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IN 1801, according to the first national census, the borough had a population of 2,349 consisting of 565 families living in 448 houses, while the rest of the town, the ancient 'foreigns', had a

This uninterrupted view out over the lower Gannel estuary and the golden sands and dunes of Crantock confirms why Pentire became popular in the early days of housing development on the western outskirts

Once the haunt of smugglers, now frequented by yachtsmen, Combe Cellars sits on the banks of the Teign.

The Parade 1890 Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the ter- races, villas

Looking away from the Queen's Hotel, we can see one of Cheltenham's grandest open spaces. In the foreground are cannons captured from the Russians at the siege of Sebastopol.

An excellent view of the castle, the seat of the Rossmore family. This fine estate is about one and a half miles south of the town, on the minor road to Newbliss and Cavan.

Lying about ten miles east of Hawes, Aysgarth is famous for a series of waterfalls on the River Ure, the upper of which can still be viewed from a 16th-century single-arch bridge.

Nearer the castle the contrast between the Bath stone of the keep and the crisp, pristine granite of the 1830s prison gatehouse is clear.

More than one hundred years ago Cowley was nothing more than a large village, its intricate maze of rooftops stretching towards the horizon.

Dating back to 1284, Hertford College had fallen into decay by the middle of the 19th century, though its fortunes were later revived by Act of Parliament.

At the bottom of Chapel Street, visitors ready for a stay in the nearby hotel unload their suitcases from a cart.

Some of the earliest mining on the island was carried out at Bradda Head.

The Isle of Portland is more properly a peninsula, which Thomas Hardy described as 'The Gibraltar of Wessex'.

By 1904 holidaymakers were discovering the delights of the locality, and some of the sandier areas of Poole Harbour were attracting bathers.

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

This remarkable church, St Peter's, is hidden in the Taw valley a couple of miles from Barnstaple.

Hare Street existed long before the creation of the garden suburb of Gidea Park but has now all but lost its separate identity.

Totton, Eling's larger neighbour, once claimed the title of the 'largest village in Hampshire' - though it has expanded so much in recent years that by no stretch of the imagination could it still be

Goring-on-Thames is famous for its rather complex series of locks and weirs which are designed to control the river's water level and allow the passage of pleasure craft.

Much of the downland around Findon, at the southern end of the same 'wind-gap' in the South Downs, was for centuries an open sheep-walk.

What an unusual combination of goods the trader is selling in the third shop from the right: fishing tackle and fireworks! Today this large town by the River Medway looks very different.

Dr Boddington was a local man; in 1840 he wrote a pioneering paper on the treatment of TB, then known as pulmonary consumption.

The names of the hotels—the Imperial, the Majestic and the Grand - indicate that the resort could attract a cosmopolitan and wealthy clientele.

Frith's photographer moves on to Clapham Common; seeking human interest, he pauses at the Long Pond at the eastern end of the Common, looking from the opposite side to C327009 (pages 108 - 109).