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At this time, too, the Rainham Marshes shore on the Essex bank opposite had not yet been raised by landfill. But the upstream skyline is little changed today.

The Greg family lived nearby at Norcliffe Hall, which was built in the Elizabethan style.

Richard I was responsible for establishing a settlement on Portsea Island, and it was he who built the first dock at Portsmouth in the late 12th century.

The 16th-century half-timbered Manor House in Vyne Road fronts directly onto the road, so that its striking architecture, including carved bargeboards on the gables, can be studied at close quarters.

Middle Wallop is a village of at least twenty-six houses with a garage, a pub and an army airfield.

It offered garaging for automobiles, but anyone intending to stay at the King's Arms had to either to send a wire or turn up on spec, as there was no telephone.

A view north up the High Street, which bears slightly to the right. Ahead is the entrance to Surrey Street by a corner building - it still survives.

A view north up the High Street, which bears slightly to the right. Ahead is the entrance to Surrey Street by a corner building - it still survives.

A castle was first erected on Brownsea Island by Henry VIII, and was strengthened at the time of the Armada.

Sherborne Lane is shown here when the Crown and Anchor, the large building at the foot of the hill, was still open.

The Borrowdale Hotel is in one of the wildest valleys of Lakeland.

Looking to the north-east the course of the Western Cleddau can just be seen at the bottom of the picture beyond what would have been part of the Marychurch Foundry.

The changeover from sail to steam saw a resurgence in business for the port of Lowestoft.

A fine study of a gunnery team standing to attention at Deepcut Camp.

At the bottom is 'The House that Moved': this historic local building was in the path of a road scheme, and was carefully excavated and rolled some 400 yards to a new position.

Richard I was responsible for establishing a settlement on Portsea Island, and it was he who built the first dock at Portsmouth in the late 12th century.

Chesapeake Mill dates back to 1820 and was built by John Prior, a miller, partly of woodwork from an American warship of that name, captured by the much smaller British HMS 'Shannon' off Boston Harbour

At the time this photograph was taken, charabancs would leave the monument in Hastings each day to visit local beauty spots such as Fairlight Glen.

The Woodstock, constructed in the 1930s, continues to flourish today as it clearly did when this photograph was taken with these cars parked in the forecourt, although the frontage of the pub has since

The White Horse stands in the High Street with a car park at the rear. Note the tall, brick-built chimneys. On the grass in front of the hotel is a pump and a trough.

The Island stands at the western end of Porthmeor Beach, visible behind the ruined mine building.

These Edwardian ladies are looking at the Iron Age cemetery that was discovered here in 1900.

St Mary's, a flint building with stone dressings, was erected in 1866 from designs by A Woodyer. Lasham was not always the peaceful village it appears today.

On the right is the entrance to Leeds City station. At one time there were three railway stations in the city centre: Central, Wellington and New.