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Originally 15 acres in extent, it is now much silted up. The bill for the original construction of the dam was £945.

Lyte was the much loved Victorian parson of the fishing town, living high above the town at Berry Head House.

Leading from the old village to the harbour beyond, this 16th-century arch, originally fitted with a portcullis and gates, was built to protect the settlement against pirates and smugglers.

Much of Puddletown was rebuilt in 1864, but the area around the church suggests the village that the young Hardy would have known.

Its building was begun in 1332 to connect Huntingdon with Godmanchester, and the respective authorities paid for three arches - note the different styles - with the builders starting on each bank and meeting

In the foreground stands the arch of the Conservative Club, with the solid brick-built Cambridge Hotel next door. The honey-pot style telegraph poles carry lines to the surrounding

However, the influence of the Roman Occupation is still much in evidence. The Devil's Highway, a Roman road, passes through the village, and two Roman milestones can still be seen locally.

The arched gate and the lodges at the entrance to Haigh Park are thought to date from c1840.

The broad High Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the

Much of the street plan was changed. One example was that Thieves Lane became Station Road.

Winchester College has owned much of Sydling for generations, ensuring a continuity of building and landscape conservation missing in so many Dorset villages.

Characterised by pointed arches and fine stonework, the old gate is also renowned for its statue of George III gazing down the High Street, dressed as a Roman and wearing a toga.

They look even more unnatural these days, as they are severely pollarded in the French style, but they would be much missed if they were removed.

The handsome Leadmill Bridge, on the Grindleford approach to Hathersage, spans the Derwent in three graceful gritstone arches.

They look even more unnatural these days, as they are severely pollarded in the French style, but they would be much missed if they were removed.

The cyclists here obviously felt sufficiently safe not to worry too much about hugging the kerb and avoiding brushes with the traffic.

The lofty 12-arched viaduct spanning the Tamar took four years to build. Since opening in 1908, it has carried the branch railway from Plymouth to Gunnislake, and formerly Callington.

Along with places like Looe, Polperro and St Ives, Mevagissey has long been a fishing port much loved by artists and visitors alike.

Like Teignmouth and Lyme Regis, Dawlish was much-loved by fashionable society during the 19th century.

The road has not been improved very much today.

Notice the horse-drawn cart and the absence of much other traffic.

Along the line is the ninety-nine-arch bridge containing 800 million bricks.

Although the register dates from around 1560, the beautiful interior of the church owes much to restoration carried out in the mid-1800s.

Fashion decreed that much of Georgian society should follow the monarch's example, creating a minor bathing resort on the edge of what had been a lonely estuary.