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The original population of Newhaven was probably of Dutch and Scandinavian origin. For generations the people rarely moved out of their own community, keeping their traditions and customs alive.

This view is of East Street, looking westwards to the Town Hall (left) with the prominent frontage of William Elmes, draper and outfitters, on the other side of the road (right).

This sublime abbey, scene of many coronations down the centuries, is probably the most famous of English religious buildings, and considered the pinnacle of European Gothic architecture.

This five-arched granite structure was constructed in 1827 from the designs of John Rennie. Its excessive cost was once the talk of the city.

Portsmouth's magnificent Guildhall, one of Hampshire's stateliest civic buildings, was opened in 1890 by the Prince of Wales on behalf of his mother Queen Victoria who was said to be alarmed by the endless

This finely-composed study shows the Afon Bowydd, the road bridge, the railway bridge, the ranks of terraces of Blaenau, and the mountains beyond.

In the centre of the square the column of Sir Walter Scott dominates. The large building in the centre background is the Merchants' House, opened in 1877. Upper storeys have since been added.

Standing on the fringes of the Norfolk marshes, Blakeney like Cley, once knew busier days.

The quality of life for the inhabitants continued to improve with the provision of many fine public buildings and parks.

A view of the spire of St Michael's church, with the remains of the famous Shire Oak, which has a girth of 29 ft. Taylor's Drug Store signboard is almost as big as the shop premises.

One of the strangest rock formations in the south-west, the Cheesewring near Minions on Bodmin Moor has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries.

Torrington occupies a magnificent site on a hill above the River Torridge.

Looking northwards, we can see a good selection of 18th- century architecture; perhaps the most attractive is St Edward's House (next to the three-storey hotel) with Corinthian-topped

The Sussex coast normally has high levels of sunshine combined with a mild and equable climate.

The shingled spire of St Mary the Virgin stands out among the stunning views of this small village.

It was right on the edge of the Black Country, and it had almost the air of a rural market town.

The fine bay windows of this house have been filled in with concrete and adorned with graffiti, while other windows have been boarded up.

If there were coconut trees, you could well imagine this was a picture of a South Sea island. These colourful beach huts provide a place to change into swimwear or to have a welcome brew-up of tea.

This was taken to the left of photograph 29932, but now from the Walberswick side of the river. We can see the house with a large chimney stack in both photographs.

Bakewell Bridge has coped with ever-increasing traffic for six centuries, and remains one of the finest 14th-century town bridges in the country.

Beyond the grassy expanse lies Romsey's great Norman church, one of the most impressive in Europe and certainly the finest in Hampshire.

Wallop means 'valley of the stream,' and if we look closely we can just see the Wallop brook on the left of the road.

In the 18th century there was a boys' school in Allostock run by a minister of the Unitarian chapel; it was attended at one time by Robert Clive, the future conqueror of India.

The Church of St John the Baptist's most eccentric incumbent was the Rev William Davy (1743-1826), who printed twenty-six volumes of his 'System of Divinity' (unreadable, apparently, although you