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This street-name reminds us of Belfast the market town: the view looks from Arthur Square (another Chichester name).

Recently Pluckley has become well-known and much-visited for another reason: the H E Bates story 'The Darling Buds of May' was filmed in the village.

The church of St Peter and St Paul, another of the marshland churches, is located by the side of the A158 main road to Skegness - during the summer this is a very busy road indeed.

Epsom is famous for two things: Epsom Salts, and the two great classic flat races run on the Downs south of the town, the Derby and the Oaks, both inaugurated in the late 18th century.

To the right, the stone wall is the south boundary of the Grammar School (now Abingdon School) grounds, with Albert Park in the middle distance.

Both towns obtained borough status in the 1550s.

After the building of a purpose- built home in another part of the town, Gisborough Hall was turned into a restaurant, and following a recent major refurbishment and extension project,

This prominent rock formation stands high up on the St Ives estate over the river; before the age of the car it was holiday treat to walk up here for the exercise and fresh air.

At the entrance to the Norman church is a notice that reads: 'Enter this door as if the floor within were gold/ And every wall of jewels, of wealth untold./ As if a choir/ In robes of fire/ Were saying

When the railway reached East Dereham in 1882, the town's population increased, and another County School was opened.

The Morris on the left advertises driving lessons, while another Morris van in front of it advertises the virtues of a local pedigree herd of Jersey cattle.

Both The Crown and Anchor and the house beside it remain.

On the left the former Rifleman's Arms, then a private house, occupies the corner in the Market Square. This was later demolished, and today is a raised area with seats.

To the right there is another shelter, but this has been removed. The small structure on the right was a bandstand.

This imposing brick building was built in the Gothic style to the design of George Gilbert Scott in 1868. In the distance is St George's church, another Victorian creation.

Another infamous resident was Lady Luxborough, whose husband hid her away there in 1736 because she had been scandalising London.

On the right, one man wearing a cloth cap and another a bowler are standing side by side. In the days when this photograph was taken, the type of hat worn often indicated status.

Another interesting scene of the town taken from the steps in Hill Lane looking towards the castle.

This service, broadcasting round the clock in 40 languages, became well loved by 'ex pats', and it was a trusted source of truth and news both during the war and through the succeeding

On the extreme right are the police offices (a very small building) and next come the warehouses in the pier yard, demolished in 1890 to widen access to the Sands station.

Bramley stands about four miles south of Guildford on the Horsham Road; it is a long village with a busy crossroads with Station Road (there has been no railway since the 1960s).

North of this east-west road, Little Bookham Street has some older buildings amid the suburbia and wide grassy verges.

Slightly superior to many factory houses, with their small gardens, the terrace on the right has a dated stone on the second house: `Built in the year of AD 1897 Victoria`s Reign`.

Another descendant, Thomas Weld, leased the building to a Jesuit teaching order; it became a famous Roman Catholic public school, attended by such notables as Charles Laughton, the actor.