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High Salvington, formerly a hamlet on the downs, has now been engulfed by Worthing.

Because the difficult alkaline downland soil yielded indifferent crops, for centuries the South Downs were vast sheepwalks; by the 18th century there were 400,000 ewes grazing between Eastbourne and Hampshire

The village is famous for a charming myth which suggests that if the mist in the beechwoods on the nearby Downs rolled westwards towards Cocking, then rain was on the way.

Felixstowe Cottage, on the left, is now called Above Town Cottage, and the taller timber-framed house on the right is known as The Downs House.

Further down Tuck's Lane, on the right, is the Blue Boar public house, selling Morrell's ales. R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, was born in the village.

There are two Benthams, High and Lower, and this view looks down Mount Pleasant from the village cross in High Bentham.

The building falling down was Well's butchers, since cleared for the Loders Arms car park.

Later the house became a butcher`s: older residents recall blood dribbling down into the picturesque village-pond.

The civic fashion was to lay down long promenades, like this one at Colwyn Bay, to allow the leisured classes to promenade and take their sea air without having to trudge through sand

These stages had to be manhandled up and down the beach as the tide went out and came in.

This is a busy scene looking down the High Street.The photographer appears to have persuaded almost all the people in the street to pose for the camera.The only wheeled traffic is the bicycle on the

The bathing huts will soon be winched down to the shallows so that modest ladies can paddle discreetly.

It was surrounded by its own wooded grounds, leading down to the sea at Polridmouth Bay.

It is now a series of steps leading down to the water. Out of sight and beyond the bridge to the left is the new County Hall.

From the arches of the Georgian Guildhall the camera looks down White Hart Street. The buildings on the right replace medieval market place encroachment.

This is the view down Hockerill Street towards the River Stort, where the spire of St Michael's Church rises above the trees and houses.

The old wooden hut on the bank is sliding inevitably down into the shallows, its thatched roof rotted and patched.

The Swan Inn can be seen down the road beyond the horse-drawn vehicles that are waiting for the photographer.

It replaced a Norman church that had become run down and semi-derelict. Rather than repair it, the decision was taken to rebuild.

Owned by British Railways, a steam engine is shown hauling a goods train north on the east coast main line.

The aroma of freshly-ground coffee used to drift down this street in the heart of the city. Collinson's Café, above John Smith's on the left, also offered a three-piece orchestra.

An inquisitive dog with a docked tail keeps an attentive eye on proceedings further down the street.

The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and

The towering chapel of this school dominates the landscape for miles around; its position is wonderful, high above where the South Downs are cut deep by the Adur valley on its way to the sea.