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The Lickey Hills were declared a royal hunting forest in the 11th century, but they were sold by the Crown to the Earl of Plymouth in 1682.

This old dome-shaped weather-beaten pump dates back to medieval times, and is situated at an important junction in the middle of this historic town.

Just visible on the far right at the top of the hill is the day beacon, an 80ft stone tower which marks the eastern side of the entrance to the estuary, as the entrance is almost impossible

A beacon stood nearby during the civil wars, forming part of a line of communication between?Kent and London.

Lying below Ditchling Beacon, this downland village has today become a fashionable commuter village, and once-productive farmland is now used as paddocks for horses.

In olden days a beacon fire was lit on the headland to alert the countryside to threats of raids and possible invasion.

Four miles from Stroud, picturesque Painswick titles itself 'Queen of the Cotswolds'.

A tiny coastal hamlet in the parish of Symondsbury, Eype was provided with its own 350-seat chapel of ease, dedicated to St Peter, in 1865 (right-hand skyline).

The river Exe from Beacon Hill. This fashionable area was home to Lady Nelson after her estrangement from the Admiral. By the time this picture was taken, the holiday business was well established.

The Circus, in the town centre, is where five roads meet. It has the usual mixture of banks and public houses on its corners.

With fewer cars on the road, cycling was a good deal safer.

Standing at a height of about 260 metres above sea level is the prominent landmark of Chanctonbury Ring.

The Green Dragon Hotel, a stone-built 18th-century inn, is popular with residents and students from Lancaster University.

Its replacement was this column, 60 feet high and bearing the following inscription: 'This column was erected by the trustees of the Liverpool Docks, by the permission of John Shaw Leigh, Esq,

The trams have given way to buses and the horse-drawn vehicles to motorcars, and hatless heads are now commonplace.

In olden days a beacon fire was lit on the headland to alert the countryside to threats of raids and possible invasion.

The building on the cliff in the distance was erected as two houses in the 1890s and converted by a millionaire to a single dwelling in 1915.

By the middle of the 20th century we see something resembling the modern scene.

The view down the street in 1950 is not greatly different from 50 years before, although a car has replaced the pony and trap.

The town centre is dominated by its very large triangular market place, which in its turn is visually overwhelmed by the mighty church steeple, completed in 1460 and universally known as the Boston Stump

The house on the right is the Beacon, one of the more substantial residences in Victorian and Edwardian Fleet.

Timothy Whites, the chemist, was a familiar sight in post-war Wales and is a conspicuous business on the Square.

The Lickey Hills were declared a royal hunting forest in the 11th century, but they were sold by the Crown to the Earl of Plymouth in 1682.

This view looks southwards across the Common from Stert, named for a neck of land, which juts into the English Channel and is the southernmost point of both Portland and Dorset.