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The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

Rumour has it that the Romans did not camp here at all, and that the mounds are medieval workings.

Holywell Street presents a rather pleasant picture of 20th-century half-timbered revival buildings, some of which would not appear out of place in Chester.

Harry Bebington was the first chairman of Billericay Urban District Council (established 1934). He was also a land-agent, who sold plots at Laindon and Langdon Hills for £5 a time.

It was recorded as 'a cottage and a garden owned by John Marshall of Hitchin and occupied by Sarah Buckle, widow'. Nearby stood the Two Brewers public house.

When we contrast this view with the one taken in 1901, the bathing machines have gone, to be replaced by chang- ing tents and the long lines of beach huts.

Bridgnorth is really two towns, High Town at the top of a steep hill and Low Town at the bottom.

There were different types of craft employed; the basic packet on the Warrington-Manchester run carried passengers at 1s a head.

In 1823 John Butcher, a preacher from Bolton, was landed by fishing boat at Derby Haven and brought Primitive Methodism to the island.

During the Civil War, Sir John Gell was asked by Staffordshire moorlanders for help against the Royalist garrison at Stafford.

This is a fine view of the 'Royal Adelaide' (104 guns).

These houses, also known as the Hospital of the Holy Trinity, were founded in the 17th century. Built in ragstone, these pleasant cottages with dormers were restored in about 1842.

Here we see the heart of the famous Cornish fishing village at its quaintest, and most deserted.

Rock is now a very popular resort for dinghy sailors on the north shore of the Camel estuary, which is seen behind at high tide.

Like many industrialists at this time, greg started out as a nonconformist, in his case, a Unitarian, and at Styal village is the Unitarian chapel he built, besides the Methodist chapel which he

Sir Hardinge S Gifford, later Lord Halsbury, had Pendruccombe built at Pages Cross in 1881, four years after he was elected as Launceston's MP.

Sir Hardinge S Gifford, later Lord Halsbury, had Pendruccombe built at Pages Cross in 1881, four years after he was elected as Launceston's MP.

Farnham's long main street, with West Street at one end and East Street at the other and the Borough between, lies along an ancient route.

There were hotels at or near most of the glens.

The pupils of the school line the railings looking at the man with the camera. Branston is just two miles south of Burton, and at one time belonged to Burton Abbey.

Lying at the foot of spectacular downs, it is not surprising that Kingsclere enjoys strong ties with the world of racing.

As 19th-century Swansea outgrew its water supply, the Board of Health remedied the situation by building two reservoirs, one at Brynmill and one at Cwmdonkin.

One man and his dog stand looking out to sea (bottom centre) on the sandy beach at Cayton Bay, south of Scarborough.

At the opposite end of the High Street from Town Bridge, John Bunyan's staue complements that of John Howard in the Market Place.