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Newquay was developed in the 1830s for the export of china clay, copper and tin and the import of coal, fertiliser, timber and general cargo for the surrounding area.

Lightermen pose on barges at low tide at one of the many working wharves.

The half-timbered, mock-Tudor frontage of the Three Greyhounds Hotel on the left faces the more modest frontage of the Crown Hotel opposite.

Moorland sheep scatter in front of the Goathland Hotel in the pretty North York Moors village of Goathland.

When the Worcester and Birmingham Canal was constructed, it was taken across the watershed of the River Arrow, which meant a loss of headwater for the Arrow.

The gardens, the chateau-style building, and the collection were all created from nothing over a period of fifteen years, always with the aim of public benefit.

As we look down from the church we can see the premises known as Corfield's Garage on the right, but judging from the mass of bicycles outside perhaps his sideline (or main line) was in the repair of pushbikes

Victorian Bournemouth was a most fashionable place, which had the advantage over older resorts of developing purely for a burgeoning holiday industry.

This is a revealing picture of changing times.

This is a lovely study of two New Forest ponies on the approaches to Lyndhurst.

Another view of Low Row, showing the Post Office and the Methodist Chapel on the right.

The building on the left in view 46642, left, is the Hermitage, home of Frederick Seebohm; very little of it still remains. Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.

This fine row of early 17th-century weavers' cottages is now owned by the National Trust.

Out for a stroll on a sunny summer afternoon.

The building on the left in view 46642, left, is the Hermitage, home of Frederick Seebohm; very little of it still remains. Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.

The photographer's perch for this picture was the tower of St Mary's Church, itself built on the site of Saxon worship.

The retaining wall along Torquay Road was the 1886 halfway meeting place of the 'Flatpole' and 'Dicky Bird' bands of warring youths! In the centre is St Paul's Church, built in 1939.

The Town Hall was built in 1618, the gift of Sir Fulke Greville, first Baron Brooke, a friend of Sir Philip Sidney.

Cobham stands on Watling Street and was once a busy market centre.

A small village at the western edge of St Leonards Forest, on the main road and railway line between Horsham and Crawley. Local legends say that dragons and serpents inhabited the forest.

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes. Near the rebuilt church there is a thatched barn and an early dewpond.

The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction. Northwards the line went to Harlech and Afonwen, where it joined the L & NWR.

The parish church of All Saints hides its history well. At first glance, the architecture is 19th century and confirms the rebuilding during 1860.

But the course of young love went smoothly; there was a wedding at St Martin's in 1856, with an epic reception at the grandstand afterwards, and Isabella became Mrs Beeton.