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Bridge Cottage Tea Parlour (centre) doubled as a newsagent's under the ownership of Edgar Allen, and also advertised a wide range of entertainments, from 'Viva Zapata' at the Lyric Cinema, Bridport, to

This coaching inn, which dated from Tudor times, was rebuilt in 1676 following the Great Fire of London in 1666.

Admired by a lady sitting in the area later to be occupied by the National Museum stands the City Hall, a year after the bestowal of Cardiff's city status.

'Modern' building developments oppose each other on the corners of Church Street and Quay Street but little else has changed architecturally.

Until about the middle of the 14th century, the town was also a port of some note, but by then the sea had begun to recede, leaving the harbour inaccessible to shipping and the river little more

Standing on a plateau overlooking the Arun Valley, Amberley is often described as 'the pearl of Sussex' and 'the loveliest village in Sussex'.

The station is behind the camera in this alternative view of the High Street.

Dressed for sports, a group of boys check the noticeboard which is in the colonnade under the Big Schoolroom.

On the east side of the village, overlooking the Welland Valley, the church for the most part dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, including the tower and its broach spire.

Immediately on the left is the unmistakable Victorian frontage of John Pater's School, known to generations of Cricklade people as 'the bottom school'.

This view of the minster's north side from the High Street also shows the railings which once surrounded it.

As with so many East Devon villages, a tiny stream - the Beer Brook - runs down the main street, first on one side of the road and then on the other.

The parish church of St Margaret's high position above the Exe makes it a most prominent landmark, and its sandstone tower is a mark for shipping.

The parish church of St Margaret's high position above the Exe makes it a most prominent landmark, and its sandstone tower is a mark for shipping.

Only one or two brave souls are paddling in the sea.

Tram tracks go to the right of the statue of James Ramsden, and beside it there is a pole for the overhead wires.

This crane is still in use, and can be seen from many parts of the town.

Capstans (foreground and opposite it) on the outer piers were used for helping ships in and out of the difficult harbour entrance.

Clumber Park, like Rufford, is heavily wooded; it was enclosed out of Sherwood Forest, that great forest that extends from Worksop southwards almost to Nottingham.

Aldborough, just one mile from Boroughbridge, stands on the site of the Roman station Isurium, and has a museum containing Roman remains.

Gravesend is a busy industrial town on the river Thames; here the river narrows to become a London river, and coastal pilots hand over to the river men.

The chapel is famed for its pillar of entwined ribbands.

This street was named in honour of the 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery.

This is the birthplace of the celebrated 20th-century actress, Dame Sybil Thorndike.