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Here we have a closer view of the Market Cross, showing the vast amount of setts needed to cover the road. Streets such as this are often wrongly described as cobbled streets.

Middle Street leads into Shere Lane and then on towards the sandy hills of The Hurtwood. The building on the right was once the premises of C Baverstock, 'Shoeing & General Smith'.

A view of the busy quay. Where the ships are tied up there is now an extended car park.

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600. Its pleasing Georgian facades spread round the market place.

Looking down from the White Horse can be seen the flat-topped Dragon's Hill where, legend has it, St George slew the Dragon; the white markings on the side are where the blood of the Dragon ran down in

In the 1840s patients at the health centre of Dr Wilson and Dr Gully were subjected to strict dieting, long walks over the hills and the indignity of being wrapped up in cold wet sheets for hours at

The tower was built in the latter half of the 19th century, complete with a carillon of bells designed to play forty-two tunes.

Easily the oldest building in Farnborough, the parish church of St Peter dates from about 1200, although there is evidence to suggest a Saxon church may have occupied the site before

Originally a chapel of ease within the much larger parish of Runcorn it became a separate parish church in 1861.

The only attractions on offer here are boat trips and donkey rides; to the far right, on the water's edge, are a number of wheeled bathing machines.

In 1892, there were acres of thatch to see in Beer, as well as unsurfaced roads. Today, the place is still delightful, and has better roads.

A view of Kingsley's ' Little White Town' from across the Torridge, at East-the-Water. Bideford's Market Charter was granted in 1272 by Henry III.

This masterpiece of grand architecture was built (1902-05) by Sir Aston Webb, who was also responsible for the eastern façade of Buckingham Palace and for Admiralty Arch, both in London.

In July 1613 'a fisher of Newark and a ffowler of ffarndon' were indicted for obstructing the Devon, probably with illegal nets. On the right is Jobson's Boathouse.

An old guidebook stressed the benefits to health of a holiday in Weymouth: 'Weymouth is much more open than the majority of seaside resorts, and is almost surrounded by salt water.

From the village of Cawsand, at the entrance to Plymouth Sound, the seas stretch out to Penlee Point, where the famous hooter alerted fog-bound sailors to the perils of this treacherous coast.

The metal central span was later rebuilt using stone, and until the building of the by-pass in 1974 it carried the heavy traffic of the A30.

The wall on the left on which the child is sitting has since been extensively redeveloped as the river frontage for a shopping development. It is now a series of steps leading down to the water.

This is the view down Hockerill Street towards the River Stort, where the spire of St Michael's Church rises above the trees and houses.

Sharpham Point and nearby Bass Rock were important fishing spots - Stoke Gabriel, on the opposite shore, had twenty salmon boats working at the end of the 19th century.

In the late 19th century, steamers such as this were still comparatively rare in the river; much more common were sailing vessels, of which up to 200 might shelter here during storms.

Cutting across the middle of the picture is the bridge carrying the Caledonian Railway, while on the far right is the Victoria Road bridge.

A contemporary guidebook suggests that in Regent Street were to be found 'pedestrians of every class, from the fashionable lounger to the street Arab; from the duchess to the work-girl; ... the bewigged

Quarrymen's cottages, and the archetypal Pear Tree pub, give no hint of the attractions of the surrounding countryside.