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In the early years of the 19th century the impoverished Duke of Kent came to live at Woolbrook Glen.

The interesting monuments include one commemorating Thomas Pile and his wife, 1560 and 1561: this is a large composition of two recumbent figures and a younger couple, Sir Gabriel Pile and his wife

This 1950s photograph somehow captures the spirit of that austere period following the war.

In the opposite corner is the village school founded by the gift of £180 from a tailor, James Thistleton.

This scene is worthy of a painting; it shows a typical windpump used to drain the reclaimed marshes.

Demolished shortly after the First World War, this magnificent structure was the brainchild of Joseph Paxton; at the time of its completion in 1840, it was the largest conservatory in the world.

At one time just under half of Surrey's settlements had at least one mill; by the 1830s there were 47 working mills in Surrey.

The war memorial stands on the triangular village green in the area within the railings, (far left).

The Nelson in Harbour Street is in the centre of the photograph. Landlords here included Henry Hills, Mrs Emily Jane Parsons, and Miss L Parsons. To the right is Duffy, the butcher's.

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes. Near the rebuilt church there is a thatched barn and an early dewpond.

We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs.The Dicker, behind the brick wall and trees beyond the pub, is a rather odd-looking mansion, built by Horatio William

We are on the slope of the Downs between Eastbourne and Polegate. A nearby vantage point at Combe hill is 638 feet high.

The picturesque village has been used for the filming of the BBC series 'Born and Bred'. East Barsham's manor house was built by Sir William Fermor during the reign of Henry VII.

On the west side of the green area called the Croft, backing on to the river, are the workhouse and St Gregory's off to the left.

This was built in 1901 at the junction of Newton Road, King Street and Cornard Road. The police establishment comprised an inspector, a sergeant, and four constables.

Above are the round quatrefoil windows of the clerestory added in 1889, which must have made the interior much lighter.

Banstead station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs station, opened in 1865.

We are looking south-eastwards from the Yetminster road towards the mediaeval Hamstone cross in a triangle of cobbles (centre), with roads at the junction signed to Sherborne (left) and Chetnole (right

There are 4 floors, 13 doors on every floor, 13 fireplaces, 52 stairs and 52 windows - hence its new name (after 1933) of the Pack of Cards Hotel.

Bunbury is a name familiar to those of us who enjoy Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest', but few people realise that such a village actually exists.

The parish church of St Martin is described as 'Anglo-Saxon origins, c1200, C13, C15, restored 1850' (Department of Heritage List). The former school, now the village hall, is dated 1846.

Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable including Sir Percy Florence Shelley, the son of the poet.

Yet the quality of its spring water attracted great Roman interest, and the Trefriw Wells offered recuperative bathing facilities through to Victorian times, and are still a lure for visitors

Another great Nonconformist preacher dominates the Square at the opposite end of the High Street to John Bunyan.