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The immensely long nave has shafts and colonettes breaking its length, leading the eye up to the vaults. It is one of the masterpieces of medieval English architecture.

The immensely long nave has shafts and colonettes breaking its length, leading the eye up to the vaults. It is one of the masterpieces of medieval English architecture.

The hotels and restaurants in the High Street offered a welcome break to travellers, who could also fill up their tanks with petrol from the single petrol pump at the garage.

Tennyson's gaunt figure could often be seen walking the beach in Victorian times.

Tennyson's gaunt figure could often be seen walking the beach in Victorian times.

This photograph shows rough seas breaking over the Lower Promenade, with a fine view along the Promenade: from the right we can see the Esplanade Hotel, the Grand Pavilion, the Westward

Further along Park Street we find Lower Gordon Road; the Post Office, run by a Mr H L Love, is on the corner. The premises have since been converted into a private house.

Entry to the chasm was relatively expensive in Victorian times.

Entry to the chasm was relatively expensive in Victorian times.

The red sandstone cliffs of East Devon break into the green and pastoral valley of the River Sid; Sidmouth lines the slopes of the gap.

A scene of studied elegance outside the Imperial Hotel. Under the white tent (left) rustic chairs are provided for guests.

A visit to St Cross breaks down the barrier between past and present; it is a chance to glimpse the charitable values of medieval England—and to pause for a while from the hurry and bustle of the

The 483-seat theatre was built on the old Ilfracombe Hotel site, and was opened by the actor Joss Ackland in 1998.

Obviously, photographing children playing on the beach was a popular theme for postcard makers. On the pier beyond can be seen the cast-iron wind breaks added in 1903 and the Kursaal at the end.

The prominent structure on the top of Staddon Heights (just right of centre) is not, as local myth says, a wind- break for the golf course on the top of the Heights; it was actually constructed as a

Further along Park Street we find Lower Gordon Road; the Post Office, run by a Mr H L Love, is on the corner. The premises have since been converted into a private house.

The Fleet Dyke flows from the River Bure to South Walsham Broad. A break in the storm cloud allows the evening sun to cast shadows on the rippling water, a sight not uncommon on the Broads.

The longest seaside pier in the world, Southend's first pier lasted from 1830 to 1887. It was then replaced, and the new structure opened on 24 August 1890.

Osmington was an ancient manor founded at the time of King Athelstan, though the church we see today is mostly Norman.

The mast of a sailing barge breaks an even horizon, whilst the falling tide exposes mooring chains.

These girls look as if they are taking a break in their lunch hour, perhaps from the newly established ICI pharmaceutical laboratories in Alderley Park.

Branscombe runs down a beautiful little valley ('Brannoc's combe') to a break in the cliffs with a tiny beach.

By the 1870s, many Lancashire cotton workers received three day's unpaid holiday a year, which was tacked onto a weekend to give a five-day break.

A break in the traffic gives a clear view of the shops on the south side of Denmark Hill.