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Today the village is mainly the province of pleasure craft, who clog the quays in the months of summer.

Despite being an ancient settlement, Maltby was still little more than a village at the beginning of the 20th century. Then things changed.

The ancient church of All Saints is in Upper Sheringham. It has a 15th-century rood- screen, loft and bench ends.

Weymouth became popular as a seaside resort thanks to the patronage of King George III, who came to bathe here for the good of his health.

The house on the right where the lady is standing is now called Ruskin House. But this view is very much changed.

The centre was of particular importance to London's disabled as a resort. The Winged Fellowship used it as a centre for respite care and holidays for the disabled.

At 511ft, Cairn Top is the highest of the hills overlooking the town.

The Blaise Inn receives a pre-summer season coat of paint. The George Brewery was established in 1702, and was owned and run by the George family from 1788 until 1961 when it was bought by Courage.

The requirement was that the aqueduct had to be capable of being swung clear whilst full of water, so as not to interfere with shipping movements on the MSC.

It was built at the expense of local MP David Chadwick, who also paid for the initial stock of 10,000 books.

Downstream, you reach the market town of Abingdon, once noted for its important medieval abbey, dissolved in 1538.

We are keeping to the Kent bank of the Thames Estuary as the river reaches Gravesend, beyond the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford.

Beyond is the noble dome of St Paul's Cathedral, while behind the photographer Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has recently been entirely reconstructed, and the massive Bankside Power Station of 1960 is being

This handsome crescent dates back to 1826 and was originally intended to be part of a seaside resort known as Anglesey, developed by the Marquis of Anglesey.

These attractive ivy-clad ruins are not as ancient as they look: they are part of the castle constructed as a folly by Walter May along with his 170 foot high tower.

Here is another broach spire, 102ft tall, after the style of St Peter's, Barnstaple. The church, St James, is packed with interest.

Standing as it does at the southern end of some of the most spectacular scenery in the midlands, the area has been popular with tourists for nearly two hundred years.

South-east of Crewkerne, past its factories and over the railway, is the village of Misterton, which lies along the A356 Dorchester road.

One mile inland is the church of St Mary, which includes the nave of the Augustinian priory founded here in 1119 by Walter de Gant.

The Rev Edward Peek, formerly the minister at Rousdon, retired to Lyme Regis, where he turned the stables of Poulett House into what became known as the Peek Memorial Chapel.

By 1830 the name of the resort had been changed to Bognor. At the time of this photograph horse-drawn bathing machines were still in use to guard

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the river Avon 60 feet below.

St Boniface's Church in Bunbury is an imposing church, and dates from the 14th century, although the builders appear to have used stones from an earlier church on the site.

The sign for the King's Head Inn is on the right of the picture, although the King's Head itself is in fact on the opposite side of the road standing next to the International Store.The old Town