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Note the beautiful weatherboarded house surrounded by the picket fence on the right. Locals sometimes call the village Lye or West?Leigh.

The toll-house across the river still stands, though the section of towpath which is visible, was removed long ago and replaced recently by a path beneath the nearest arch.

The tower was capped by a timber spire until 1802, when it was removed at the behest of Lady Kensington who feared that it would fall on her nearby house.

Immediately to the right of the inlet is the Bedford Rowing Club's clubhouse; further right, by the bridge, the Moat House 1960s tower block is mercifully out of shot.

However, the Labour group on the council objected, as they did also to the proposed sale of council houses.

On the right are the adjoining Cock Hotel and Posting House, with the latter having a milestone indicating the distance to London positioned outside the gateway to its stabling area.

The hotel was built in 1890 as a large boarding house for tourists; it was close to the sea and the golf links.

With the turret of the Chine Hotel, which served as a landmark for Channel shipping, prominent in the back- ground, the elegant row of Victorian houses along Undercliffe Road bears tribute to the enduring

After three hours only 150 men of the clan Ranald had joined him. Then Cameron of Lochiel arrived with about 700 clansmen, followed by the MacDonalds of Keppoch.

One of the great city institutions, possibly the Mansion House, is hung with swags of flowrers and garlands for the great occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession in 1897.

The holiday trade led to the development of the town, chiefly in the direction of the West Cliff, where hotels and guest houses were built.

It was originally intended for Sauvignac monks, but by 1147 it had become a Cistercian house.

However, the houses on the right would not fare so well three years later when high winds hit the coast, rendering the new sea wall completely inadequate.

The post office, shrouded in mature trees, is situated opposite the old vicarage (now a private house).

The white building was the Coastguard Station, built in 1884-1904 here on the corner of South Parade to replace the Watch House, which was on the beach. Next to the flagpole is a signalling device.

The Crown Inn had its own brewery, but it closed in 1990 and is now a private house. Some of the vats are still kept in the yard.

Beyond here is Scar House Reservoir, providing water for Bradford. During the construction a small village was established in these desolate hills dominated by Great Whernside.

Veryan, probably named after a saint with the improbable name of Symphorian, is one of the county's most beautiful villages, noted for its five round houses, built that way so that the devil could not

Parsons Street, on the right, has some large Victorian houses looking over the churchyard.

Morgans, 'Complete House Furnishers', has become the Alamo restaurant and bar.

Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.The first house known to have been built here belonged to Thomas, Lord Darcy, who was executed for

that time, Frith's photographer looks north along the main Hindhead-Farnham road towards the Crossways: this is what the main crossroads in Churt is called, and so is the pub at the right, a Courage house

Houses at Coniston Close (right) have also been rebuilt but the scene remains picturesque.

Former 'quarr houses' and stone workings (bottom left) can be seen here beside Durlston Bay (lower right) which revealed fossils of the first marsupial-type mammals that succeeded the dinosaurs.