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The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar

This was the year that Coca Cola arrived in Kent and an outbreak of typhoid fever terrified local families. At this time the Headcorn to Tenterden railway line was opened.

We are looking east towards the Presbyterian church of 1870. On the right is the Crown and Anchor Hotel, whose landlord was Charles Quilter.

Queues wait to board this floating bridge that had run since 1836. In 1977 it was replaced by the Itchen toll bridge.

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place

This clearly shows the fine sweep of elegant buildings that lined Glentworth Bay and the hillside.

Compare this view with No O45043, and note the cottage on the right with the broad light-coloured band above the front door running across the house front. This building appears in both pictures.

Looking northwards, this photograph shows two- way traffic running the whole length of the Broadway (this is not the case today).

West of the crossroads, Church Street runs north from Frilford Road, behind the camera, to the church, glimpsed to the left of the big tree at the far end.

This view was taken across the River Stour from Middleton in Essex. The tower with its wooden spire containing five bells was restored in 1862.

This attractive cul-de-sac running north to the gates of Merstham House, where rampant lion statues guard the way, acquired its name as a joke.

This vital hub of the village was run for years by the Star family.

The Co-operative Society erected their imposing building from the river edge fronting onto the High Street up towards the National Westminster Bank; the upper floor has classical windows with carving above

Along the latter runs the wide Esplanade, with extensive views across the Bristol Channel. Here we can see an excellent array of Victorian architecture.

The Newton Green Sudbury Golf Course was established in 1907, and it had its headquarters at the Saracen's Head, visible in the distance. The course '...

Until 1935 there was a hand-pumped fire engine in the village. The school shut in 1945, and the pub disappeared in 1950.

The Crown in Lyndhurst (left) survives in the 21st century, but the street running along the front of it is very different today.

Maplesden is still running his printing works at No 1 - although it is no longer a post office - and at No 5 Gatland Bros.

On the left side of Ceylon House is the post office and to the right the grocer's and provision's shop, both run by William Lowrey. Today both businesses are in the right half of the building.

On Saturdays the rush to the seaside was catered for at Temple Meads with additional trains at 12.00 noon and 12.57pm, and an extra one from Bedminster at 2.04pm.

Gradually absorbed to become a suburb of Tunbridge Wells over the first half of the 20th century, this section of village shops and businesses along the main highway running between London and Eastbourne

Known as the village of millionaires at the turn of the century (because no less than six lived in the village), Overstrand maintained its exclusivity for many years.

A member of the local constabulary is on point duty in Lord Street.