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Like so many little Kent villages, with its cottages and houses clustered around a small green, Saltwood epitomises the rural atmosphere of the county at the turn of the last century.

The suspension bridge across to a house on the Island is still a feature of Newquay's Towan Beach. Note the bathing machines down by the water's edge on the extreme left.

They are being loaded from the oast house onto a lorry to be taken to market.

Here carved in granite on the Victorian Town House, these indicate the age and status of the city. Only Perth and Aberdeen have the Royal Tressure of Scotland on their arms.

The serene and tranquil Lower Close is surrounded by fine houses, mostly 'Georgianised', but incorporating priory buildings.

Guest houses such as this one were once a common feature of villages; many no longer serve the same purpose.

The building in the centre of the photograph is the Six Bells public house.

In recent years this public house has become a favourite trip for tourists staying in nearby Christchurch and Bournemouth.

The winding gear and smoke-belching chimney of the colliery dominate the end of the council houses of West End Lane, New Rossington, at a time when coal was still king in South Yorkshire.

Its famous public house the Quiet Woman, whose sign once showed a headless female, is a popular halting point for walkers and motorists.

Built to an original design by Sir Christopher Wren, it is believed that Aspley House's chequered history includes a spell as an outpost of the work of the Special Operations Executive during World War

Jeremiah's Tea House (centre) used to be one of the favourite places to drive out to from Cambridge in the 1960s.

Scott owned several houses in the city: the most famous was 39 Castle Street, where he wrote many of the Waverley novels.

Before assuming the role of the first military town in Britain, Aldershot was no more than a pretty village comprising a church, a manor house and several farms, close to an area of open heathland.

Missing, of course, is the enormous Cater House - though the crane indicates that it was already more than a twinkle in the architect's eye.

The house, now a museum, has changed little over the years and includes her writing table, as well as a collection of documents and letters.

An old building dating from 1730 is still known as the barracks, a name said to derive from its use as a lodging house for lead miners.

Note the house under construction on the right-hand side.

Wetheral congregates around its spa- cious triangular village green, which is overlooked by a number of fine, large 18th-century houses.

The 16th-century thatched Plough public house with its low ceilings, exposed beams and stone flagged floor is still open today, but the post office, across the road, has closed since the time this photograph

Sydling's manor house, a possession of Winchester College, was leased to Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's favourite, in 1590.

The old Litany Desk commemorates parishioner Henry Nicholson, 'a chief musician in this House of God'.

The house looks much the same today, though it is now a conference centre. The bridge in the foreground is 18th century, built of brick rubble with a moulded parapet.

The house, now a museum, has changed little over the years and includes her writing table, as well as a collection of documents and letters.