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Brotton is another settlement with an ancient history; it was also seriously influenced by the ironstone industry at a later date.

Less well known is the painting on the ceiling above the altar showing Kettledrum, a famous racehorse and winner of the 1861 Derby. Owned by the Townley family, Kettledrum was reared at Stud Farm.

Downham is another example of a village which was tightly controlled by the lords of the manor, who refused to let industry into the village.

The 18th-century Worth Abbey is on the site of a town house called Paddockhurst. It is now run by the Benedictine Order as a monastery and public school.

Not only were rowing boats, racing skiffs and dinghies a common sight, but there was even a time when the lake had its own paddle steamer.

The South Cliff Tramway offered an alternative means of escape from the beach to the Esplanade; the other way up was by the 224 steps cutting through the Spa Gardens.

Not only Chesterfield in Derbyshire has a crooked spire. Theirs may be more famous, but St Peter's has quite a pronounced twist.

Continuing north, away from the sea, we reach Southend Airport. This was used during both World Wars. By the early 1960s journeys to the Continent were becoming increasingly popular.

The Norfolk wherry was designed to sail exceptionally close to the wind, as tacking can be a hazardous if not impossible job in these narrow waterways.

Here we see another busy beach view in 'The Empress of Watering Places' with many umbrellas protecting ladies from the summer sun.

Scarborough Castle, on the skyline, once stood 100 ft tall, with walls 12 ft thick; the keep was positioned in such a way so as to command the approach to the causeway leading to the castle.

At the bottom of Maidstone High Street both the Queen's Head public house, on the left, and the Rose and Crown Hotel across the road have gone; the trolleybuses also went in 1966.

Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable including Sir Percy Florence Shelley, the son of the poet.

Another view of the London Road reveals the Trafford Arms on the left, an unofficial club for the gardeners who worked in the villas.

It seems as though the photographer was the centre of attention, as both ladies (left) are smiling for the camera.

At the western apex of Muster Green is the war memorial, a 7.5 ton Cornish granite slab, which was unveiled in 1921 (the same year as the church clock) - both ceremonies were performed by

Both have been saved to enhance the resort.

It is early morning in Charlbury, an Oxfordshire village on the River Evenlode. The proprietor of J L Brooks' ironmongery shop has not yet opened the shop's wrought iron entrance gate.

What it did not supply was thermal swimwear, which accounts for the lack of swimmers in the sea.

The de Barris held Manorbier for two hundred years until 1399, when it was declared forfeit to the Crown owing to Sir David de Barri having supported Richard II.

Ten years has made a tremendous difference in the appearance of both street and market day. The stalls are more tidy and professional in the goods on display.

Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

Both had the revolutionary rear hinged bonnet replacing the split bonnet.

In 1940 both river and marshes froze, so it was possible to walk the whole way to Acle. The ferry became redundant when a road was built.