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Happily the façade of the old market has been kept, and is now a walkway to the High Street. Young's drapery shop next to it is now a bank.

Old England can still be found in villages like these, and even today Westleton is a delight to explore, with church and green and very particular ducks on the pond.

The cattle trough can be seen halfway up the left hand side of the photograph.

In 1901 the lady mayoress asked the Trustees if she could use the Gardens for entertainments for children from local workhouses, orphanages and charitable institutions, to celebrate the coronation

Before any building on the right, it was called Domans Meadow, and was the site of Bronco Bill's Circus in 1917. Camberley Football Club used to play there as well.

Abberley Hall is part of an estate dating back to the Norman Conquest, when King William gave it to his supporter Todeni. The present house, seen here, goes back only to 1845.

Leigh-on-Sea is high on the hill overlooking the Thames Estuary, just west of Southend.

Paddling in streams and pools on the beach was popular in Victorian times. Note the hats and long dresses.

This wild cliffscape midway between Branscombe and Beer was formed on a day in March 1790 when 10 acres of land tumbled towards the sea.

From Castle Hill we look down on the Esplanade, with the Beach Hotel in the middle distance.

This is one of the fine strong stone bridges spanning the River Ribble.

Royal Terrace with the Royal Hotel on the eastern corner can clearly be seen at the top of the cliffs. Boats are drawn up on the beach close to the promenade.

Langcliffe lies 1 mile to the north of Settle on the route towards the majestic Three Peaks. Industry in the village included candle making and paper production.

A mixture of architectural styles are on the left, including two old houses, the entrance archway to the old St Stephen's church and the south entrance to the Victoria Railway Station.

With its castle and town established by the Normans at the end of the 11th century, Ludlow was later to become a most important military base controlling the Welsh Marches (or borders).

Adderley was the scene of a feud between two local families, the Corbets and the Needhams, over fox-hunting.

The three-storey terrace of dwellings extends from No 27 to No 35.

The famous twisted spire of St Mary and All Saints leaves one in no doubt that this is Chesterfield.

Now a part of the Bass empire, Worthington dark mild and Worthington draught bitter are brewed in Cardiff.

The ornate clock on the Herbert Lewis department store building on the right is still a prominent feature of the High Street.

This view shows the High Street just before the development of the 1960s, when about 200 new houses were built off the High Street behind the trees.

This picture must have been taken from the middle of the main Huntingdon to Royston road at the junction with the road to the Offords.

On one side of the green the Baptist chapel is still active, but the Chequers pub and Lloyds Bank (right) have gone, and the old Baptist Hall is now the new health centre.

The iron bridge of c1880 replaced a medieval stone bridge. The Waveney forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, where the boys are fishing.