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Its development in the early 1870s was facilitated by the Sutton Water Company, which was founded in 1864.

As one of four major thoroughfares leading to the Town Centre, and formerly called Tower Hill, Manchester Street's importance was typified by the presence of many privately-owned shops and businesses and

This five-storey, L-plan tower-house was built by the Earl of Mar in 1628. It was here in August 1714 that a so-called hunt was assembled by John Erskine, sixth Earl of Mar.

Tom Walls made 'Derby Day' in 1952, and when 'Esther Waters' was filmed in 1947 the downs were populated by tin people, who were cheaper by the day than crowd extras.

This view of the ruinous west front of John Bunyan's 'Palace Beautiful' atop the 'Hill of Difficulty' shows why historians are excited by the building.

All the houses on the left have been bought by the Thomas Hickman Charity in recent years and refurbished, including the Chantry on the left, a pretty Gothick front of about 1840 with arched and hood-moulded

The legend is that the Dyke was dug by the Devil in the hope, for unspecified reasons, that the sea would rush through to flood the Weald.

All is now long gone and built over by the housing estates of East Salvington.

Water from the pump was used by the blacksmith to cool down and shrink the red-hot iron tyres he fitted to wooden wagon wheels.

It is said that it was Columba himself who caused the battle: he was accused by the High King of taking a psalter without permission, so Columba appealed to his clan for help in clearing his name, and

These, judging by the smartness of their dress (complete with pocket handkerchief), are clearly not fishermen.

It was given in 1849 by Mayor Richard Padmore and projects into the street over a site once occupied by the King's Head Inn, first mentioned in 1717.

The row on the right tells of a not-so-distant past: these are clearly old houses left behind, now forming shops and protected by the essential awning.

The workaday appearance of the street shows how it had been overtaken by the success of the resort.

The harbour, which was designed specifically for the shipment of slate, opened in 1824, and by 1836 slate arrived here by rail to be loaded onto schooners; we can see schooners moored by the harbourside

By the 1920s, many smiths had ceased to tend horses, but tended cars instead – they had made the transition from farrier to motor mechanic.

It stands on an islet, surrounded by the sea at high tide, and approached by a stone causeway.

Two railways touched the town: the North West line was followed by the famous Settle-Carlisle line in 1876.

By the end of the 18th century it had become the principal coal port in south Wales; all this from what half a century before had been little more than a few wharves.

It is very sad that many of the trees on the right were felled by the gales of 1987.

This view shows the boat station by the 1936 hump-backed bridge. Nowadays there is also an elevated monorail. All the buildings, including the distant flat-roofed chalets, survive today.

The church of St Peter and St Paul, another of the marshland churches, is located by the side of the A158 main road to Skegness - during the summer this is a very busy road indeed.

dominates the immediate street scene with its substantial angled buttresses and crocketted finials; these are not 15th-century, but were added in 1832, after the collapse of the original tower, by the

Modernisation took place in 1955, financed by the Colfox Trust, when the number of units was increased to six.