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The withdrawal of container traffic spelt the end for Manchester, and by the early 1980s the docks had been flattened in readiness for redevelopment, both for residential and leisure purposes.

By the mid fifties it was well over 2000.

In 1946 a joint effort by the Town Trust and the J G Graves Charitable Trust secured the grounds for use as a public park. The house itself became a restaurant.

This chocolate box view has been carefully preserved by the beneficial presence of the local landowners, the Ongley and Shuttleworth families, for almost 200 years.

The ferry queue no longer blocks Fore Street - it takes the road on the right down to a large waiting area by the river.

The ancient Market Cross and village pump are watched over by the Cavendish Arms (left).

Workington, on the mouth of the River Derwent, owes its growth mainly to the coal and steel industries, but it has always been slightly overshadowed by the larger town of Whitehaven to the south.

The low transepts were renewed and restored in 1847 by TH Wyatt. Earlier masonry was used in some parts of the ashlar construction.

The gothic-style drinking fountain was presented to the town by the Honorable Mark Rolle in 1870.

The streets of Wareham match the cardinal points of the compass, having been laid out in this fashion by the Romans.

By the 1930s we see a Parade that is not so different from the one we know today.

Helped by improved fertilisers, increased yields made farming on the Downs more profitable by the end of the Victorian period; however, arable farming on the chalky downland soils remained difficult.

Longfords Lake was created in 1806 as a reservoir to feed the large nearby cloth mill run by the Playne family. Originally 15 acres in extent, it is now much silted up.

The original Saxon church may have been founded by the saint before he went abroad.

By the time this photograph was taken, Cowes was one of the most populated sites on the island.

On the outskirts of Chipping Norton lies the Victorian tweed mill, founded by the Bliss family in the 18th century for the manufacture of linsey woolseys, kersey webs, horse cloth, serges and tweeds.

We enter the church through a Galilee porch that may have been inspired by the great Galilee porch at Ely cathedral. Inside, a staircase leads up to a parish room over the porch.

The restaurant was later Il Pirata but the building has been demolished and replaced by the present travel lodge and inn known as Heathside.

Protected on the north-east by the great headland of Flamborough, there are long stretches of fine sand both north and south of the harbour.

The only vehicle visible is the fine coach parked up on the left by the tree.

White's 1860 directory listed no less than 38 fairs in the county, including Crewe, where its establishment was probably influenced by the town's extensive railway facilities, making it an ideal centre

For decades the place has been a favourite with those who like nothing better than to 'bimble around' by the waters edge.

Early this century, much of Streatley was owned by the famous Morrell brewing family.

The Devil's Dyke was a popular destination, allegedly dug by the Devil to flood the Weald.