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Before the New Town was even a dream in a developer's eye, a group of children pose for the camera in the quaint little old-world town, with the spire of St Mary the Virgin's church on the left.

By the beginning of the 20th century the national retail chains were opening branches along what was considered one of the finest streets for shopping in England.

Much of the village is owned by the Cowdray Estate, near Midhurst, and many of the cottages in Cocking have their woodwork painted the bright yellow of the estate.

The town of Strathpeffer owes its popularity to the discovery of sulphurous springs in the 18th century.

Friars Fleet winds along the back of the town and joins the Ouse close by the quay. King's Lynn flourished into one of richest ports in the land in medieval times.

Opened in 1928, it replaced a previous Fortune of War (now a printer's on the Billericay road), which had itself been founded, supposedly, by a soldier returning from the Napoleonic Wars.

Market stalls were supposed to be erected and removed either side of market days, but inevitably it became easier to leave them stacked for use (left).

This Wealden village lies on a Roman road.

This ship was one of a fleet of six owned by the Belfast Steamship Company. She was one of its express boats, which provided a nightly service to Liverpool from Donegall Quay.

This perfect walking territory is within yards of the town.

The Old Deanery on the north side of the Green is a large 15th-century building with an inner courtyard. In 1497 Henry VII stayed here after the Perkin Warbeck uprising.

This building is the last remnant of the Tannery, and still stands east of the bridge opposite Greenaway's car park.

This tranquil scene shows a rowing boat moored on the northern shore of Wastwater.

The newly-opened Grammar School at the end of Windmill Avenue. A ceramic mural on the front by William Mitchell demonstrated the progressiveness of the architects.

This delightful study of a cockle woman on the sands of the Exe estuary shows the importance of the shellfish industry to the area.

There is a strong sense of the unnatural in this picture.

The 15th-century tower of St Mary's church overlooks the Market Place. The roof is decorated with angels bearing the marks of shots supposedly fired at them by Puritan soldiers.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Moffat attracted tourists wishing to sample the delights of the nearby sulphureous-saline wells.

The growing Victorian population of East- the-Water's first place of worship was a prefabricated 'iron church' built in 1881.

Shaldon remains an unspoiled regency fishing village on the Torquay side of the Teign estuary. A long bridge and foot-ferry lead across to neighbouring Teignmouth.

All Saints' Church contains a memorial to the Reverend Lyte, author of 'Abide With Me' and 'Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven'.

Guiding a punt - and its 'fair inhabitants' - towards the graceful arches of Staines Bridge.

A haunting and unusual picture of a marching band at Frensham during the First World War. How many of these men came back by the end of the following year?

The Hall was rapidly enriched with gifts; the Lord Mayor's parlour has many treasured possessions, including a priceless mosaic picture comprising 86,000 pieces of Italian marble.