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The castle was originally a far humbler structure than that which we can see today, but was the only one in the area not to fall when the Welsh rode against the Normans in 1094.

It is afternoon milking time, judging by the shadows, at Seatown Farm in Sea Vale Lane, which leads from Chideock to a beach beside the Anchor Inn.

The second building on the left has a sign showing it to be the office of 'The Hampshire Herald and Alton Gazette' at 9 Normandy Street.

In 1999, the pub became famous for its pet chicken, Violet, who had allegedly been pecking at the war-memorial.

This scene has hardly changed for many years; the beach at Polridmouth is still only accessible on foot.

Here, those staying in Royal Terrace or at The Royal Hotel, could walk in peace, or linger for a while on one of the benches provided.

The great breakwaters around the eastern shores of Portland entirely enclose Portland harbour.

Like the bearskin helmets of guardsmen, these ivy- clad turrets still command respect over the surrounding countryside, much as they were intended to in 1277, when the castle was rebuilt

Standing guard over the entrance to the harbour is the 447ft eminence of Hillsborough, easily defended and probably the first settlement in the area.

Known until 1933 as the Kings Arms, the Pack of Cards was built in 1626 as a town house by George Ley to celebrate a win at cards.

The round promenade pier - the last of its type - was demolished, to howls of protest, in 2001.

The imposing red sandstone ruins of the keep of Brougham Castle watch over the River Eamont. Brougham Castle was originally built by the Normans, and was strengthened by Henry II in 1170.

Shap Abbey, near the banks of the River Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540.

This photograph, taken from the east bank of the river, south of the Barley Mow pub, manages to exclude George Gilbert Scott's rather fine 1864 seven-arched brick bridge over the river.

These elevators were installed at a number of busy locks to cope with the vast numbers of small leisure boats spawned by the boating craze these views capture.

This ship was berthed at Sharpness between 1939 and 1967. During that time more than 70,000 boys aged between 14 and 17 were trained on her prior to entering the Merchant Navy.

At this time, Dymchurch was a tranquil place; it attracted the author Edith Nesbit, who wrote 'The Railway Children'. She lived in one of the two-storey terraced cottages on the right of the picture.

In this 1960s view of the top of Cheap Street can be seen the White Hart public house; the area known today as Blackmore Vale was previously called the Vale of the White Hart.

This view of the basin from its entrance lock adjacent to the Trent, shows a nearby warehouse and the Crown Inn, now the Waterfront Inn, across the water.

The sign in the centre, pointing against the flow of traffic today, indicates the A369 to Bath and Bristol - the High Street used to have two-way traffic.

This eastern section of the Strand had two-way traffic, unlike today. In 1900 work began on clearing the slums behind the buildings on the left to create the Aldwych.

The poster at the entrance advertises a military band concert, for which the bandstand on the pier was popular.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley. Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

In the early 19th century, the colliery at Brereton nearby was connected by rail to a wharf, which enabled coal to be transported along the Trent and Mersey canal.