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Waldringfield is very much the place for yacht sailors, with its thriving boatyard, yacht club and pub.

The War Memorial stands at the top of the park. The architect was Major C Oakley and the sculptors were Fairburn and Hill, all of Barrow.

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found

The Alexandra Hotel was established in 1888 and still welcomes guests today.The building was originally the home of William Pinney MP in the days of ancient boroughs, when Lyme had its own representative

One 18th-century resident of Twyford was Mrs Maria Fitzherbert, who spent much of her childhood here, before going to London and becoming the mistress of the Prince of Wales—later George IV.

We go back into Hawley Lane and arrive at Hawley School, with Vicarage Lane to the right, just past the school buildings. Where the road ends, just out of view, is Hawley Church.

There has been a church on this site for a thousand years. After many alterations and additions, the parish church of All Saints attained cathedral status in 1888.

Facilities at the racecourse have improved considerably since the fifties with the addition of new stands, hospitality suites and the Champagne and Seafood Bar.

Looking up-river - B51032 - and down-river - B51040 on the Great Ouse, we see scenes far more tranquil than when Danish raiders or Norman soldiery played out their roles.

It suffered during the Dissolution and again at the hands of Cromwell's men. After two centuries of neglect, Sir Gilbert Scott restored it in the 1870s.

These days, the timber-framed Tudor Moot Hall (moot is Old English for meeting) stands next to the beach. When it was built, it was right in the centre of town.

The Tower stood on Marine Parade, but it was demolished at the start of World War II.

The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

This theatre stood at the entrance to Weymouth Pier; it is pictured here a year after it opened.

On the right is the entrance to Leeds City station. At one time there were three railway stations in the city centre: Central, Wellington and New.

At this time, this Georgian building dating from 1751 was the home of the King's representative in Ireland, and is now 'Aras an Uachtarain', the Irish president's official residence.

Cobbles, brick, timber and tile - an enchanting corner of Bletchingley over one hundred years ago.

This carefully-posed photograph shows the site of this historic well, which is situated a little way down a lane from St Keyne village in the East Looe valley.

Victorian advances in engineering sounded the death knell for wooden, sail-powered ships of the line, such as these ones moored at West Mud in the Tamar estuary.

Blackwater, which shares its name with that of the river, lies just to the south of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

Now very much a part of north London, Southall boasts this attractive manor house, much used as the headquarters of a municipal department in recent years.

This grand war memorial by Henry Fehr was erected in 1923 on a site formed by the demolition of a number of houses at the east end of High Street, which visually linked the street to East Hill – a

Architects, like everyone else, tend to fling off their inhibitions at the seaside. Here a Chinese-inspired pagoda with veranda provides a welcome spot for visitors to repose out of the sun.

C ottages with steep, tumbling thatched roofs abound in this view of the village street. At this time Trumpington was a village separate from the city of Cambridge.