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The house was built in 1751 by Samuel Greathead on the site of an Elizabethan mansion. In the 1920s domestic staff at Guy's Cliffe worked a six-and-a-half-day week.

Rowing boats offering trips around the bay, boat shops drawn up on the beach and donkey rides were some of the attractions on offer at the Island.

It is a calm summer evening, and someone is fishing. Moored at the jetty are a number of boats; on the banks are reeds, rushes and alders, good nesting places for small birds, ducks and swans.

Wroxham is at the western gateway to the Broads, and profited greatly from the late 19th-century boom in 'messing about in boats'.

Another interesting building is the Red Lion, an old coaching inn outside of which is a milepost inscribed '100 miles London'. In 1906 a night at the Red Lion would have set you back 2s 6d.

This panoramic view of Porthminster beach and St Ives was taken from near the local coastguard station. On the left of the picture pilchard boats can be seen drawn up at the top of the beach.

An ornamental lake and a bandstand may seem to be anachronistic in a rural community, but the park has been at the heart of many successful events and family outings for most of the 20th century.

On the day Queen Victoria died, the postmistress at Lee`s old post office was taking down a telegram announcing the Queen`s death when she was struck by lightning in the left eye and blinded

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

There are also plans to demolish the council flats at Rashcliffe and Southgate and, although the latter in particular are notorious eyesores, there is concern that this will lead to a further reduction

The famous statue of Daniel O'Connell (1775 - 1847), the 'Liberator', which stands at the foot of O'Connell (in those days, Sackville) Street.

The old market place is more of a grassy village green at this time. The High Street is relatively unchanged.

This view was taken from the building at the very end of Morton Crescent.

The shops displayed their wares to the elements. The traffic was slower, but the pace was more fervent. The encouragement to buy was the most important thing of the day.

The shops displayed their wares to the elements. The traffic was slower, but the pace was more fervent. The encouragement to buy was the most important thing of the day.

The sight of a man setting up a large tripod camera seemed to fascinate children: hundreds of pictures in the Frith archive seem to point to this.

Abbotts Ann takes its name from the Pillhill brook, originally the Anna or Ann stream.

Looking through the Gate in to the Close, a notice on the doors is a reminder that they are shut every night at 11pm.

Village boys stand at the edge of the pond in Horseshoe Lane, which was used for washing carts - note the floating board.

St Thomas Becket church is at the east end of Cliffe High Street, which runs west to cross the Ouse into School Hill and Lewes proper.

The river Loddon meets the Thames at Shiplake. Alexander Pope described the river thus: 'The Loddon slow, with silver alders crown'd'.

The Buckland Drives, following the rim of the flatter land high up on the eastern bank of the Dart, were very popular during the 19th century.

We are looking at the village from the end of the pier.

At 6.00pm on August Bank Holiday Monday 1908, Romilly Park Bowling Club's green opened for play.