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This idyllic scene hides a darker truth: Devon fell prey to an agricultural depression in the 1880s, and grain prices fell, causing thousands of acres of hitherto cultivated land to revert to grazing.

The Victorian development of Torquay was definitely the province of the well-heeled, with sumptuous villas built along carefully contoured roads.

The Rev W H Thornton, vicar of North Bovey in the latter half of the 19th century, was initially less than impressed with his flock: 'My new parishioners were very turbulent people ... the women were awful

An auction notice on the left of the picture advertises a sale of five hundred sheets of corrugated iron and imported timber.

This view of Bamford's Main Road is largely unchanged today - the rows of semi-detached villas still line the street as it climbs up towards the parish church, hidden in the trees to the right.

The post office at Cadnam certainly has plenty of stock and a variety of advertisements. A Calor Gas stockist, the shop also boasts Brooke Bond and Walls ice cream.

Taking its name from its position downstream, this is the pretty sister of the twin Slaughters.

A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast

The village of Yapton lies between Bognor Regis and Littlehampton. Note the church's jumble of unusual angles and architectural styles.

The narrow bridge stands at the confluence of the Rivers Rother and Arun, and replaces a former Anglo-Saxon structure built of wood.

The village of Upper Beeding nestles against the hills. Confusingly, Upper Beeding is lower than its namesake Lower Beeding, which lies about 15 miles away near Horsham.

A flock of sheep block the unmade road through the Winnats.

Situated to the east of Acock's Green, and four miles from the city centre,Yardley is one of the parishes absorbed by Birmingham in 1911.

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine—or monkey-puzzle tree—grows in a garden further down the hill

This part of Calne is unrecognisable now. Phelps Chambers, on the right, was demolished as part of developments in 1973.

A guide points out the white stalagmite known as the Cathedral on a tour of Stump Cross Caverns.

On the front of the building is an ancient sundial, and on the right hand side a carving of Benjamin Skutt, Mayor of Poole in 1727.

This view northwards along the Mersey shoreline towards Eastham Pier shows one of the Mersey ferries alongside.

In the late 19th century, Melton Constable was an important railway junction with locomotive and rolling stock works; it was sometimes known as the Crewe of Norfolk.

These splendid vessels were used in the drift net fishery that involved setting lengths of net just below the sea's surface.

This view shows St Ives' smallest beach bursting at the seams at a time when beach holidays were at the height of their popularity.

On the right is the clock tower of Cambridge Hall; the clock and chimes were paid for by William Atkinson.

Richmond, the capital of Swaledale, has been described as one of the most perfect market towns in England.

Perched on a steep hill, the photographer has done justice to this picturesque view just off the Heads of the Valleys Road.