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This elaborate entrance to the church at Broad Chalke, near Salisbury, has been well-maintained throughout the years.

Motor launches are moored at the landing stages and are taking on passengers. These stages had to be manhandled up and down the beach as the tide went out and came in.

Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme.

How fortunate that the industrial town of Middlesbrough could boast such a tranquil feature in its midst!

Two steamers head for the tidal lock at Eastham on their way out of the Manchester Ship Canal.

Two of Oxford's most famous colleges, Trinity and Balliol, stand on the left side of Broad Street, famous for its bookshops, among which is Blackwell's.

To the right of Balliol College is the famous Martyrs' Memorial, commemorating the 16th-century Protestant martyrs Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer, who were burned at the stake in nearby Broad Street.

Here we see another peaceful scene taken at the same time as photograph 70592. The boat is a disused butty, and makes a fine perch for the anglers.

A wonderful evocative scene of people enjoying themselves on the pond; note in particular the boat with a canopy.

Here the shingle beach is thick with pleasure sailing boats of various types and sizes. The two girls seem reluctant to help their father with the boat.

This colossal building, once home of the controversial Greater London Council, was designed by Ralph Knott and begun in 1912.

This colossal building, once home of the controversial Greater London Council, was designed by Ralph Knott and begun in 1912.

West Bradford gets its name from being west of the broad, shallow ford of the River Ribble.

Stalham was a minor port in the 19th century, as the warehouse buildings in this picture show.

This is the corner of the Bowness boating area used by rowing boats for hire, following the onset of mass tourism from the mid19th century.

Only a solitary punt and a small rowing dinghy occupy the 267ft-long lock on this summer day. Beyond the lock gates the Thames will carry the boats down to Laleham and Chertsey.

Frith's photographer was standing beyond Halford's, looking east towards the river bridge. Burford Bridge is on the right, its wide 1927 main arch flanked by rebuilt medieval ones.

Broad Street boasts a great variety of inns and hotels.

Although called a terrace, the houses are by numerous builders and unified by broad style alone.

This is the 'Jose Neville', the first motor lifeboat to be used at Caister: she came into service in 1941.

The castle ruins lie on the River Neb; the castle once protected this port entrance on the west side of the island.

This view looks south from one of the two lookout towers on the beach.

Joseph Wade, a Hull timber merchant, had a strong influence on the development of a resort here following the arrival of the railway in 1864.

Hever is intimately associated with Anne Boleyn, who spent her childhood here in the company of her father Sir Thomas Bullen, the Earl of Wiltshire, whose tomb is at the little church of St Peter.