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The George Hotel, here on the right, offered popular accommodation to Victorian visitors and those who came this way throughout the 20th century.

Its steep banks and overhanging trees would have provided protection for travellers when the winter storms came.

When the railway came to Grange-over-Sands in 1857 it signalled the town's rapid expansion as a seaside resort for visitors from the industrial mill towns of Lancashire.

Henry VIII came here with Anne Boleyn.

In the early 17th century it came into the possession of the Sandys family. Three veterans of Waterloo are commemorated in the church, including Lord Sandys, aide-de-camp of Lord Wellington.

The County Hotel is one of the main hotels in the centre of Kendal; it dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.The famed Kendal bowmen at

The Corbet Arms Hotel is named for an important Shropshire family that came to England with William the Conqueror.

It contains 17th-century panelling which originally came from Devon. Behind it rises the slim tower of St Michael's Church, a late Victorian construction.

Kirby was the most blitzed English village during the last war: a lone bomber came over following a raid on the Midlands and destroyed many buildings.

This hotel became well known in the 1970s when it was associated with Eric Morecambe (of Morecambe and Wise fame); more recently it has become a Thai restaurant, where I am afraid you would need to pay

The village is probably most famous as the home of the Bluebell Railway, a popular attraction since it came into private ownership in the early 1960s.

Centuries ago, an arm of the sea came up to Wareham from what is now Poole Harbour.

In later centuries, the port of West Bay was opened downstream and goods came once more by sea and into this ancient town.

The famed Kendal bowmen at the Battle of Flodden Field (1513) were clad in home-spun Kendal Green cloth.

A newer Shanklin grew up along the seashore to cater for the demands of both visitors and those who came to settle.

The peaceful sea could be deceptive: a memorial in the church relates to nine local people who went boating one Sunday in 1799 and never came back.

Prosperity came to Warrington along with industry in the 1800s, and this is reflected in the quality of all the town's commercial buildings.

The present coastal footpath came into being as a patrol route for the coastguards who had the duty of intercepting illicit cargoes.

Ingatestone's livelihood came from its position on the London-Chelmsford road. Even the 'stone' in its name may refer to a milestone.

These originally came from Chile. The Victorians were very keen plant collectors, and introduced an immense range of plants to gardens around Britain.

After the 1930s the next blow to the Woollen District came in the 1960s with the import of cheap Italian heavy-woollen skirtings and coatings.

After the 1930s the next blow to the Woollen District came in the 1960s with the import of cheap Italian heavy-woollen skirtings and coatings.

The railway (then the South Devon, which was taken over by the great Western in 1878) came to Paignton in 1859, and eventually ran through to Kingswear.

Before the M4 motorway existed, traffic from London came through Datchet en route to Windsor. Francis Frith's Berkshire