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More than one hundred years ago Cowley was nothing more than a large village, its intricate maze of rooftops stretching towards the horizon.

Dating back to 1284, Hertford College had fallen into decay by the middle of the 19th century, though its fortunes were later revived by Act of Parliament.

At the bottom of Chapel Street, visitors ready for a stay in the nearby hotel unload their suitcases from a cart.

Some of the earliest mining on the island was carried out at Bradda Head.

The Isle of Portland is more properly a peninsula, which Thomas Hardy described as 'The Gibraltar of Wessex'.

By 1904 holidaymakers were discovering the delights of the locality, and some of the sandier areas of Poole Harbour were attracting bathers.

This tranquil scene shows a rowing boat moored on the northern shore of Wastwater.

This remarkable church, St Peter's, is hidden in the Taw valley a couple of miles from Barnstaple.

AT the start of the Victorian era, all the roads around Enfield had been turnpiked. These were under the care of the Commissioners for Turnpike Roads, who charged a uniform toll of 3d.

Just past the Stepping Stones public house is one of the roads leading to Polesden Lacy.

Other forms of transport are too swift: the greater delights of Dorset's scenery are missed by using them.

However, perhaps they eavesdropped on an animated discussion between a group of men who were studying a large plan.

of the 20th century.

But the most impressive Victorian building in Sheffield was the new town hall on the corner of Surrey Street and Pinstone Street, where an area of old housing had been demolished to make way for

Pinstone Street was laid out in the mid-1870s as part of a major development of Sheffield town centre that saw wide well-planned streets replace a hotch-potch of alleyways, small workshops, stables and

Sherborne Lane is shown here when the Crown and Anchor, the large building at the foot of the hill, was still open.

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

The cottages are outside the line of the old walls, and may not have been subjected to the ban on thatch which followed the fires of the 17th century.

Several of these lovely old buildings remain, though the shop fronts have changed.

The demolition of the Butter Market provided a site for the granite war memorial.

The changeover from sail to steam saw a resurgence in business for the port of Lowestoft.

Sidmouth was considered rather a select resort in Victorian times; it was frequented by royalty, and Queen Victoria had her first view of the sea here as a child.

Dodbrooke is now part of Kingsbridge, but it once had a market of its own.

It was here in February 1645, after a forced march across difficult terrain in appalling weather, that the Marquis of Montrose with 1,500 troops defeated a 5,000 strong force of Campbells and Lowlanders