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After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

Later pictures show a huge wooden jetty on the far (Dittisham) side, which was used for embarking the large number of commuters for Dartmouth.

The village lies on the banks of the Oxford Canal and the river Cherwell. A bloody Civil War battle took place near here in 1644.

Martin's General Stores, on the right, also served as the local post office for this pretty village south of Frensham Ponds, which William Cobbett failed to reach one stormy night in November 1822 after

Younger fishwives did not sell fish, but helped with the cleaning and salting of the catch.

Two of Westgate's leading hotels were the Beach House Hotel on the left, and the large St Mildred's Hotel and Bathing Establishment (centre).

In living memory, convicts from the nearby prison worked a great deal of the stone.

Ducks dabble peacefully in the beck which runs through the centre of the village, while a mother proudly poses with her baby.

Margate's famous Jubilee clock tower is prominent in this picture of the beach.

Here we see the town centre, such as it was, with the municipal buildings in the centre of the picture.

Only St John the Baptist's church and a couple of houses nearby escaped from the bombs intended for the port and the railway station.

Note the absence of road markings and the caravan and bicycle parked along the street. Note also the Dulais Pharmacy, 'Gwyn Jones, Dispensing Chemist', on the right before the chapel.

It was under Dr Thomas Arnold, who was headmaster from 1828 to 1842, that the face of the English public school was to change.

This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a college in Ipswich.

The statue was later relocated to the top of Nevill Street.

Lyndhurst is known as the capital of the New Forest, with the ancient hunting ground lying all around. The town's name comes from Old English and means lime or linden wood.

Milnsbridge is now a suburb to the west of Huddersfield, and this picture shows its history as yet another typical Pennine mill town, with the imposing mill buildings filling the skyline, and the railway

Entered from Gladstone Street, North Lodge Park is the remnant of the parkland that once surrounded William Backhouse's villa.

Rowing and paddle boats were a common sight on the upper lake from the 1930s through to the 1970s.

The entrance to the Derbyshire Miners' Holiday Camp and Convalescent Home is on the right, with their gardens coming close up to the pavement.

The amount of traffic in this photograph, even for a busy day in the 1950s, shows Newport's importance as a junction and central gathering point for the entire island - with public transport heading

The Custom House was built in the Palladian style in 1683 by Henry Bell, then mayor of this thriving port.

In the background is the River Bure, which flows into the sea at Great Yarmouth, and which here is the limit of navigation for larger Broads vessels.

The Lower Promenade was built in 1934-35 at a cost of £15,000 and opened in June 1935. It is a lovely place to sit in the sun and look at the sea and chat to your friends.