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The Pleasure Gardens with their scented pines and attractively laid out grounds were popular with people of all ages, at a time when fashion and social mores decreed that the human form should remain

Bournemouth Pier stands above the original mouth of the River Bourne. Its construction marked the town's commitment to its role as a resort.

From the ever-green valley of the Bourne (whence arose the nucleus of this resort) Bournemouth stretches for miles in either direction upon the sandy cliffs and pine-clad table-land of a gently curving

In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a house on lonely heathland close to the mouth of the River Bourne. During the years that followed other wealthy Hampshire gentlemen followed his example.

In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a house on lonely heathland close to the mouth of the River Bourne. During the years that followed other wealthy Hampshire gentlemen followed his example.

The celebrated village of Cookham, a mile or so south of Bourne End, is seen here from the boatyard on the Buckinghamshire bank, although curiously until 1992 a strip of about 30 feet along

The pond is situated at the junction of the London and Chessington Roads.

But most of all, Edwards remembered Clay Hill - West Hill as it is now - where he enjoyed the hospitality of Colonel Dennis O'Kelly, and was taken to view his stables.

Redevelopment in the 1970s has swept away many of the buildings on the west side of Crib Street.

Fleetwood Urban District Council started the ferry service in 1894 with two sailing boats.

To this day, Hurstbourne Tarrant remains the quintessential English village.

Another of the small iron-working hamlets in the valley of the Tilling Bourne, Friday Street probably derives its name from the Scandinavian goddess Frigga; it still enjoys its peaceful setting above a

This chapter's tour finishes with an architectural flourish in Albury, a village still blighted by the A25.

Here we see the priory ruins viewed from the south as in the view of 1885; but by the time of this photograph, Margaret, later first Lady Gisborough, along with her head gardener, Kew-trained

This is one of the county's most famous beauty spots on the crest of the North Downs, providing breathtaking views across the Weald to the South Downs and Littlehampton, and into Sussex from its height

Close to the underground station are two major historic buildings.

The 12th Earl of Derby had often stayed at his uncle’s house in Banstead, the Oaks; as he was a keen sportsman, there was talk of his funding a new stakes for horse racing.

It was especially popular in the days before cheap rail tickets to the seaside became available.

This could be any town, anywhere, the epitome of the Borough Architects' brave new world of the early 1960s.

The 600-capacity New Pavilion opened in May 1929 with attendant shops, tea lounges and terrace.

The four-centred arches cover a short chancel. The stained glass in the east window is by Wailes, 1849. The north aisle's north-east window is by Kempe, 1900.

The Chapel abounds with monuments of beauty and dignity. They include the Princess Charlotte Memorial, 1817, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt, which combines the sensational with the chaste.

The eastern chapel was the Horton family's worshipping place. The stained glass in the south window has several Netherlands roundels of the 16th century and later.

St Margaret's church and the village lie in the Lune Valley, 9 miles from Lancaster.