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Sidmouth began as a small fishing town with a bustling local market, but even these activities had begun to decline by the time the first visitors arrived in the late 18th century.

With four storeys and standing at sixty-three feet high, this is the tallest of the four main bars, and also the most fortified - it was a self-contained fortress.

Long the centre of the town's social and political life, the Market Square contained many inns, including the George and Dragon, the Woodman, the Red Lion and the Brown Cow.

Osmington was an ancient manor founded at the time of King Athelstan, though the church we see today is mostly Norman.

Most had two large driving wheels with a stabilizing wheel at either the front or back, or in some cases, both. Some tricycles were made to seat two people, either side by side, or in tandem.

The narrow road was just about suitable for the volume of traffic when this view was taken.

Belfast is pleasantly situated at the end of the lough that bears its name. This view looks westwards across the lough to Cave Hill, just to the north of the city.

Aberdour in the Kingdom of Fife, lying between Burntisland and Dalgety Bay, is described in the 1906 Baedeker as 'a favourite little sea-bathing place, with an old castle and the ruins of a Norman church

The village lies at the head of a small creek off the Camel estuary; this narrow lane has become the main road between Wadebridge and Padstow.

Here we see a busy scene at the height of the tourist season.

This is the original hand-rowed ferry service across the narrowest part of the Windermere at Bowness Nab.

Sad to say, the tower of All Saints' Church is not safe at present, so it is not possible to climb to the top and compare this photograph with the reality of present-day Northampton.

The south porch was removed for road widening in 1831, and is now a folly at Nowton Park.

The railway station is in the centre, to the left of the bridge. It was the final station along the scenic route from Teesside to Whitby.

At the end of the 3rd century a disastrous fire brought the Palace to an end. It was not until 1960 that the laying of a water main brought about its discovery.

A bustling street scene at the junction of Oxford Street and the Charing Cross Road.We think of advertising as a modern phenomenon.

A bustling street scene at the junction of Oxford Street and the Charing Cross Road.We think of advertising as a modern phenomenon.

A bracing walk along the promenade is part of the holiday at a seaside resort such as Penzance. Long skirts are not best suited to the wind, as we can see from these ladies passing the Queen's Hotel.

This new post office has been opened recently at the corner of Baytree Hill and Windsor Place.

The ferry boats, one of which could take a horse and cart, were rowed across to Malpas Passage, a narrow peninsula at the confluence of the Tresillian and Truro Rivers, both long branches of the Fal estuary

This attractive town of grey slate houses sits at the edge of Bodmin Moor on the banks of the Camel. A camel weathercock wittily crowns the fine Town Hall, built in 1806.

The tripod structure at the head of the creek is the base of a small wind-pump, vital to pump the salt water to the salt pans where the boiling and refining process could take place

This bridge is first recorded as 'Dertebrygg' on the Assize Rolls of 1356; since then it has been enlarged several times as traffic has grown heavier.

Crockern Tor, a mile to the north, is the site of the Devon Stannary Parliament which sat from 1305 to 1749.