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The Belfast and County Down Railway used their Slieve Bearnagh trips to Portrush or Portaferry with cruises up Strangford Lough.

Further down on the right was the Phoenix, the scene of Hardy's poem 'The Dance at the Phoenix'.

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the river Avon 60 feet below.

At the head of the pier we can see the cliff lift, still operating today, transporting passengers from the town down to the sea front.

The delightful Temple Gardens once extended right the way down to the river.

In front of the house, gardens and pleasure grounds ran down to the river; a channel was cut from the river for private moorings.

This photograph was taken midway down the High Street.

The house is in Loanhead granite, and this photograph shows the eaves courses, designed to prevent rainwater washing down the wall and leeching out the mortar.

Judging by the way the sand is churned up, the little horse has had a few gallops up and down. The boy with his hands in his pockets seems fascinated by the animal.

The mill was powered by four patent shuttered sails, and winding was controlled by hand with an endless chain gear hanging from the rear of the cap down to the staging. Only the brick base survives.

Owned for centuries by the Aspinall family, Pendleton was an old village when the Domesday Book was compiled.

We are looking north down the High Street towards its division into East and West streets.

The Windmill pub, on the left, was a new replacement for an earlier building which had burnt down.

Trips down the river were as common then as they are today. It is regrettable that steam has given way to the internal combustion engine. Note the covered carriages waiting on shore.

As the town grew, its businesses drifted off to the main London-Colchester road. St Nicholas' was built c1330.

New houses are appearing in the distance on Smitham Downs.

We are looking down the main shopping area to the old Market Hall, which was partly demolished in 1992.

The fishing hamlet of Worbarrow (upper left), is seen here with Hill Cottage below Gold Down and Sea Cottage boathouses facing Worbarrow Bay.

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in 1934. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

This view down Whitehall shows the yet-to-be-cleaned Nelson's Column. The two buildings to the left are banks, with the modern Whitehall Theatre between the two.

Boscombe was built across a wooded chine (a wide ravine) that led down to the sea; these features are common along this coast.

Sheep on the High Street are a distant memory, but the town has managed to preserve a number of older buildings - including the 16th-century porch on the left.

Often described as the gateway to the Cotswolds, the picturesque town of Burford has changed little over the years.

This view down Market Street shows how Whittlesey has prospered in the past fifty years.