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By the early 1900s it was billed as 'Sussex's answer to Scotland'!

This part of the village is separated from the rest by the stream.

At the top of the street, Church Road was already bisected by the arterial road to Southend.

Crossing the river to Kingswear is the 'Dolphin', the paddle steamer which was the ferry from 1869 until she was replaced by the 'Mew' in 1908.

In 1258 it was declared a Stannary Town by Edward I, a status which allowed it a measure of autonomy, with important decisions being made by the Stannary Parliament at Crockern Tor.

The central doors, which can just be seen in this photograph, were made by the famous wood carver, Thompson of Kilburn: his signature, a mouse, is carved on the right-hand door.

By the 1950s the pier was making a loss, although it remained popular. Lack of maintenance led to its collapse in 1970.

Consider the visual impact made by the motor car in forty years by comparing the traffic, the signs, the shop fronts and the street furniture. Note the quaint petrol station on the right.

By the mid 1950s, post-war rationing was coming to an end, and local shops were once again offering a choice of goods.

Crab, lobster and crayfish pots are stacked by the door. The stream disappears into the pebbles (left) and a moderate sea is running in what is visibly unsettled weather.

The town is brimming with Georgian architecture - symmetrical red-brick buildings with large sash windows, typified by the classical facade of the Rose and Crown Hotel (the building itself is a good deal

The dunes hide St Piran's Oratory, Cornwall's famous 'lost church', built in the 7th century and covered by the sands.

The sign by the roadside advertises the sale of cream, milk and eggs for passers-by, among other things.

It was besieged in 1647 and again in 1715; on the latter occasion it was held by the chieftain's wife against the Argyll Militia.

Because the difficult alkaline downland soil yielded indifferent crops, for centuries the South Downs were vast sheepwalks; by the 18th century there were 400,000 ewes grazing between Eastbourne and Hampshire

However, it is hard to be impressed by the sterility of this brutal-looking enclosure which houses a highly intelligent animal whose native habitat is densely vegetated.

One of the earliest railway stations in England, Wolferton has a suite of royal waiting rooms that were used by the Prince of Wales and his friends.

Between 1854 and 1972 it was used by the Army; prior to that it was a fishpond for the dean and chapter of Winchester Cathedral.

Here by the bridge was the office of the Andover Coal Company.

Ahead is the glass-roofed approach to the castle from the castle's own landing stage by the twin towers.

Here from the Reading bank we look towards the 1869 iron Caversham bridge; it was demolished in 1924 to be replaced in 1926 by the present concrete one.

Milk is awaiting delivery somewhere, judging by the crate on the bike.

This ancient market town clings to the limestone bluff of a gorge carved by the River Nidd, and is famous for several reasons: it boasts the oldest woollen mill in England, Mother Shipton, a 15th-century

A bit of decorum is being practised, judging by the amount of bathing or 'dressing' tents that are set up.