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The town relied on the sea for employment, and it was once an important rival of Holyhead for the Irish ferry.

It tapped the water from the Burgess Well (now under Fairfield Road car park) and released it in an open channel down the High Street.

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

Down the lane to the left, on the other side of the castle green, is Northgate and Doomsdale, the prison which included among its inmates the Catholic martyr St Cuthbert Mayne, the Quaker George Fox, and

The present Pendley Manor replaced a complex medieval and later house which burnt down in 1835.

Down river, the village now runs past the house with the quay all the way to the next point, on which stands the Yealm Hotel.

This revealing glimpse looks down Market Street towards the High Street.

Characterised by pointed arches and fine stonework, the old gate is also renowned for its statue of George III gazing down the High Street, dressed as a Roman and wearing a toga.

Magdalen College from the Bridge 1938 During the Civil War Royalist forces defended Magdalen Bridge by throwing rocks from the top of the bell tower down on the heads of Parliamentarians below

At the eastern extremity of the South Downs, the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse at the foot of Beachy Head warned shipping of the hazards of the chalk cliffs, which now lie under the sea.

The tide is well in and horses have been taken down to soak their legs in the salt-water.

Arthur Ransome described Pin Mill with its 'crowd of yachts and its big brown sailed barges and steamers going up to Ipswich or down to the sea'.

In the background, against the trees, the surviving spire of the 15th-century church looks down on this straggling village on the Romans' Stane Street linking London and Chichester.

Further down the High Street are the gas showrooms. Bishops Waltham is still remembered for having the only privately owned bank in the country.

Further down the road is the 19th-century church of St Mary.

The railway station is Maenclochog was also constructed of corrugated iron and outlasted the railway itself, which closed down completely in 1949.

The figures that now look down are Nicholas Langton, a Lord Mayor, a mason holding a model of the bar and a medieval knight.The coats of arms are the Stuart Royal Arms and the City Arms; these were

The railway line to Huncoat and Burnley crosses the road here.There was at one time another line down to Rawtenstall, joining what is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway.As well as having three

They are about to walk the plank down to the shingle beach beside the cafe (bottom left). Lulworth was a favourite stopping point on services between Weymouth and Swanage.

Down the street, just to the right of the white canopy, was the entrance to West's brush factory - one of Braintree's key industries.

We are looking west as the A387 drops down into the hamlet to the bridge over the River Seaton at the bottom of the hill, before the road climbs up the other side on its way to Looe.

This gem of a village is situated between the North Downs and the Greensand Ridge.

The 121 acres of Farthing Down have in recent years seen the introduction of a small herd of cattle to graze the coarser grasses.

This was taken from the slope below Newfoundland Coppice, looking south-eastwards to Eype Down (centre), with Doghouse Farm in the dip below (right).