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The summer exodus of holidaymakers to the seaside resorts of Britain made piers a popular and lucrative venture. This Victoria Pier has had a chequered history.

Tennis was also catered for (and still is) in another area of this extensive park. The central location is easily accessible to all.

The Basingstoke Canal, constructed between 1788 and 1794, was supposed to be part of a waterway linking the Thames with both the English and Bristol Channels.

Here we are standing on the slipway where Ferry Lane disappears into the River Thames.

Another view, similar to H6031 (above), shows the brick-paved path and the holly bushes. At the left is a silver birch, which also survives today.

On the north side of St Paul's Square is the old corn exchange, an uncompromising Victorian building whose foundation stone was laid in October 1872.

It was to be another sixty years or so before a second, high-level bridge was built farther up the river and eased the traffic congestion problem.

His model village provided all the essential living amenities, and for recreation he provided a spacious park on the opposite side of the river and canal.

In this view, the photographer looks back past the Bucks Evangelistic Mission Hall to the Georgian-fronted cottages on the right of photograph number A84022.

This view of the village on the side of the valley gives a glimpse on the left of the priory which William Leigh, who had just been converted to the Catholic faith, had built; the Dominicans moved into

Dawlish began as two discreet hamlets, one inland by the parish church and another on the seashore, but quickly grew as the first visitors arrived to holiday in the late 18th century.

Later it was owned by the Harrington family, who lost both father and son and heir in a Civil War battle. It is still a private residence today.

It figures in his novel 'Sons and Lovers', in which he recalls youthful visits to both Skegness and Mablethorpe. The house is now a private hotel called Woodthorpe.

This is another of Benhilton's 1870 villas in attractive wooded grounds. By 1898 Woodside House, in Woodside Road, had become a small private school.

Another mystery regarding Stonehenge is that many of the stones have been dressed - again there is no precedent for such work in Britain prior to Stonehenge.

His model village provided all the essential living amenities, and for recreation he provided a spacious park on the opposite side of the river and canal.

Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

The mass of Union Jacks indicates another Royal celebration: this was for the accession of George VI, who was crowned in 1937.

In the foreground there appears to be an event at the YMCA, and the general view over the municipal park shows another gathering in the gardens, perhaps related to the same event.

Barnoldswick is pronounced 'Barlick' by the locals.This is another village that has moved with boundary changes.

Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

Both had the revolutionary rear hinged bonnet replacing the split bonnet.

On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

The old Catholic church became a social center; in the early days, it was both church and school.