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Take a stroll down Church Lane and you can see that the scene on the right of this photograph has not changed at all.The little cottage on the left has been replaced by a redbrick house, and there

Now occupied by the Winter Gardens, the Fort, also known as Fort Green, stood high up on the sea cliff east of Margate Harbour where a gun battery had stood during the Napoleonic wars.

One of many millponds used by the Sussex iron industry.The ponds stored water to drive waterwheels for powering furnace blowers, forging hammers for working wrought iron, and for driving lathes for

We are looking downhill and seawards from the post office (left) and the Volunteer Arms (far right) at the Top of Town.

The equestrian statue of Charles I on the left is the square's oldest statue; the king is looking towards the spot where he was executed in Whitehall in 1649.

Weyhill is a roadside settlement of little more than a pub, a post office and the church of St Michael.

Of the latter were the 'Garth', 'Maesteg', 'Rhymney' and 'Rhondda'; they were of between 156 and 170 gross tons and belonged to the Bristol Lighterage Co (a subsidiary of Elder Dempster).

Despite the brickwork at the east end, Marton's church of St James and St Paul is one of the oldest surviving timber churches in Europe - it was founded in 1343 by Sir John de Davenport, and hence the

Vale Park was created in 1898 from the grounds of two previous estates, Liscard Vale Hall and The Woodlands.

This stretch of Evesham Road has hardly changed, except for the constant traffic.

The local sandstone is not that durable, and St Stephen's has needed more than one restoration in the course of its relatively short life.

This view shows the fen edge linear pattern of the village; here William the Conqueror and Geoffrey de Manderville made their defensive stand for the island of Ely.

Lee Tower was built at the end of the pier in 1935; it was Art Deco in style, and 120 ft tall. From the top it was possible to see right across the Solent to the Isle of Wight.

Designed by Henry Edward Kendall in 1839, and situated to the west of Cockfosters Underground station, this stock brick church was financed by the Bevan family who owned Trent Park, and whose origins were

The amount of change since 1929 is surprisingly small, although Cookes the stationer's has become Austin's.

A view of the 19th century colonnade at the Market Buildings in Earl Street. This was built in 1825.

The solid stone structure of the Midland Bank building stands at the central junction, where the main A225 to Deptford is crossed by the A25 linking Maidstone and Westerham.

To the right is a destroyer of the Reserve Fleet; in the centre is the Naval Dry Dock; and to the left is the Harwich to Hook of Holland ferry.

We are standing on Magdalene Bridge looking at the Cam.

The cows are lying down, a sure sign of rain, the old saying goes, but whether this is true or false they add a picturesque finishing touch to a watery scene.

The house, probably of the 18th century, with its mix of thatch and stone slates, fine gate piers, and a less substantial gate, masks the Boot and Shoe.

Although a seemingly idyllic view of the canal, what this picture cannot show is the stagnant state of the water, caused by silting and the rubbish thrown in by householders and businesses along the waterway

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 is another picture of Botley Square, with a good view of the Market Hall. It was built in 1848, and some fifty years later the clock turret and the Tuscan columns were added.