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Within fifteen years of this photo, the roadway had been made into a proper bridge, and there had been an infilling of bungalows on the left- hand side.

West Bay is the small port of the neighbouring town of Bridport.The River Brit, which gives the larger town its name, is held back by a series of sluices and released at low tide.

The original viaduct of 1847 collapsed after heavy rain, and was rebuilt three years later.

What a pleasure it must have been to walk down the middle of the street without the worry of a constant stream of traffic.

This picture is wonderfully typical of Brecon. It shows the River Llynfell emerging at the base of the cave.

Ellesmere Port was the focal point for much of the canal activity in Cheshire.

The Gas Service building on the right housed the offices and showroom of Redditch Gas Company at the time of this photograph.

This is the top of Knowle Locks, an impressive flight of five wide locks built in 1932 to replace six narrow ones, the remains of which can still be seen.

On closer examination, however, the fabric's earlier origins become evident.

Cosily tucked away in a fold of the sandstone hills south-east of Godalming, Mare Lane leads to the highest point of the Down at Hydons Ball, where it reaches 593 feet.

This is a magnificent view of the semi-ruinous church of St Thomas, designed to be a big proud church, but probably never finished.

Henfield is a long, straggling village a mile or so to the east of the River Adur.

Newly opened in November 1965, the school stands in Gainsborough Road at the southern end of the town, and takes its name from the ancient stretch of woodland opposite its gates.

Some of the wooden battleships of Nelson's navy were built at the waterline of East Cowes.

At the end of South Gate is the Market Place, which has on its east side one of Lincolnshire's finest churches.

Between Canterbury and the sea, and built on a section of the Roman road which ran from Dover to Richborough, Eastry was once the site of a palace of the Kings of Kent, who divided their realm into 'lathes

Studland has one of the best and least tampered-with beaches in Dorset - a real reminder of those halcyon days when such luminaries as George III promoted the merits of sea bathing.

A fisherman's life was hard, even when the weather was kind: in 1872 William Munday, coxswain of the Mullion lifeboat, and his crew of three were lost on a fine spring day when their boat foundered in

Warringtonians would probably describe this as Market Gate, but Frith's view records the original concept of 1908 to create four matching corners, 'a spacious circus, perfectly symmetrical in shape with

Haddon Hall survives as one of the finest examples of a 16th and 17th century residence owing to the fact that when the Duke of Rutland abandoned it in favour of Belvoir Castle in 1700, it was not allowed

The Hartmoor area of Devizes lies to the south. This photograph is a revealing view of old England.

The team of horses bend under the weight of shining brasses and decorative tackle. Behind the coach stand a gathering of be-robed dignitaries of the Church.

The team of horses bend under the weight of shining brasses and decorative tackle. Behind the coach stand a gathering of be-robed dignitaries of the Church.

A pedal cyclist rides through the deserted site of Ringwood's ancient market.