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By 1897 the process of development was in full swing and, beyond the row of bathing machines, many of the new buildings gleam in the sun.

Mercer Row is a good example, and the Georgian shop window to the right survives intact.

Mercer Row is a good example, and the Georgian shop window to the right survives intact.

The small, ornate castellated building in the centre of the row of shops used to be Heswall Village Post Office, but that later moved to its present position in the building to its immediate right.

The man in the boat has maybe rowed across to pick samphire from the muddy creeks; this is a local plant, a delicacy called 'poor mans asparagus'.

This row of terraced labourers` cottages lies opposite Hilton Village Hall, previously the school, and adjacent to the maze.

This unspoiled row of 16th- and 17th-century half-timbered houses facing onto the church was built and owned mainly by small farmers and tradesmen, who formed the backbone of the rural affluent society

A large village on the northern edge of the Ashdown Forest, Forest Row was a popular place in the 14th century when the King and his Lords used it as a base for hunting.

They are mostly built of loose stones, perhaps with a layer of turf betwixt each row are covered with rushes; the produce of the Loch'.

The latter was originally named Brunswick Row by the Duke of Gloucester on 16 August 1824.

Until 1864, Clacton had simply been a row of cliffs. It was Peter Bruff, a railway engineer, who bought the land and started to develop a resort here.

The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad. The ladies' headwear is typical of the early 1930s, and short skirts were in vogue.

In 1921 Batchworth Lake, being nearest the town, was already used for recreation with rowing boats and yachts.

The tall chimney above the thatched cottage belonged to Tom Rowe's cheese factory. Run from Preston, it started business in 1930. Part of its sign can be seen just behind the vintage car.

This is red brick village Leicestershire at its best: nothing ostentatious in either the well- designed row of cottages (right) terminated by the Three Horseshoes pub, small and welcoming,

The row of four whitewashed cottages in the foreground leads up to the Vicarage Lane turning on the right; the lane crosses the river about 200 yards north of the Overflow, a weir at Waterford Marsh.

The cafe was in the former Rowing Club building of 1860.

It is sometimes almost unbelievable when we realise how much of our heritage has been destroyed during the past century.

The slipway for the launching of rowing lifeboats was blocked up and moved to the land-facing side; the small arched window marks where the old exit emerged.

Today the town is most notable for its rows of terraces winding round the valley contours. This photograph captures some of the ornate town centre architecture.

The higgledy-piggledy row of pubs, shops and dwellings has hardly changed over the years.

This unspoiled row of 16th- and 17th-century half-timbered houses facing onto the church was built and owned mainly by small farmers and tradesmen, who formed the backbone of the rural affluent society

Across the road, the row of small shops, which included Forum Cleaners & Dyers, J D Gillett & Son (seed growers) and the Covent Garden Stores, have been removed and replaced by a garden area - dedicated

Further north was the hamlet of Horley Row, with the Chequers Inn at its east end. This is now a busy road junction of the A23 and B2036 Balcombe road.