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Now long-disused, this is one of many 19th-century pump mills built to lift water from the drained marshes. The mill has now lost its sails, but not its inverted boat-style cap.

In fact, visitors threading their way around the streets can admire a splendid array of Georgian and Victorian architecture.

For hundreds of years smuggling was a major industry in Swanage: the smuggled goods were hidden in the local caves and quarries.

Until 1817 the Mersey ferry service was erratic and subject to the vagaries of wind, tides and weather.

Seen from the west ramp of the ford, G H Hoare, Coach Building, Shoeing & General Smith, advertises his work, while a man fishes below the island where brown trout still swim against the flow.

This view shows clearly the rocky promontory of the Head, which was known in Celtic times as Beann Eadir, or Eadar's peak. It is connected to the mainland and Dublin Bay by a sandy spit.

We see the new St Mary's church from the north side of Longfleet Road, which is now very busy. To the right is the entrance to Parish Road, which is named after a former vicar.

This is a fine clear photograph of this ivy- clad school building with its typical Victorian architecture and interesting bell tower.

This was one of three hotels recommended to overseas visitors; the others were the Queen's and McColl's. It was also possible to hire apartments in Dunoon at about 15s a week during the main season.

The absence of any traffic would be a welcome sight today.

The summer entertainment, 'Bubbles', is advertised on the Pier Pavilion.Those walking on the pier have a good view of the activities below.

The village of Wargrave has an Edwardian feel to it, but its origins date back many centuries. The Bull, seen on the left, was once a popular coaching inn, close to the busy Bath Road.

On the left is the Home Office, and to the right is the Red Lion pub, built in 1898 on the corner of Derby's Gate.

Helmsley is the attractive castle-crowned 'capital' of the North York Moors National Park, and this view shows passengers alighting from a Bedford coach parked beside the Eleanor-style cross in the spacious

The school was built on part of the village green in the late 19th century.

Blinds shade the shop windows of Normans, 'Drapery and Furnishing, Boots and Shoes, Tailoring and Outfitter'.

This small inn stands at the edge of the village on the main London route into Cambridge where it crosses the River Granta. The road on the right leads to the famous Gog Magog Hills.

Village public houses are still the heart of many communities around the New Forest - not only as places to go for refreshments, but as places to meet and socialise, and as venues for sports clubs.

The New Forest has some of the best public houses in southern England, whether the visitor is seeking accommodation or just calling in for a tasty lunch and a drink after a hard morning's walk.

Charlie's Mast overlooks the boating pool, which seems to be the only form of children's entertainment left on the beach area. In its turn, the pool was removed as a health hazard during the 1980s.

Here we see East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of River Asker, towards houses beside East Road (centre).

It was in Shropshire Street that Roland Lateward lived at the end of the 1700s. He is reputed to have been the first gingerbread baker in the town. Even today, gingerbread is still produced here.

This view of the pier, taken seven years after the previous two photographs, shows that Paignton then had interesting shops; advertisements offered Turkish baths, drinking chocolate, a drug store, cleaners

As a modern holiday resort and suburb of Brighton, Rottingdean benefited from an increase in holidaymakers immediately after the Second World War.