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Chelsea still had the feel of a village, with some gardens, including the Chelsea Physic Garden and Chelsea Hospital Gardens, running down to the river.

As we look down from the church we can see the premises known as Corfield's Garage on the right, but judging from the mass of bicycles outside perhaps his sideline (or main line) was in the repair of pushbikes

The hotel far down the street on the right is the Beaufort Hotel today.

An older building burnt down in 1742; the house we see here was erected soon afterwards by the Napier family.

The butcher's on the right-hand side of the road is taking every precaution to keep the temperature down inside his shop.

The photographer moved back down the road and caught the colonnade of shops, one of Hawkhurst's best known features; this is an early 19th-century shopping arcade with weatherboarded houses and cast-iron

Further down-river, Rooksbury Mill stands on the edge of town as the only other mill still existing. In 2001 the Council bought Rooksbury Mill and its use as a fisherman's club may change.

Meanwhile down in the town, away from the lush gardens and villas of Amersham Hill, the furniture industry was modernising into the factory system.

The Hundred, which runs down to the Market Place, is lined with striking houses and cottages. The Sawyers Arms, now a private house, can be spotted on the right.

A view looking down the avenue, with two horse-drawn trams in the foreground.

Eastry was home to many miners who worked down the east Kent pits. The mother of the actress Susan Hampshire once lived here too.

Firle, tucked beneath the South Downs and the 718ft-high Firle Beacon, has been the Gage family home for 500 years.

Stickle Ghyll flows down from Stickle Tarn and under the bridge.

Even in a class-ridden Victorian society, Bournemouth entertained anyone who could afford to stay in the town.

This late Victorian scene of the High Street typifies a more tranquil era, where the only signs of traffic pollution appear to be from the passing of the pony and trap further down the road!

A finely-composed scene, reflecting the verdant and rural side of this former military town. The view shows one of the wooded and sloping pathways that abound on the steep sides of the North Downs.

he downs are mostly of chalk, and otherwise of sandstone, and each has its own special flora.

The Three Horse Shoes public house on the left and the Albert Hotel on the right have been pulled down.

When tiring of the cosmopolitan delights of the town, visitors could climb onto the South Downs and enjoy sublime views.

The quarter boys above the church clock date from 1761, while the tea rooms (now Simon the Pieman, established in 1920 after this view was taken) replaced the Red Lion Inn which burned down in 1872.

They would be towed down to the sea, possibly by the horse in the picture.

Narrowboats entered a caisson along the trough to the left and were lowered down to the river. One such can be seen sandwiched between two barges.

The Wheatsheaf Public House on the right is now a jewellers shop, and Matthews, the Gillingham brewery, closed down soon after this picture was taken.

The river Erme tumbles down and makes its way through the village. Ivybridge was a popular destination for day trips for the workers of Plymouth.