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The settlement was once the centre of a local iron-working industry, and the white-painted Gun Inn with its swinging signboard was where John Browne, the local ironmaster, designed ordnance for the navies

Away from the boisterous life of the river, Cheyne Walk, with its narrow, balconied houses and modish shops, was a haven of gentility, dedicated to refined if somewhat Bohemian pursuits.

The prosperous town, built where the sea meets the wild heathlands of Dorset, is one of the largest on England's south coast.

Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps. The surrounding heathland is heavily used for tank training.

When the first Earl of Dorchester purchased Milton Abbey in 1752, he had the entire village dismantled, moving it further away from his new home.

Southbourne stands above the seven miles of golden beaches that attract the tourist again and again to this part of the coast; a cliff railway facilitates access to the sands.

The fishermen are carrying casks of pilchards from the harbour past one of the many quaint old cottages that make Polperro so attractive to visitors.

Here we see the view southwards along South Street, from the taxi rank (left) to the tower of St Mary's Parish Church (right of centre). This was the B3157 to West Bay and Burton Bradstock.

One of the college's more interesting pupils was Joseph Wright who had begun working at Salt's Mill, Saltaire when he was just seven years old.

The Angel Hotel was one of three hotels that catered for motorists, the others being the George and Dragon, and the Brunswick.

We leave Frimley and travel to Bisley, on the road to Guildford. The Hen and Chickens public house is to the right of the picture, with the road going towards Guildford.

The miniature railway was one of the major attractions of Drusilla's and still is, though the engines are somehow less utilitarian and more convincingly based on steam locomotives - the best one

It is fortunate that the church at Great Witley, built by Lady Foley in 1735, and decorated under the guidance of the artistic Earl of Dudley, survived the fire.

Seaforth Cottage, a neat and symmetrical Georgian Cottage ornée with rustic porch, would not look out of place on Marine Parade in Lyme Regis.

Still a mixture of residential and commercial properties, Fleet Road is nonetheless well on the way to becoming Fleet's principle shopping street.

Described by Edward Thomas the poet, as 'hunching soft' in Lutcombe Bottom, this idyllic scene below Stoner was lost to us in the late forties with the demolition of the cottage.

In this view, the Market Place shows signs of a limited amount of redevelopment.

Charlotte Bronte stayed at the vicarage of the hillside town on Hathersage in 1845; the rector Henry Nussey proposed to her but she declined him.

It stands in front of a row of pretty tile-hung buildings. In total, 107 buildings in the village are listed as having special historical and architectural interest.

'The large cellars or caves beneath the town, dug out of the sand rock, are highly curious.

In its heyday this was a huge village with shops of every description and five prosperous inns; there was even a beer house run by Matthew Austin.

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Co's 'Mona's Queen' eases out of Fleetwood on a summer sailing. During the Great War the paddler was employed on trooping duties across the Channel.

In time, the effect of heavy furniture in upstairs rooms caused the floor joists to sag, but this was counterbalanced by extending the joists over the wall beneath and adding the weight

The original inn stood on the opposite side of the road, on the south- western corner of what is now the busy Oxford road into Swindon.