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Ventnor transformed itself from an obscure fishing hamlet to a fashionable watering place during the last half of the 19th century.

The small, relatively unspoilt village of Fernhurst lies on the Midhurst to Haslemere road in the north-west corner of Sussex.

This picturesque quarter of Tetbury leads from the north-east corner of the Chipping to a triangular green with a splendid copper beech tree.

Market Place is now known as Hutton Road, but the row of shops shown here is easily recognisable today.

Here we see a New Forest glade under the shade of the famous King and Queen Oaks.

Fordingbridge is now a busy market town, though in former days it was an important industrial centre, renowned for the manufacture of sailcloth and canvas.

The circular object at the top of the sign represents a torc or neck ornament.

Looking at this lonely stretch of coast, with its wild headlands and deserted coves, it is easy to understand why so many local people engaged in smuggling as well as fishing.

Charminster parish straddles the little River Cerne to the north-west of Dorchester.

The hilltop town of Shaftesbury began its existence during the Iron Age, but it became important when King Alfred founded an abbey here and installed his daughter as abbess.

The narrow street of Petty Cury runs between Market Hill and Sidney Street.

Alderholt's mill was probably established in medieval times, though the present building is a hotchpotch of later architectural styles.

One of the prettiest villages in Dorset, Okeford Fitzpaine seems to have hardly changed since this photograph was taken nearly half a century ago.

High Street c1955 The water pump on the corner of the green is dated 1897 - the year of Queen Victoria's jubilee - when Newick was still a small village.

Once one of the must-be-seen locations in the area, the hotel was sold at the turn of the 20th century; it has been converted into a retirement apartment complex with a restaurant,

By 1839, the parish church of Holy Trinity was becoming a little run down.

Two little girls walk arm-in-arm across the tree-shaded ancient packhorse bridge which crosses Clapham Beck in the centre of the village.

Linton-on-Ouse is situated north-west of York in the broad Vale of York.

An excursion craft passes the weir close to Lincomb Lock, now the most northern on the river.

Sir Samuel Morton Peto, the developer of Lowestoft, built these model cottages for his estate workers.

Great Western trains thundered through Liskeard bound for Penzance, carrying travellers to within ten miles of Land's End.

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

The Cavendish can be seen here on the right. Note the absence of road markings and the apparently low volume of traffic that enables motorists to park on the bridge itself.

The narrow street of Petty Cury runs between Market Hill and Sidney Street.