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The building next to the Grand Hotel, a victim of the Luftwaffe in the blitz, became the home of the Royal Western Yacht Club in 1880.

The cobble-edged wide Market Place of Kirkbymoorside, on the edge of the North York Moors, still holds its market every Wednesday, just as it has done since medieval times.

It is regrettable that all the trees have now gone in this view looking towards the Town Hall, but the flint walls and the house on the right survive.

On the left, the east pier reaches out across the harbour towards the railway station complex, with the long stone pier carrying the line continuing on towards the small lighthouse at its end.

The Dutch gables on the houses along both sides of this street are a good example of the influence that the many Dutch and Flemish immigrants to Norfolk from the 16th century onwards have had over local

This little group of shops was built in 1908, on the site of a former wheelwright and boat-building business.

For those taking the waters in Edwardian times, there were plenty of hotels. The most expensive was the Clarendon, with rooms at 6s 6d, breakfast at 3s and dinner at 5s.

Despite the delays in completing the cut, it remained one of the most profitable of England's waterways, paying dividends up to 1947.

In the section of the park beyond Marlborough Road, Edward Davis erected this obelisk to the then Princess Victoria in early 1837 for Bath to commemorate the 'attainment of her majority'.

Back in the days when taking a picture involved a large and unwieldy camera and tripod, a photographer tended to attract a good deal of attention, but at least there appear to be plenty of people

This main street was once part of the Roman road which ran from London to Lewes in West Sussex. The legionaries paved it with ragstone eighteen feet wide and seven inches thick.

Barnwood stands on Ermin Street, which was built by the Romans to link the two important towns of Glevum (Gloucester) and Corinium (Cirencester), so the road we see in this picture

Newerne Street is Lydney's main shopping area; it has undergone a great deal of redevelopment since this photograph was taken.

Between the house and the lake we can just see part of the Cremorne Gardens, on the west bank of the mere, which were presented to the townspeople by Lord Brownlow as recently as 1953

It was founded just over 100 years ago thanks to a bequest of £45,496 from a gentleman farmer named Thomas Harper Adams, who died in 1892.

Pictured on a quiet day, this picturesque quayside area beside the seaborne channel of the Ouse has seen almost unbroken trade for a thousand years.

Once Cromer and Sheringham became popular as holiday destinations, the Runtons (the villages between the towns) enjoyed the benefits of the overflowing holiday trade.

The old Gap, originally used by fishermen to reach the sea, had become widened by thousands of visitors' feet, so it was smartened up with ornamental embankments by the camp sites; even

Once Cromer and Sheringham became popular as holiday destinations, the Runtons (the villages between the towns) enjoyed the benefits of the overflowing holiday trade.

A lone elderly oarsman reflects on life on the still waters of the little bay below Wray Castle and its impressive ornate boathouse.

Looking across the mighty Towy, we can pick out the ruined castle on the hillside to the far left. On this side of the river, and pulled well clear, is evidence of boating and fishing activity.

The Old Steine (pronounced 'steen') is the traditional centre of Brighton - in earlier times it was a broad grassy valley where fishermen dried their nets.

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

The fishing boat is drawn up on the beach, and in front of the boat a child makes sandcastles in the narrow strip of pebble-free sand. The caravan site is to the left.