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Only minor changes would be noticed in this small village from the beginning of the last century to this day.

The Village 1959 At the west end of the village, at the junction of Gainsborough Road with the A30, is this former school of the 1880s, built in rock-faced rubble stone and ashlar dressings.

As a child Nicholas contracted smallpox which left him blind, yet he learnt to read by passing his fingers over gravestones in the churchyard.

The sea cadets parade proudly at their headquarters east of Kings Meadow on the south bank of the Thames.

Upright staves are inserted at the water's edge. These reinforce the efforts we saw in photograph 18208 to diminish the sea's force and to protect the cramped houses and banks.

The thatched mill house is deep in the valley about half a mile inland from the beach at Duckpool, and there is just a glimpse of the coast in this view.

The Stow was to be the New Town's first major shopping centre. The design is Z-shaped, running from north to south to catch as much sunlight as possible, with a square at each end.

There is still a putting green near the Clock Tower, but it is in an adventure form, and is perhaps not so attractive as the simplified version was.

This is the lower reach of the old Liskeard and Looe Canal; it was still used occasionally at this date to carry sea sand and limestone for burning in the kilns at Sandplace.

The beach is seen at low tide, with striking clouds and the sun glinting on the surf.

The Aylesbury arm of the Grand Union departs from the main line at Marsworth, and has some 16 locks in 6 miles, very narrow and not for the faint-hearted.

At the time when this photograph was taken, the village green at Malham was the scene of regular sheep sales attended by farmers from the surrounding fells.

Opened on 9 July 1908, the bandstand was built at a cost 'not exceeding £100'.

Even at this time, the visual appearance of the slipway at Swanbridge had become a cause for concern.

As a child Nicholas contracted smallpox which left him blind, yet he learnt to read by passing his fingers over gravestones in the churchyard.

He built a pier and arranged for sea water to be trapped behind a sluice at each high tide. At low tide the sluice was opened and the harbour flushed: hence Seaton Sluice.

The road divides at this toll house, heading to Salisbury to the left and Ludgershall to the right.

Even today, shrimping is still a popular pastime on the waterfront. The girl's bathing costume has legs to it; today's toddler is quite likely to be sporting a pair of knickers at most.

Upstream from the lock at Sonning, the 18th-century bridge spans the river, and the recreational use of the water is plain to see.

The river flowing beneath the 15th-century bridge is the Darent, which rises near the county boundary with Surrey near Westerham and runs through a myriad of Kent villages to the Thames near Long-reach

The Sussex Turnpike Trust was set up in 1749 to maintain the road from Hindhead Heath to Chichester with a tollgate at Kingsley Marsh (now Green).

Every evening at 9pm, four blasts are sounded on a horn at the market cross.

Charlestown was developed by Sir Charles Rashleigh at the beginning of the 19th century for exporting china clay and other minerals.

Tamar barges, such as the one moored here at the quay, were once a common sight on the Tamar and the Tavy.