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There is no change in this beautiful and tranquil scene as the river gently flows by the lovely thatched house onwards to Gibraltar Point.

Most of the larger houses have been converted to hotels to cater for the hundreds of tourists that arrive every summer.

The houses were built on a fair sized, flat piece of land sheltered by Penny Nab. There was easy access to and from the sea for the cobles.

Before this, a hotel and some large lodging houses were already catering for people visiting the attractive inland mere to take advantage of the boating and fishing.

The many waterfront drinking houses would have tempted Portsmouth's shifting population of sailors. On the extreme right are the premises of the now defunct National Provincial Bank of England.

Also here, where numbers 26-32 now stand, was once the gaol and the Governor's House. Around and About Northumberland

Before reaching Chilbolton village, here is the Seven Stars public house and the beautiful River Test, viewed from the bridge. Across the water was once the railway.

The inner relief road carved through here in the late 20th century from left to right, destroying the post office and the surrounding houses.

The manor house (known by locals as 'The Palace') was an E-shaped building facing north. The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen.

Close to the Court House, an Elizabethan manor, lies this tranquil pond, constructed to hold water for a mill.

Sadly, they have gone - most of them have fallen into decay or have been converted into modest houses or holiday accommodation.

Beyond the Black Bull inn sign are the three gables of No 2, Pointz House, in which captain Matthew Flinders, the explorer of Australian shores and seas, was born in 1774.

Both Slinfold House (on the left) and Slinfold's stores and post office are clad in an attractive pattern of mathematical tiles, which were very popular in the 18th century.

A prison that has housed some of Britain's most notorious criminals is nearby.

Do you think the horse and cart, left, had dropped them off to enjoy a picnic in this picturesque spot?

This stretch of the coast developed long after Blackpool; with the coming of the tram system, there was much rivalry to purchase land for hotels, hydros and houses.

In the distance are the houses of Clapham Common South Side, some of which survive from the 18th century and more from the 19th.

Behind the houses on the left is the 19th-century St Paul's Church.

There are then two 16th-century houses with jetties, but the grocer's shop is no longer on the corner.

Horses and carts no longer park outside the Wheatsheaf public house, however; but the spire of the parish church can still be seen in the background at the end of Burlington Street, which like the High

In the southern suburb of Redhill, this line of bijou Victorian houses and shops developed alongside the tree-lined common, overlooked by the formidable presence of St John's Church (background).

The Georgian house with its 50 acres of grounds was built between 1714 and 1720 for the Lloyd-Greame family; it was sold to Bridlington Corporation in 1934.

The cliff on the right now has a row of houses at the top.

Housing estates now cover areas where once busy mills throbbed.