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Though smarter and more affluent today, much of St Mary Bourne is as it was when this photograph was taken.

Improved transport opened much of North Wales to the leisured classes, who were able to visit its grand and picturesque scenery, even in wilder and more remote locations.

As more and more injured men came back from the front, a larger hut hospital was built on the playing fields of King's and Clare Colleges, with 'open-air' wards such as this one housing the patients

As with Lytham, it was foreseen that with more residents and more visitors larger church buildings must be available. St Anne's Church, Heyhouses seated 400 people.

The trees have gone, sad to say, and the road is framed with yellow lines telling us where we can (and more often cannot) park.

It is to be hoped that these will continue to keep the church standing for another 700 years and more.

Recent residents may have had cause to be grateful to Lord Dorchester for his patriarchal act.

The miniature railway was one of the major attractions of Drusilla's and still is, though the engines are somehow less utilitarian and more convincingly based on steam locomotives - the best one

This almost deserted beach at the village of Angmering-on-Sea dramatically contrasts with the crowds at the larger and more popular resorts.

It took a number of years to carry out the process of dividing up the land, laying out roads, digging drains, planting thorn hedges, improving the land, and harvesting the crops from more and more

A post office, a shop and a hairdresser's still serve a larger and more varied community.

The Angel Hotel on the left was one of three to cater for the motorist; the others were the George and Dragon and the Brunswick.

Along with Mill Street and Jordangate, Chestergate was one of the first streets to be properly paved, and, more importantly, to be provided with surface drainage.

Here are more Essex weatherboard cottages with tiled roofs. Notice the sign for Teas and Hovis bread over one small shop.

Today's residents are more likely to commute to Sidmouth or Exeter. The rural dwellers of past times would have been amazed at the price of a property in Sidford in the 21st century.

Apart from the clothes that these three youngsters are wearing on the beach, little has changed here.

In the distance are the houses of Clapham Common South Side, some of which survive from the 18th century and more from the 19th.

On this side of the river, and pulled well clear, is evidence of boating and fishing activity. The craft closer to the water is a twin-hulled catamaran, and more likely to be used purely for pleasure.

There are more houses among the trees on the hillside.

Its ornate style contrasts with the plainer stone houses that are more characteristic of the town.

All along the Nene valley hereabouts are flooded iron ore pits, some of which have been turned into fishing or boating lakes.

South-east of Shalford, Wonersh has an old core with some fine timber-framed houses, including the 16th-century Grantley Arms pub; there are more old houses along the winding The Street, which starts

Ships of 300 to 4,000 tons lay at the fore and aft buoys in the river, while others tied up at wharves.

In grander and more prosperous days Ashburton was one of the region's strategic stannary towns. Mining finally came to a halt in the 19th century.