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Boscombe was built across a wooded chine (a wide ravine) that led down to the sea; these features are common along this coast.

Owned for centuries by the Aspinall family, Pendleton was an old village when the Domesday Book was compiled.

The last bottle kiln to be used commercially closed down in 1967.

It is dominated by its cobbled Market Square, which leads down to the castle, home to the Ingilby family for more than 600 years.

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda in

The balustraded enclosure on the traffic island surrounds steps leading down to The Island Club and the Parade Gardens, formerly known as St James's Triangle.

The Windmill pub, on the left, was a new replacement for an earlier building which had burnt down.

This view down Market Street shows how Whittlesey has prospered in the past fifty years.

Often described as the gateway to the Cotswolds, the picturesque town of Burford has changed little over the years.

New houses are appearing in the distance on Smitham Downs.

As the town grew, its businesses drifted off to the main London-Colchester road. St Nicholas' was built c1330.

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in 1934. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

Rip tides up and down the strait made the ferry a dangerous option, and earned the Menai the nickname 'the British Bosphorus'.

The narrow ancient streets of Harlech, a town that sprang up to serve the stronghold, have changed little over the years, as is shown by this picture of the High Street.

Its survival is due to Sir Gilbert Scott's putting his foot down most firmly. When a complete rebuild was proposed, he threatened to withdraw if the spire was removed.

Lumley Avenue, with its chestnut trees and wide verges and roadway, is typical of the streets comprising the original grid layout of the Earl of Scarbrough's 1870s town plan.

Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.

Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.

The sign is in the shop window with the blind drawn down, and can be deciphered when the photograph is considerably enlarged.

This is limestone country: the soft rock, assisted by the streams, forms magical shapes and contours as the water tumbles down.

Church Street leads down to St. Mary-le-Gill Church.

Down by the river bank, the paviours follow the line of the medieval wharf. Behind the moat are the medieval outer defences, the inner one overlooking the outer - the battlements are 19th-century.

Boats travelling down the Thames estuary from London were met by stagecoaches here, and their passengers were transported onward by road to Dover.

The Late 19th to the Early 20th Century Forget six counties overhung with smoke Forget the snorting steam and piston stroke, Forget the spreading of the hideous town; Think rather of the pack-horse