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Here we see the terminus of the Swansea to Mumbles railway. The pier was essential for the recreation of Edwardian visitors to this part of the seaside.

The unusual name comes from the ship of Captain Philip Broke of Nacton, whose estate extended into Bucklesham.

Christchurch is one of the oldest settlements around the New Forest. It was probably in existence even before the Romans settled in the shelter of Hengistbury Head after 43 AD.

The stone-mullioned windows and sturdy, stone-built construction mark the Bay Horse Inn in the tiny North Yorkshire village of Gayles, north of Richmond, as a building of some antiquity.

Many Pennine woollen towns had strong Liberal leanings, and prominent in this photograph of Kirkburton, near Huddersfield, is the tall four-storey building of the Liberal Club, a centre of local community

The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued

There are a number of lovely timber-framed buildings in this village, and many more that were once of timber, until a brick façade was added at a later date.

The 18th-century working water-mill lies on the River Thame, about a mile from the centre of the village of Cuddesdon.

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

A few miles outside the market town of Liskeard, but away from main roads, the village has largely escaped modern developments.

A thicket of fishing craft take shelter within the tiny harbour of this quintessentially picturesque fishing village, a few miles west along the coast from Looe.

This view of St Paul's Street shows the Half Moon Inn as it was before being rebuilt in 1938, and before the entrance to Star Lane (left) was widened in 1923.

The tallest of the cluster of thatched cottages at the east end of the lane is 18th-century. The lower row is 16th-century and timber-framed.

The top of the sea wall provides additional seating and a pagoda shelter adorns the prom- enade. Transient diversions on the far side of the Den have attracted a group of onlookers.

Never a very large town, Sandy owes its continued existence to the strength of the produce market in Victorian England.

Few will disagree that Sherborne is one of the most beautiful towns in Dorset: every street reveals fresh aspects of its long history.

One early visitor to the new resort was Mr Tregonwell, who bathed in the sea and walked the dunes of Mudeford.

High Street 1918 A view of Seaview's High Street during the final summer of the First World War.The lady on the right demonstrates the changing fashions caused by the shortage of materials.

Also known as the Flimston or Elegug Stacks (Elegug is derived from the Welsh word for guillemot), these two massive pillars are comprised of limestone.

On the right of this photograph can be seen Swanage Pier, built originally to facilitate the steamer trade to neighbouring resorts and the shipment of the much-prized Purbeck stone.

The Globe at Swanage was carved from a great mass of stone, ten feet in diameter and forty tons in weight.

Lying between Stroud and Nailsworth, the parish includes the villages of North and South Woodchester.

A wide range of architectural periods is represented in Astwood Bank, though Victorian buildings are particularly numerous. The 1960s brought a number of new developments, of which this is typical.