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This all changed when the harbour was built in 1829, and various mineral railway lines made their way to the town.

Two farm carts make their way down the drive, which is lined on one side with fir trees and on the other with the battlemented brick wall which is generally believed to form part of the original garden

A view looking down Belfast Lough to Carrickfergus and the harbour. The town and church can be seen inland of the castle, ranged beneath the slopes of Knockagh. A ship lies rotting by the quay.

Just one motor car heads down through the village for Liskeard along a road that is now the extremely busy A38. Note the telephone poles laden with many wires, a sight no longer seen today.

This mill had dominated the common for just over 100 years, having been brought down from Yarmouth in 1798.

Broad Street is the town's most fashionable shopping street, though the busy traffic of today prevents dogs lying down in the road!

Now on the A25, this village lies between the north downs and the Leith Hill sandstone range.

It is shown here in its former splendour, with its famous gardens that sloped down to Lough Leane.

East Cliff is a popular spot of rough grassland where the downs meet the sea. The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.

Looking down the busy, bustling high street to the Albert Memorial clock tower. Horse-drawn trams vie with the carts for the road, whilst the street is busy with shoppers.

This view looks south down the hill to the village. The churchyard is on the right, and the wooded ridge of the spur south of Dursley flows across the horizon.

This picture shifts the scene down to the beach; we are looking east to the castle and the chalk cliffs.

The Lady Chapel became ruinous in the 16th century and was pulled down.

Immaculately kept lawns sweep down to the peaceful River Cam. The scene is dominated by the breathtaking Perpendicular splendour of King's College Chapel.

Here this steamer is passing Sunny Corner on her return down the Truro River towards Malpas. Behind is Newham Quay, now much extended into a modern wharf.

A walk down High West Street from Thomas Hardy's statue will bring the visitor to the County Museum, where the novelist's study has been faithfully recreated, complete with the pens used to write each

The village of Streatley can be seen nestling between the Thames and the steep escarpment of the chalk downs, which are dotted with yews and junipers. The river is wide and shallow at this point.

Four-lane traffic thunders down the now wider Parliament Street. On the left is the Home Office, and to the right is the Red Lion pub, built in 1898 on the corner of Derby's Gate.

Note the bathing machines down by the water's edge on the extreme left.

The growth of Lowestoft in Victorian times was largely down to construction by the civil engineer Samuel Morton Peto, who lived in nearby Somerleyton Hall.

Chilham is a delightful village set high on the downs. Its pretty houses grouped around a square by the castle gates lend it a timeless air.

These sheds burnt down in about 1996. Holiday makers relaxing on the cabin cruiser in 1929 enjoyed a less crowded river than they would today.

The Simmonds fleet of buses would often work their way up and down Southgate Street.

The far end, on the corner of Downing Street, is the Colonial Office. The entire building, completed in 1875, included the Foreign Office and the India Office on the St James's Park frontage.