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Austin's Library is now the Sue Ryder charity shop, Allsworth's ironmonger's, owned by Harry Hole, and immediately beyond, the Edwardian world of Martin & Triggs, Outfitters.

Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.

At low tide all that matters is the irresistible combination of a bucket and spade for digging holes and making sand castles.

Just south of Cadgwith, the Devil's Frying Pan was once a vast sea-cave before the roof collapsed, leaving this enormous blow-hole over 200 feet deep.

The Hole's Ales advertising sign on the wall has gone, and the beer being advertised on the hanging sign is now Carling.

Bore holes were sunk, and during one of these operations salt was struck at a depth of 400 ft.

Inside, above the fireplace, there are rare pigeon holes for mail.

This view into the Whitebread Hole, a combe east of Beachy Head and south of Holywell, is no longer grazed by sheep; its flat areas are manicured into football pitches.

At Fairhaven, visitors could take their exercise pulling on the oars of a rowing boat or playing 18 holes on the local golf course.

During World War II the Kings Head was a popular watering-hole for airmen based at the nearby North Weald airfield.

To the right of the cottage are crates with small holes in them; perhaps this was the home of a pigeon fancier!

Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.

The long, striped building to the left was formerly the headquarters of the Stroud Golf Club, which played on the 9-hole Rodborough Common Course.

Nearby is Culver Hole, a man-made cave in which the local prince is said to have taken refuge from marauding English troops.

The Victorians firmly established Criccieth as a rather genteel watering hole for the holidaying classes, and its architecture certainly reflects this to this day.

So perhaps it is no wonder that through history, these great holes have sometimes collapsed.

Porth Island squats in the sea opposite, and there among the pinks is a blowing hole that discharges a cloud of spray of such size and force that it can be seen from Newquay.

Westgate has many of the hallmarks of a medieval defensive work, including 'murder holes' from which heavy weights or boiling oils and molten lead might be dropped during an attack, while the slits

The George (the pub on the right) still exists, and is a popular local watering-hole.

There was also the Better Hole, opened after World War I, which became the Fort Cafe in 1937.

Last used in 1860, they have seven leg holes, which is curious.

In 1811 Sir Walter Scott purchased the Cartley Hole estate on the banks of the Tweed and changed its name to Abbotsford.

Constant removal of salt and pumping of brine from the underground salt mines left great underground holes, which then filled with water.

The Black Rabbit 1898 Overlooking the pretty Arun near Arundel, the Black Rabbit was first licensed in 1804; at that time it was a popular watering-hole for workers digging a new cut of