongside the old medieval church, which was largely demolished

The sign above the entrance of Cambridge Hall indicates that the picture was taken around 1901-02 following the accession of King Edward VII.

A member of the local constabulary is on point duty in Lord Street.