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Seaton Sluice is a small natural harbour once known as Hartley Harbour. A problem with silting was tackled by Sir Ralph Delaval in the early 1670s.

Seaton is Devon's easternmost resort, with only a few miles of rugged cliffs and landslips separating the town from neighbouring Dorset.

The strange colours, white and red, of the cliffs around Seaton give a striking effect when the sun falls upon them. They are notoriously crumbly, and rock falls are common.

Follett's also had premises in Seaton.

This is a rare photograph of the House of Lords chamber showing the Mace in place behind the Lord Chancellor's seat on the Woolsack. The government benches are to the right.

The strange colours, white and red, of the cliffs around Seaton give a striking effect when the sun falls upon them. They are notoriously crumbly, and rock falls are common.

Seaton is a mostly Victorian town hard by the mouth of the River Axe. Though never one of Devon's more fashionable resorts, it has a charm of its own and an attractive setting.

The area just to the side of Staithes Harbour is known as Seaton Garth. Note the high sea defence wall.

The rocky promontory, East Ebb, divided Seaton from Beer and kept the two places apart. The many caves in the cliffs offered smugglers discreet hideaways.

The beach below White Cliff has long been one of Seaton's favoured bathing places, recommended in many guidebooks, though a charge of 4d was made during the earlier decades of the last

The Green was, and still is, one of the more picturesque parts of Seaton Carew; the houses were mostly built in the early 19th century.

The rocky promontory, East Ebb, divided Seaton from Beer and kept the two places apart. The many caves in the cliffs offered smug- glers discreet hideaways.

The Pearts' eldest daughter Amelia (17) holds her baby brother, George; the twins take a rather damp seat on the seaweedy rock, and Jennie and Tom watch the photographer put them all in the frame for

Seaton has a long history of seafaring going back to 1346, when it provided two ships and 25 men to fight the French.

Among the pebbles on Seaton's beach may be found jasper, beryl and garnet. Tourists are clambering aboard a local fishing boat for a voyage out into Lyme Bay.

Seaton is highly recommended by the medical profession for invalids and convalescent cases'.

The valley of the River Seaton runs inland from the beach to Hessenford.

The old house on the right has now been restored, but the seat on which the man rests is no more. Apart from these changes, this scene is little altered.

We are looking west as the A387 drops down into the hamlet to the bridge over the River Seaton at the bottom of the hill, before the road climbs up the other side on its way to Looe.

Across the river is the sprawling town of Seaton.

Over to the right is Seaton's Temperance Hotel, one of several in the town.

Seaton is a mostly Victorian town hard by the mouth of the River Axe. Though never one of Devon's more fashionable resorts, it has a charm of its own and an attractive setting.

Seaton Hall (left) is now a residential nursing home. This is a very attractive open area with interesting houses on three sides of a square, looking out to sea, which is behind the camera.

Three miles inland from Hornsea, Seaton was an estate village surrounding the old manor house. It has two village greens and a pond.