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The summer exodus of holidaymakers to the seaside resorts of Britain made piers a popular and lucrative venture. This Victoria Pier has had a chequered history.

There was no official place of worship for Catholics until the 1730s, and even then it was only created out of necessity.

By the banks of the Dee. Though used by excursion and pleasure craft, the river at Chester was last used commercially in the 1930s when a barge took a cargo of tar from the gasworks to Queensferry.

Amble was little more than a hamlet until the construction of Warkworth Harbour in the late 1830s.

Situated on one of the main crossing points of the Tyne, Corbridge was occupied by the Scots in 1138 and burnt by them on at least three occasions; by William Wallace in 1296; by the Bruce in 1312;

It is a quiet morning in this pleasant small town, situated on a gentle hill a few miles west of Sevenoaks.

One clear change in this photograph from previous views is the loss of the ornate iron railings around the whole area. They disappeared during the Second World War to be melted down for munitions.

This is recalled in the name of The Hundred Stationers. This square was once busy with the sounds and smells of a cattle market, but now it has been marked out for parking.

There has been an inn on this site since the 12th century; it was originally a cider house, part of an orchard. It now has a caravan park and a restaurant.

Here we see an excellent example of glaciations and a remnant of a bygone age. In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII ordered a change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.

Bridgwater was an important port, with railway docks and the terminus of the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal.

All the way north from Burnham to Brean Down, the six miles of road behind the sand dunes and beaches has a string of bungalows, chalets, shops, caravan parks, amusement parks and holiday camps, as well

One suspects that Frith's photos of the river shown on these pages may have been commissioned by Mr Leroy to sell to his customers - he appears in this one too, in a Canadian canoe, fashionable at

It was to this western corner of Sidmouth that the Duke of Kent brought his baby daughter Alexandrina Victoria in 1819.

It is culverted under the main road, and collects in a large lake, which lies between Broadwaters Lane and the estate of houses.

THE opening of a new shop was almost a weekly occurrence when Basildon town centre sprang into life in the late 1950s to early 1960s.

In 1823 the Chamber of Commerce were so concerned about the high cost of the port dues being demanded by the Bristol Dock Co that they inquired as to what charges would be levied at other ports for the

Whether it be Blackpool, Dunoon, Port Bannatyne, Port Erin or any of a hundred other resorts in the 1890s, holidaymakers had developed a passion for messing about in boats, mainly of the rowing variety

Children at play in the village of Chilworth, outside Southampton.

The centre of the village dates from the restoration and repairs begun in 1752 by Lord Crewe's trustees.

What is now a short arm and extensive marina moorings was once the main line of the Oxford Canal.

Here we see a fine display of weatherboarding along the empty and dusty main street. The faded pub sign is for the Bull Inn.

We are on the Petworth to Guildford main road. The church of St John Baptist was rebuilt in 1877; it has a strange-looking font dated 1662.

The creeper on the chimneystack has been well trimmed, and so have the horse chestnut trees - although the old chimney still shows signs of damage caused by the creeper.