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The manor of Barden lay to the south-west of Tonbridge. Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

We are looking from the Cobb Warehouses to the Coastguard Station and Old Bonded Store (centre); this was before the approach to the Cobb was transformed in 1937 with the building of the new

Fleetwood became England's principal fishing port on the west coast with a fleet to rival those of Hull and Grimsby. In this picture there are trawlers and Morecambe Bay prawners.

The town was laid out north and west of the Abbey precincts, with the Market Place at the junction of High, Magdalen, Benedict and North Load Streets.

The village has grown rapidly in the 20th century east and west along and parallel to the main road and northwards along the valley of a small stream.

The Devil's Dyke was immensely popular with visitors to Brighton, who relished the fresh air and the long views across the Weald.

Moving south-west, the tour reaches East Harting, a hamlet east of South Harting, the main village with the parish church.

Standing on a 300 ft limestone crag overlooking the Towy Valley, the present Carreg Cennen dates from the late 13th century, though the site has historical links with the ancient commote of Is-Cennen, and

Brighton is the biggest and most lively and cosmopolitan of the Sussex resorts. The sea bathing and taking of salt water cures laid the foundations for the town's growth after 1750.

Fleetwood became England's principal fishing port on the west coast with a fleet to rival those of Hull and Grimsby. In this picture there are trawlers and Morecambe Bay prawners.

Looking North-East This view was taken slightly further from the south-west than photograph W171036 (previous page).

This is the west side of the market place; we have a better view of the church with its massive tower and noble parapets.

The view looks at St Mary's from the north, along a varied terrace of possibly late 18th- and 19th- century houses which are not enhanced by the long brick boundary wall.

This picture looks westwards down the north side of West Street, with its lollipop limes, from the Post Office to Victoria Grove (right of centre).

Manor Place, to the right, still has its magnolia tree, and the West Somerset Stores behind the Market Hall is now an estate agents.

On the west side, between the figures and the church tower, is the establishment of draper and milliner Ernest Benjamin Hobbs.

This view shows the prospect as revealed through the west door, seen in the previous photograph.

This view is looking westwards towards Symondsbury and Exeter along what was generally called the London Road, with a variety of hand-carts and a couple of girls failing to stay still for Frith`s

The route now heads eastwards to Winchelsea, which is a mile inland and might be considered an impostor in this chapter, rather like Rye.

Nine Mile Ride runs east to west from south Easthampstead to south of the Arborfield Garrison, originally cutting through Windsor Forest; it is now developed with long lines of bungalows.

The external Norman features (the flat buttresses, the corbel-table and the square stone blocks) hide the fact that the church was rebuilt by William Smith, who died in 1436.

It is mostly Perpendicular, but has a 13th-century chancel wall and a Decorated north chapel. Most of the church was demolished and rebuilt, faithfully, in 1850.

Like many of the small resorts on the west coast of Wales, the largely Victorian seafront enjoys a very seasonal existence.

Gatehouse of Fleet is situated near the mouth of the Water of Fleet, a few miles north-west of Kirkcudbright.