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Bancroft was said to be one of the most beautiful streets in England by the artist F L Griggs in the 1890s, and it still shows a certain charm. The building in the distance stands at Moss's Corner.

Dawlish began as two discreet hamlets, one inland by the parish church and another on the seashore, but quickly grew as the first visitors arrived to holiday in the late 18th century.

The tall building on the right was refronted about 1920 and Henry Chilton was replaced by the 1930s Midland Bank, stone faced and Moderne, now the HSBc bank.

The Russells became earls and later dukes of Bedford and, although they had moved their seat to Woburn Abbey by the 18th century, the dukes continued to be buried in St Peter's Church in

convalescent home for children suffering from hip disease was built in 1902-03 and dedicated in the name of Queen Alexandra, and is seen here with some of its young patients a year after its official opening by the

In 1275 the abbey owed over £6,000 and was bailed out by the Jewish bankers in York.

photographer was looking from the east end of Scott's 1864 bridge towards the ridge descending to the flatter land of Burcott and Berinsfield; the east part of the village is hidden by the

It is built on land owned by the Urban District Council and on land adjacent to the main offices of the council at Oaklands, the former home of Sir James Bradford.

This view shows how much more traffic there was by the 1960s, and a 'No Entry' sign to King Street. A van in the square belongs to Lawrence's, a radio and television dealer.

In May 1544, the palace was badly damaged when it was set on fire by the Earl of Hertford's troops.

The Cliff Hotel 1908 The Cliff Hotel, recommended by the Cycle Touring Club in 1908 (their wheel symbol is mounted beside a first floor window), is now Cox's Mill Hotel; it has been extended

The old lock has long been derelict, and pleasure craft now moor by the riverside, which is separated from the cottages and village street by meadows.

Lobbying by the Duke of Devonshire and others secured borough status for Eastbourne in 1883 with George Wallis, the Duke's agent, becoming the first mayor.

On the right is what was once the most important building in the town: the Railway Institute, built by the directors of the railway.

Masked by the gate is the collegiate church of St Mary de Castro, beautiful outside, but with a dull interior.

Bridlington lies near the top of Bridlington Bay, its northern flank protected by the great headland of Flamborough some six miles distant.

In 1765 Thomas had been a member of a delegation sent by the Merchant Venturers to deliver a petition against the renewal of the Sugar Act; the government intended to use it to make the American colonies

Moving south we cross the River Ivel by the Girtford Bridge to reach the town of Sandy on the Great North Road, the A1.

Demolished in 1758, only the service range survives; it was converted into a house, which is now occupied by the estate manager of the Rothschild land around Waddesdon, Winchendon and Tythrop.

The pine by the chancel survives, but there is now a vulgar yellow conifer disrupting the view.

The Lamb pub, a late Victorian insertion, was demolished in 1974 and replaced by the present Boots, while all to the left of it went for the pallid neo-Georgian Martin's and a brutalist Waitrose

Amid scenery loved by the author Jane Austen, who was a frequent visitor here when her brother Edward Knight owned the adjoining 560-acre Godmersham Park, the River Stour flows quietly past

Arlington Row is now owned by the National Trust. In the foreground is the River Coln.

In the early-1850s, an old soldier lived in Tunstall who, because he was a veteran of Wellington's army at Waterloo, went by the name of 'Waterloo'.