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Now it is extremely run-down, with all the walls covered in graffiti.

At Fulking, 16th-century cottages still lie on either side of the village street that winds its way below the South Downs.

A little way down is the Gospel Hall, and three doors down a tiny hardware shop. The thatched cottages beyond have been demolished and replaced.

This village is justt below the Downs on the main road between Midhurst and Chichester. The church has a 14th-century tower, and a mural painting in the nave dated 1220.

Traditionally in the ownership of wealthy occupants, the private steps leading down to the beach still belong to these houses, except those on the extreme left.

The downs to the west of the Arun are notably more wooded than those to the east, which are remarkably open and treeless.

We have moved away from the river, and are looking down one of the main city streets; the scene nowadays has changed little.

We are looking down on the village from the site of a Roman camp. The old Roman road drops steeply down onto the green, via a bridge over the short river from Semer Water, two miles away.

Further down the Thames are the Houses of Parliament - or rather, the Palace of Westminster. This replaced the old palace, which burned down in 1834.

A fine view down the length of Union Street in the last peaceful days before the First World War.

The magnificent view down the Parade has changed little over the years. Whilst the bicycles remain a common feature, cars have vanished with city centre pedestrianisation.

Beyond this range of sea-front hotels the ground climbs gently to the Wish Tower, one of a chain of coastal fortlets from the Napoleonic Wars, and beyond that are the great cliffs and Downs of

Even as late as 1957 the 'Royal Daffodil' carried 144,000 passengers down to Margate in a ten-week period.

Epsom Downs, which had been in the ownership of the Grand Stand Association, passed to the Levy Board in July 1969.

Note the tram lines running down the middle of the street. On the left is the imposing Georgian church of All Saints, built in 1795.

Here we see the roofs of Clifton from the pleasantly wooded Downs.

Kelly's Directory for 1906 lists a South Downs Cottage, which at the time was the residence of a Mr Frederick Bernard Yahr.

This scene is a contrast with the one seven years earlier, when the town packed into the Market Place to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.

We are looking eastwards down Main Street from Chideock House (left) and what is now the Old Post Office (right). It was run by Charles Gibbs and his daughter Hilda.

Looking down from the White Horse can be seen the flat-topped Dragon's Hill where, legend has it, St George slew the Dragon; the white markings on the side are where the blood of the Dragon ran down in

We are looking down the High Street from Castle Street, where Victorian actor Sir Henry Irving was born.

From the church gate we look down Churchgate Street. On the right is the Crown Hotel, managed by William Manning.

Ferry Lane, on the so-called Pilgrims' Way, runs down to the River Wey and the site of the former ferry, which was inaugurated prior to 1377.

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs. It is amateurish in design, and the least impressive of all the Wiltshire horses.