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Many inns, like the White Hart (centre), originated to serve the passing trade.

Famous as a yachting centre, Hamble has long thrived on its close proximity to the river of the same name, with its shipbuilding associations, yacht clubs and marinas.

It was also a noted centre for lace-making.

The main steps to the promenade and Victoria Parade are in the centre of the picture.

The small kiosk in the centre of the picture housed the camera obscura, which reflected a view of the surrounding area into a large white dish.

This view shows the south transept (centre left), with the chapter house on the right.

The narrow entrance to the Hamoaze (hidden at centre) is easily guarded but, in times of sail, presented difficulties for the fleet if it needed to sail in a hurry and on a foul tide.

The road at the centre of the picture leads to the ruins of Creake Abbey, which lies in a beautiful setting beside the stream.

At the centre of this picture, we can see the horses of travellers whose mobile homes are among the trees.

Financial problems eventually forced its closure, and British Leyland bought it to use as a marketing centre.

Copse Cottage (centre) is one of the Grade II listed cottages which form part of what is described as 'an outstanding example of an estate village in the picturesque manner' (Department of Heritage

Further along is the Timeball Tower (centre), built to give Greenwich Mean Time to passing ships by dropping a large ball down a shaft at the top of the tower at exactly 1pm every day.

He is commemorated by the parish church of St Edward the Martyr (centre right). Oliver Vye's Lane (lower right) runs below the ruined mediaeval towers of the Outer Bailey.

West Lulworth village and Holy Trinity Church (centre) lie behind the sweep of Main Road.

The pale-coloured cottages, where a man is standing in a doorway (centre right), were pulled down to make way for the Foresters' Hall, the home of the Electric Picture Theatre and other events.

This led to School Lane, the home of the Camberley Infants and Primary Schools, which disappeared when the new town centre was constructed.

A far noisier centre was established nearby when RAF Binbrook was built during the Second World War. This was one of the many Bomber Command airfields built in Lincolnshire during those fateful days.

Wells Cathedral is reached through the 15th-century Penniless Porch (centre left), so named because beggars sheltered there.

In the centre we can see the Grapes public house, and to the right is the sign for the Sun Inn, behind which was a smithfield, or cattle market.

Warminster, on the A36 at the head of the Wylye valley, was an important market town and communication centre.

Where Heath Park Road (on the right) meets Brentwood Road and Slewins Lane (in the centre), meets Manor Avenue and Balgores Lane (on the left), is the Drill public house.

Situated on an open site between Rainham Road North and Rush Green Road, the Dagenham Civic Centre is a superb example of late-1930s civic architecture.

In the centre is a monument erected in 1813 to Lord Nelson, the first public sculpture commissioned for the city.

This view from the corner of Balgores Lane looking towards Gallows Corner shows (left centre) the Unicorn Inn.