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The buildings have gone, but the inlet survives, and is now home to the seaworthy 'Golden Head' replica.

This thatched cottage, now slated, was a 17th-century farmhouse, then two cottages; now it is the lodge for Combe Head House.

The latter are decorated with the only carved poppy-heads in Devon. In 1586 the Elizabethan dramatist John Ford was baptised here.

This photograph shows the 17th-century Kings Arms Hotel, originally the Kings Head. A

A bus with solid rubber tyres heads towards its Camberley destination on a road that was not made up.

The white building in the centre is the Saracen's Head pub.

The small hamlet of slate-roofed farm houses and cottages lies at the end of a lane near Black Head, sheltered in the valley which climbs up from Hallane Beach.

This hilltop village overlooks the head of Gillan Creek at the northern edges of the Lizard, close by the Helford River.

Weare Giffard marks the head of the tidal estuary of the Torridge.

Beaulieu village lies not far from Lymington, at the head of the Beaulieu River, and is attractive in itself.

In Blakeney itself stands Swan House, built as an inn in the 17th century, and the 18th-century King's Head Inn.

Sheltered from the worst of the gales by Hengistbury Head, Christchurch's harbour empties into the sea between Mudeford's quays and sandbanks.

This sought-after village grew up at the head of Mylor Creek.

The car on the left is leaving Village Way, and the bus is heading for the junction with Croydon Road.

One of the most spectacular is North Cleave Gut, 120 yards deep and ten yards wide, with a 350ft waterfall at its head.

A fresh tide creeps up towards the head of this delightful little creek, and boating can start again. This area has a number of desirable riverside properties.

The small tower at the far end of the church served as a mark for sailors heading for the port: it used to carry a beacon at night.

The car is heading towards Whitby, and just beyond the tallest building on the left, which is now demolished, lies the Duke William public house.

The east end of Oxford Street is ahead. To the right, where hair cuts are advertised at four pence, is Tottenham Court Road. The number 7 bus on the left is heading into Shaftesbury Avenue.

This view into the Whitebread Hole, a combe east of Beachy Head and south of Holywell, is no longer grazed by sheep; its flat areas are manicured into football pitches.

The clock faces on the tower date from 1885.The granite façade of the Town and Market Hall looms behind, with The Queen's Head hotel on the left.

This is the A49, and we can see the Feilden's Arms head on. Because Samlesbury Hall was so near, the area was popular with walkers and day trippers in the post-war years.

In late morning sunshine, the boys of the village head for the newsagents, possibly to collect their wages for the daily delivery run.

A freight train pulled by a steam locomotive is seen heading north across the viaduct towards Buxton.