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Winforton has been described as a typical 'farm village' and this building would once have been the home of a very well-to-do farmer.

It was built in 1800, after the Gregs raised the height of the weir at Styal and destroyed the old ford that took the road over to Pownall Hall.

Kingsteignton was for a long time the site of a mill which seemed jinxed. In 1795 it was attacked by a mob during bread riots, and in 1870 it had to be rebuilt after a fire.

To the south of the town is remote heath and woodland.

The old parish included the townships of Beech, Kibblestone, Hilderstone and Normacott, and in 1811 the population was around 6,000 people.

Other than Burton, brewing in Staffordshire received a shot in the arm with the opening in 1992 of the Lichfield Brewery, which produces such delights as Resurrection Ale and Xpired.

The River Lune has never suffered the amount of industrial pollution that its southern Lancashire sisters the Mersey and the Ribble have had.

The 320ft-high Big Ben clock tower attached to the new Palace of Westminster was just 38 years old at this time.

The ivy-covered house on the left was Rawdon House, occupied by Dr George Mellersch Jones, MA, MRCS,LRCP Lond, surgeon, medical officer and public vaccinator for No 2 district of the Alton Union.

Mr Collier`s shop (left), with its cheerful assortment of Lyons Maid, Woodbines and footballs, is still fondly remembered.

The Bowness Ferry across the narrowest part of the lake was originally a hand-rowed opera- tion. But in 1870, twenty-six years before this photograph was taken, it became steam-operated.

The umbrellas on the coach-and-four drawn up outside the ornate frontage of the Queen's Hotel appear to have been raised to protect the holders from the sun, rather than the rain.

The view is much the same today, with Gould's Cottages (c1840) on the left-hand side.

some damage during an air raid, but it was in good enough repair to provide Winston Churchill, then the local MP, and his wife with luncheon whilst touring the district during the General Election of

Port Erin's increasing popularity with holidaymakers led to a number of hotels being opened, including the Falcon's Nest, the Eagle, the Bellevue, and the Bay.

The ivy-clad cottages facing the village green were built in the 19th century for agricultural workers, and are an example of the general improvement in housing for estate workers.

An assorted bunch of pleasure boats patiently wait for the lock to fill on a fine summer's day.

Above the white roofed building, The Jubilee Parish Hall, is an area of land that was actually a tennis court. The building to the left is the village shop, which we see in photograph S241002.

Her father, John McHandy, was the Chief Constable of Essex.

We can wlak along the High Street today and pick out most of these buildings, even if the delightfully named Public Benefit Boot Company on the right is more.

The clothing is particularly interesting: some remnants of Victoriana are counterpointed by the somewhat rakish outfit sported by the chap on the right.

The village store faces the war memorial on the green, which appears to have been fenced off. Surely this was not protection from vandals!

It is said that his famous poem 'Ode to Autumn', which begins with the line 'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...', was written after one such ramble.

The Harbour Inn is at least 800 years old, and very popular with the many birdwatchers who come to see the wildfowl on the River Axe.