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The Reverend William Moreton was vicar here from 1795 to 1834. He was addicted to cock fighting, and had his own cockpit at the Church House.

The Frith archive consists of photographs taken for possible use as a postcard.

St Peter's at Formby was built in 1739 to replace the 12th-century chapel at Raven Meols which was gradually being covered over with shifting sand.

When Dick Turpin was arrested and tried it was for horse stealing, although his crimes included robbery and murder.

At the eastern extremity of the South Downs, the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse at the foot of Beachy Head warned shipping of the hazards of the chalk cliffs, which now lie under the sea.

By the end of the Victorian period, band concerts were a popular form of entertainment at most resorts.

The Reverend William Moreton was vicar here from 1795 to 1834. He was addicted to cock fighting, and had his own cockpit at the Church House.

Linked by rail to Euston, Fleetwood developed as a major port, handling passengers and cargo bound for Ireland, the Isle of Man and Glasgow.

At one time, Co-op shops stood in most towns and even some villages, this one belonging to the Society at nearby Carnforth.

The village derives its name from the fact that it was the location of Garstang's parish church, St Helen's, which lies beyond the cottages at the far end of the street.

The building on the left was Mr Lemon the vet's, and has a horse's tail hanging at the far end. To the right with the bay window is the sweet shop run by the King family until the 1980s.

Barrel Rock (centre right, with the marker post) marks the end of Bude's breakwater. The first one was destroyed in a storm in 1838 and was replaced by one designed by James Walker.

Tickenhill Manor at Bewdley was given to the Mortimer family by William the Conqueror, coming back to the Crown at the time of Edward IV.

The Station Hotel, later the Pigeon Pair and now the Kingswood Arms, now has a profusion of flowers along its frontage as well as tables and chairs outside.

Lyme Regis, seen here from the heights of Timber Hill, is situated at the westernmost end of Dorset.Walking through the fields and cliffs of Lyme the visitor can never be quite sure whether he or

Helsby Hill totally dominates all views of the village that sits below.

At this time only some 10 per cent of the county's agricultural land was in the hands of owner-occupiers; the majority was still controlled by the great estates.

A family pack up their car to go on holiday. At 46 Winchester Street, the Greyhound belonged to Simonds Brewery in Reading that owned many pubs.

This prosperous small town witnessed a day of rioting on 22 May 1822. The rioters were protesting against their starvation wages and the high levels of unemployment.

The Thames is quite wide at this point, and forms two separate streams as it flows on either side of Nags Head Island. The Nags Head Inn is the building we can see here at the end of the bridge.

The weathered steps of the ancient Market Cross at Middleham show the antiquity of this medieval township at the mouth of Wensleydale.

A pram and its occupant wait outside the tobacconists, with its impressive display of advertising signs, in this line of quaint overhung shops.

The Abbey of St Benet-at-Holm was founded in 1020 AD by King Canute.

At the beginning of the 15th century, the priory and church of St Frideswide were the main buildings on this site.