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The North Channel provided a navigable stretch of water close to the head, and thus several large steamers and private yachts were able to moor here.

Also along here is the timber-framed Saracen's Head. In 1646 it was known as the King's Arms; it was here that Charles I spent his last hours of freedom before surrendering to the Scots.

Today's hospital is a vast complex on the southern outskirts of Cambridge, renowned for its special skills in dealing with head injuries.

An open top bus is heading for Lingfield, Godstone, Caterham and Croydon.

This mid-1950s photograph shows the centre of West Chiltington, with the village grocer and the Queen's Head pub seen on the right.

Many of the old buildings seen at the entrance to the pier in earlier pictures had disappeared by this time.

The Lady Chapel shows off medieval craftsmanship at its best, its roof adorned with carvings of biblical prophets, clusters of flowers and even the head of God, enveloped in clouds.

The car is starting to rear its ugly head. Otherwise much remains the same. The Dunlop shop is there, but tea-rooms have replaced the White Swan.

The broad expanse of the A24 London Road heading towards Stonecot Hill and Morden is lined with parked cars and bicycles outside the shops.

In the background a train crosses the lofty viaduct headed for the town station.

This medieval port stands at the head of the Camel estuary. Sailing ships from Bristol once plied up and down its channel and berthed at the town wharves.

A Pickfords lorry is fighting its way along the narrow street, possibly heading for the Military Tailors in the left foreground, or to the Servicemen's Hostel next door.

The head office of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, built in 1869, is now Lloyds Bank, and is just one of a row of large, impressive buildings along the northern side of the Market Square.

Newquay had a lifeboat from 1860, and a new lifeboat house and launching slip were erected on Towan Head in 1899.

Cars and a bus form a queue heading for the city centre. The flower bed depicts the logo for the York Festival.

The south aisle with its square-headed windows was rebuilt in 1887 by a bequest of William King.

A Pickfords lorry is fighting its way along the narrow street, possibly heading for the Military Tailors in the left foreground, or to the Servicemen's Hostel next door.

The smooth slopes of 3,054-ft Skiddaw dominates the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.

Northleach stands on the road from South Wales to London; it became an important coaching town, where inns such as the half-timbered Kings Head we see here provided shelter and accommodation to travellers

Lying to seaward of Poltesco, the rocky little beach of Carleon Cove had its own pilchard fleet until the 19th century, when it became the home of the Lizard Serpentine Company.

There was always a flurry of excitement and activity at the Bridge Restaurant and Tea Gardens on Nags Head Island when the pleasure boats arrived, especially during the summer.

Botley, once a small inland port, stands at the head of navigation on the River Hamble, and barges travelled upstream for corn, coal and timber until the early 20th century.

There is the Sugar Loaf Rock at Spanish Head, the caves at Port Soderick, and in the north east the Maughold Brooghs - a Manx Heritage site that stretches from Port e Vullen to Grob ny Strona.

However, redevelopment was about to rear its head. New retail outlets were built on the right hand side.