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Most of the area we see is now smothered with modern housing, and the countryside cut off by the fast dual carriageway to Romney Marsh.

This view of the High Street has changed out of all recognition - though the 15th-century White Horse, a famous coaching inn in the centre of the picture, still stands, and the view is still terminated by the

Its capacious natural harbour, protected from the sea by the long spit of sand, Blakeney Point, attracted coastal trading vessels until the early years of this century.

The Parsonage Museum provides a fascinating insight into the bleak and often solitary life led by the Bronte family. Half a century ago, Ye Old Tea Shoppe was the only concession to tourism.

St Richard, whose brightly painted statue is in the niche above the double arch, was Bishop from 1245 to 1253; he was canonised by the Pope in 1262.

This old-established market town is dominated by the great pinnacled tower of its fifteenth century church, which is pleasantly situated in a square.

The pediment above features figures sculpted by Richard Westmacott, representing Commerce holding the charter of the Exchange, attended by the Lord Mayor and merchants.

Between 1854 and 1972 it was used by the Army; prior to that it was a fish- pond for the dean and chapter of Winchester Cathedral.

By the time this photograph was taken, approximately one hundred years later, it was firmly on the tourist trail.

The view on leaving Hinderwell in the direction of Easington is flanked on the left by the village school and the playground.

There were 30 fishing boats here in the middle of the 19th century, but by the end of the First World War they were nearly all gone.

There were problems caused by the tramway using an earth return for the traction current, and so the line opened using steam tram engines.

Its bricks were supposedly made from clay dug out of the Green, and the hall was originally used by the Abbots of Bury St Edmunds as a hunting lodge.

Chagford was declared one of the first Devon Stannary towns in 1305, but by the late 16th century the tin was worked out and the town turned to spinning wool.

Taken from the end of the promenade by the Bourne Arms, the scene shows the once-busy steam ferry arriving from Fleetwood across the Wyre estuary.

Set in Heysham Towers, which was formerly the home of the Knowles family, it was open from 1925 until 1972, except for a period during the war years when it was conscripted by the military

Robert de Gloucester founded a Cistercian monastery here in 1147; its grounds are now mostly occupied by the mansion house, but the choir and the chapter house remain.

Nine hundred years earlier the estate was held by the Spelman family on condition that they provided a bed for the king and hay for his horse if he visited Brockenhurst.

It is unfortunate that the impact of the design has been diluted by the use of oversized shop fascias, especially to Bennetts. The neo-Georgian North Thames Gas Board showroom is a bland intrusion.

As a relatively new town, Bournemouth was able to develop as a holiday resort unencumbered by the street pattern and buildings of an older settlement; its main purpose has always been to cater for thousands

A Danish invasion fleet arrived here in 893, commanded by the warlord Haesten. His fort seems to have been where the church was subsequently built.

Burton is considered by many to be one of the most picturesque villages in the Wirral, and it is enhanced by the wonderful panorama over the Dee Estuary to the hills of Wales.

On what is evidently a cool day, the visitors of the 1960s are nevertheless enjoying the traditions of a day by the sea - a trip round the bay and a bracing stroll to the lighthouse.

Here, one morning in 1817, the Georgian novelist Fanny Burney wandered out onto the beach and became cut off by the tide.