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St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.

The stationmaster watches carefully as the little girl is brought back from the edge of the platform by her mother, whilst the boy clutches his wicker basket.

During the 15th century, Headcorn was a cloth-making centre which prospered with the arrival of Flemish weavers, and its single, long street has several fine buildings dating back to that time.

Back in the village, she will sell her cockles to the fishmonger, keeping a few back for her dinner.

Beverley's beers were certainly best at the Horse and Jockey (left) back in 1959. Now the village's oldest pub is almost the only remaining building in this picture.

Before the 1860s, the housing expansion for the working classes was in the form of brick-built back-to-backs, usually built around a common yard or 'court' which contained a water pump and privies

Even a simple sandpit was a novelty in an age before sandpits were common in back gardens.

We are at the top of Main Street, looking back down through the village from the bus station.

The spire, seen here from the back of the church, has been a landmark for mariners for centuries.

By the time this photograph was taken, Crowthorne was firmly established as a community, though the centre of the village really only dates back to the 1860s.

The smaller lake, for younger children, was separated from the larger one by a hump-backed bridge (K13007, pages 76-77).

In the distance is the parish church of St Wilfred's, which is noted for its Norse hog-back gravestones and a Norse font dating from the 11th century.

Its list of vicars goes back to 1316, and it records bishops back to the 7th century. The Eastham Gardens, down by the ferry, were very popular, and over the years attracted thousands of visitors.

Dunham Mill dates back to the medieval period; it was one of only a handful of mills in this part of Cheshire.

Back in the village, she will sell her cockles to the fishmonger, keeping a few back for her dinner.

When this photograph was taken, the richly pargetted Ancient House, which dates back to medieval times, was occupied by Fred Pawsey, selling books and stationery.

St Michael's has a south aisle dating back to the early 14th century, its windows with Y and intersecting tracery, but the brick tower with clasping buttresses is 1737.

The parish church dates back to the 14th century, with 16th-century additions from when the simple old building was enlarged.

This photograph was taken back in the days when an open space in a town did not have to be completely covered by cars! The Angel Hotel was immortalised in Dickens `Pickwick Papers`.

The photographer moved back down the road and caught the colonnade of shops, one of Hawkhurst's best known features; this is an early 19th-century shopping arcade with weatherboarded houses and cast-iron

Time stands still on a summer's afternoon, with houses going back four hundred years placed all around the square. The market is still held here, and buyers and sellers come in from miles around.

This was the main road through the village, before the advent of by-passes; we are looking back in the direction of Blackwater. This was the A327.

These cumbersome devices were backed into the sea by horses, and the incumbent then disembarked down steps at the rear, protected from cold winds and inquisitive stares by a collapsible umbrella

Even a simple sandpit was a novelty in an age before sandpits were common in back gardens.