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It was bought by the Duke of Wellington in 1817 and here were held glittering banquets celebrating the victory at Waterloo until his death in 1852.

There are horses pulling carts and several pedestrians, but half hidden by the newly-planted trees is an electrically-powered single-decked tram car. The tall iron posts support the power wire.

In centuries past, Rolvenden was by the sea, but it is now well inland.

In this photograph, carts are being transported across the lake by the chain-operated pulley ferry.

Much of this view looking west from the pier is now dry land occupied by the west part of Adventure Island, while Never Never Land lies amid the now much thinned trees on the right.

The oriental turrets of the mid-Victorian red-brick Methodist chapel rising above Wilson's premises on the right are an appropriate reminder that Baldock's name, bestowed by the Knights Templar in

This village scene is overlooked by the tower and spire of the church, the whole about 100 feet high and providing a landmark for sailors off the Lizard peninsula.

The Grammar School was moved to this site in the late 1920s: Thomas Hardy laid the foundation stone in October 1927, and it was opened in May 1928 by the then Prince of Wales.

Shown looking across the causeway towards Rugeley, Blithfield Reservoir is owned by the South Staffordshire Water Company which, as well as catering for leisure uses, supplies 75m gallons

The landscaping of these gardens was only completed in 1964, following the pur- chase of Linda Vista House and gardens by the council in 1960.

Curl Brothers owned the huge shop on the right of the picture, which was floodlit at night by the eight lamp posts erected on the pavement. Curls was a popular forerunner of today's department stores.

London was the banking capital of the world, and this is reflected by the bustling City scene shown here, with the imposing Bank of England in the background.

London was the banking capital of the world, and this is reflected by the bustling City scene shown here, with the imposing Bank of England in the background.

The Civic Hall was opened by the Queen in 1962 and served as a venue for social gatherings, meetings, exhibitions and amateur theatricals.

The small boy in the sternsheets of the boat being rowed by the white-bearded man in the peaked cap seems singularly unimpressed by photography, unlike the youth in the stern of the rowboat

Ancient Lostwithiel was once the capital of Cornwall, and on a slope above the town are the ruins of the 12th-century Restormel Castle, owned by the Dukes of Cornwall.

The Marine Gardens below the iron railings on the left are now taken up by the Embassy Centre and the Compass Gardens, whilst the row of boarding houses on the right are converted to food and drink businesses

Next on the list were the Caledonian, the Station and the Royal, followed by the somewhat cheaper Royal British, the Douglas and the Bedford.

It has been owned by the same family since the 1880s; conserved in working order, it is privately owned and open to visitors by appointment.

Separated from Loddon by the river Chet, the village of Chedgrave has become a desirable residential area. All Saints' Church stands solidly against the east wind which blows across the marshes.

By the Middle Ages it had became a thriving town of some importance. A market charter was granted by King John in 1204. The Market Hall in the town centre was designed by William Grumbald.

Few buildings remain untouched by the passing of the years in this sunny picture of the Market Place.

The south-west section of Chichester is dominated by the Norman cathedral, established here after 1072, when the Bishopric was moved here from Selsey.

A Lowestoft-registered fishing boat slips out to sea unnoticed by the anglers on the harbour. In the background is the imposing, if somewhat overpowering, edifice of the Grand Hotel.