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A delightful gravestone survives in the town's churchyard commemorating Ann Cook who died in 1814: 'On a Thursday she was born, On a Thursday made a bride, On a Thursday broke her leg, And on a Thursday

The town has suffered a great deal over the centuries: it was regularly ransacked and burnt - sometimes by the Welsh, sometimes by the English. There are therefore only a few really old buildings.

In the 1920s, Sidmouth had a reputation as an up-market resort, as renowned for its climate and setting as for its sea bathing.

The clock tower dominates the main street of the West Cumberland town.

Here, the New Town swept them away, but they survive in Arundel and East Grinstead.

The town experienced rapid change and development after the railway arrived in the 19th century. The Bell Hotel was built in 1842. On the left, a chauffeur waits patiently.

Here we see the town's monument to the memory of those from Eccles who gave their lives during two world wars.

The clock tower dominates the main street of the West Cumberland town.

At the beginning of the 19th century Brading's curate was Legh Richmond, whose moral tale 'The Annals of the Poor' and other rural stories enjoyed a large readership.

At the beginning of the 19th century Brading's curate was Legh Richmond, whose moral tale 'The Annals of the Poor' and other rural stories enjoyed a large readership.

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Looking along George Street from Market Square, the timber-framed building and Ellis's were replaced in 1910 in Jacobean style by Market Chambers and a bank.

H.G.Wells and Rudyard Kipling spent their formative years locally, and Arthur Conan Doyle established a medical practice in the town in 1882.

Back in the Market Place, the photographer looks south down the High Street. Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews.

In the centre of the picture, the George and Dragon, with its quaint porch and balcony supported on brackets, was originally an old posting inn.

Michael Palladino used to go round the town with his ice-cream barrow and charged a penny for a wafer and just a halfpenny for a cup.

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon, and gets its old name of Twyneham from the Anglo Saxon, meaning 'the town between the rivers'.

With an old castle, and the River Exe running through the town, it presents plenty of opportunities for recreation.

This fine estate is about one and a half miles south of the town, on the minor road to Newbliss and Cavan. Little now remains, but the park is very popular.

Back in the Market Place, the photographer looks south down the High Street. Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews.

Every south coast town had to have its 'Steyne', copying the name from Brighton.

The hilltop town of Shaftesbury became important when King Alfred founded an abbey here, and installed his daughter as abbess.

The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one. When the railway arrived, a station was built here at Marsden.

This view was taken from almost the identical position to the 1897 photograph, and it is surprising to see how many of the previous century's buildings continued to exist with the addition of modern façades