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On the right we catch a glimpse of the Congregational Hall from the same era. The Ritz Cinema poster advertises 'The Four Feathers', starring John Clements and Ralph Richardson.

A ferry was first recorded as being in use here in 1323, and when the idea for a footbridge was first mooted there was a great deal of opposition.

This route is still used today, though there are plans for a bypass to the south of the town.

The parish church appears quite imposing on its elevated position.

On what is now Station Road, on the outskirts of the town, Marsh Hotel plied its trade in a position somewhat distant from the town.

Originally known simply as Cleeve, this village gained its prefix at the time when it was owned by the Bishop of Worcester.

This Victorian photograph depicts the view to the south of Storrington, looking towards the downland. The famous South Downs Way long-distance trail runs along the top.

This church in busy Marylebone Road is best seen as the climax of a vista from Regent's Park opposite. The architect was Thomas Hardwick, and work was completed in 1817.

These children are part of the post-war baby boom. Although on a busy road junction in central London, the wards had rural views thanks to the extensive Brompton Cemetery at the back.

The plaque on the wall to the right remembers Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poet, who was born in the town in 1779. The church of St Mary is the finest in Devon outside Exeter Cathedral.

Despite the fact that this part of Crewe has seen enormous development and regeneration in recent years, this view is still instantly recognisable.

This picture was taken five years after the celebrated composer Vaughan Williams visited the village of Ingrave collecting old folk songs.

William of Orange, whose statue looks away from the sea and towards England, landed at Brixham on 5 November 1688 to depose the Catholic King James II and to herald 'a glorious revolution'.

The chalk cliffs of the coast at Broadstairs show superbly in this late Victorian view, looking across Louisa Bay and Viking Bay towards the harbour, in the days before any coastal protection work

Above the second shop on the left, the wood is brown and its walls are cream; the second bay window has been removed. The fifth shop along is Boots, which now occupies three of the shop fronts.

Norton-on-Derwent lies at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds; it is famous for its pure spring waters, which were utilised by these fish hatcheries.

Robert Raikes (1735-1811) is acknowledged by many to be the founder of the Sunday school movement, having opened the first such establishment in St Catherine Street in 1780.

Now it has elegant pews and an altar with fine medieval painted panels (from St Michael-at-Pleas Church), and is the regimental chapel of the Royal Norfolk Regiment containing their flags, honour and memorials

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

Barnston appears in the Domesday Book as 'Bernestone', then held by William Fitz-Nigel, second Baron of Halton.

The architect was E A Rickards, a devotee of the baroque style.

The wooden foot bridges cross the streams to small islands that lace this part of the Ouse, where there were once mill races.

The Smith family opened the watercress beds at the end of the 19th century. Ewelme watercress was highly sought-after by purchasers from many large cities, including London and Birmingham.

It is believed that in AD43 the Romans under Emperor Claudius set up a small initial camp at Reculver because of its safe harbour.