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Today, a chemist now occupies the left-hand side of the nearest building, whilst the chemist in this picture became Burton's in 1938. It is now the Catalogue Shop.

Today, a chemist now occupies the left-hand side of the nearest building, whilst the chemist in this picture became Burton's in 1938. It is now the Catalogue Shop.

Water-skiing was just one of the many new sports offered to guests at Rockley Sands. Behind is Bay Hollow: there are now some trees on the cliff, and the path to the right has become steps.

Most of the church was rebuilt in 1872, while the tower is part 15th-century, part 1729, replacing what had been destroyed in the 1648 siege. The current battlements were added in 1911.

The nave is of 1820 and cement- rendered, and the flint chancel dates from 1894. The robust memo- rial drinking fountain dates from 1893.

Most of the church was rebuilt in 1872, while the tower is part 15th-century, part 1729, replacing what had been destroyed in the 1648 siege. The current battlements were added in 1911.

This medieval inn with characteristic ranges on each side of the yard reached through the carriageway, was in fact a 15th-century house converted to an inn about 1500.

Before that, a pub called the Horseshoes had stood nearby, on the site of Hart Cottages.

Its ambitions to become a resort after the arrival of the railway in 1854 were slow to come to fruition. However, eventually many substantial houses and a pier were built.

This stretch of the Thames is known as Isis; near here it meets its tributary, the River Cherwell.

It was from here that four knights set off one winter evening in 1170 for Canterbury to murder Thomas à Becket.

There were once cottages on this site, and on 24 May 1849, Anne and Charlotte Bronte arrived to stay in one of the cottages for a holiday. Anne had consumption.

Linlithgow became a favourite royal residence, though during the wars with the English it was often under siege or counter-siege.

The harbour was once connected with local mines by a railway - the tracks can be seen on the left of the photograph.

The cottage (left) of veteran soldier William Lawrence has since been demolished. The Bankes Arms, where the proprietor was Richard Clark, is now run by the Lightbown family.

The 1898 addition of a clerestory to the chancel can easily be seen here, as can the painted notice on the churchyard wall indicating that to the right it was 70 yards to a water supply,

By the 1960s the addition of road markings indicating the one-way traffic system are now visible in the High Street, and road signs are positioned by the market cross.

Rounded flanking towers can be seen in the photograph, and two lions stand either side of the pointed arch.

This famous monument commemorates the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers to America in August 1620.

Modern Eastleigh is a grid pattern of late 19th-century and early 20th-century streets, with typical suburban fringes stretching out towards Southampton and Winchester.

The old inn dates from the late 15th century and comprises three bays with two wings projecting behind either side of a courtyard.

These coastal heights rise between Seatown and Eype Mouth, comprising Ridge Cliff (far centre), Doghouse Hill, and the 508ft summit of Thorncombe Beacon (right) above East Ebb Cove and GreatEbb (near centre

He later became a full off-licence, selling all brands of wines, spirits and beers. His telephone number was Medstead 3121 - those were the days when Medstead had its own exchange.

Of the three arches at the north end, the central one leads to the chapter house, whilst those on either side were book cupboards where the abbey library was housed.