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The four-storey Sundial Cottage (left), and Library Cottage next door are shown before the building of the Bay Private Hotel.

The statue of Thomas Gainsborough, the artist, was erected in front of the tower in 1913. On the left is the Bank of 1903, with columns between the windows and circular fanlights.

The rest of the village is to the south. The driver of the Triumph Herald 1200 patiently waits, with his window wound down, for his wife to post a letter and buy a newspaper.

The eastern end of Hastings beach beside the RNLI lifeboat house is known as the 'Stade'- Saxon for 'landing place'; here the fleet of about 40 fishing boats are still winched up onto the shingle.

Above a great double avenue of beech trees, which line the road from Wimborne, lies the huge hillfort of Badbury.

From Lansdown Road turn left into Camden Crescent, an ambitious project begun in 1788 on the slopes of Beacon Hill, which gave splendid views eastwards.

Horsley is one of the ancient parishes from which Nailsworth was formed in the 1890s, the others being Avening and Minchinhampton.

Here again we see a road that is now overhung with mature trees and was formerly clear of undergrowth.

Designed by Sir Aston Wenn and surmounted by a hart sculpted by Alfred Drury, it is built of Portland stone.

Since the 1930s thousands of houses have been built in Portchester. The A27 is at one end of Castle Street. From the White Hart pub to the castle there are a variety of Georgian red brick properties.

We are now on the north or Essex bank of the Thames Estuary. This rather quaint view shows the then 'up to the minute' toll booths of the newly-opened Dartford Tunnel.

Apart from the wintry ice of a semi-frozen Thames, this view from Savoy Pier shows the old Waterloo Bridge, which was designed by Sir John Rennie and completed in 1817.

Here we see another church in an attractive location near the small village of Bekesbourne, which contains 18th-century cottages and some modern housing.

Visitors enjoy the broad prospects from the pleasure gardens on the Great Orme.

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

Winchelsea is located on a sandstone rock, similar to the site of Rye, and was occupied in 1289 after Old Winchelsea was finally overwhelmed by the sea.

Initially a hamlet, the village of Barns Green dates from the Middle Ages, but grew rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries following the opening of the Mid-Sussex railway line.

Dressed in their Edwardian finery, are these strollers off to church?

Parts of this bridge may date from the 1670s, when the river was made navigable. The Borough of Thetford had the right of tolls until 1872 and was responsible for its repair until 1950.

This famous memorial, encased in iron, dates back to 1841 and marks the spot where King William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, was accidentally killed by an arrow shot by the nobleman Sir Walter

Most of the shops on either side of the inn have changed hands several times over the years. Once an inland port, Botley stands at the head of navigation on the River Hamble.

High up on the hills, this was lead mining country. Now tourists come to see the four-mile-long array of caves discovered by miners in 1858.

We can see the large boats of the 1930s, the 'Teal' and the 'Swan', each taking the name of one of the Victorian steamers, in this post-World War II scene by Bowness pier.

On the left of this photograph is a large winch: as neither Walmer nor Deal had a harbour, fishing boats had to be winched ashore. Today there is a cycle path alongside the promenade.