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The Buckland Drives, following the rim of the flatter land high up on the eastern bank of the Dart, were very popular during the 19th century.

An evocative shot of the mid 20th-century coast, with seaside paraphernalia squeezed between the marshes and the sea.

Nearby are rows of pretty cottages and ancient, timber-framed buildings with walls of wattle and daub.

The Green is now tidied up, but it retains the signpost of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

The House of Correction stood on this site until 1829. The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells.

This is what children of all ages like best: fishing about in the rock pools at low tide.

This is also known as St John's Gate and is thought to incorporate a stone arch taken from the Norman church of St John. Notice the zigzag stone work on the arch which is typical of that period.

Up School Hill, northwards from Merriott, the sign of the Three Horseshoes can be seen in the distance.

Here we see Castle Dock, with an assortment of spars and rigging dominating the view.

Millions of visitors have enjoyed the pleasures of this lake and wandered through the grounds. The bridge in the distance leads to the island on which the pagoda is located.

A girl pushes her bicycle along what was one of the great stagecoach routes of England - the London to Exeter road.

The lighthouse gave warning of a dangerous reef called The Stones that lies on the northern side of St Ives Bay.

Water and water power have had a strong influence on the development of the town, which is hardly surprising, as it stands at the confluence of three rivers, the Thames, the Coln and the Leach.

Until the construction of its bypass, most motorists sped through Charmouth on the busy road between Lyme Regis and Bridport, scarcely noticing this charming old village where Charles II hid after the

It supplied wood and charcoal to fire kilns for the manufacture of pottery or for the smelting of iron.

A market town like Aylsham supplies a wide range of services to customers in the town and in surrounding villages: here these include greetings cards, a printing service and the supply and repair of televisions

This is one of the streets in Nottingham that has a different name for each side.

The coat of arms above the High Street Gate is that of James ll.

It is a summer morning, and high tide outside the Palace of Westminster, with barges at anchor. To the left is Westminster Abbey.

The coat of arms above the North Gate is that of James ll. Parking is beginning to present a problem.

Before assuming the role of the first military town in Britain, Aldershot was no more than a pretty village comprising a church, a manor house and several farms, close to an area of open heathland.

Note the old RAC logo on the front of the Wheatsheaf Hotel. The Wheatsheaf is still trading today, though no longer as a hotel. Next door are the premises of a pastry cook and confectioner.

It was served by a branch line of the Highland Railway from Fodderty Junction. Are these girls laundresses at one of the hotels?

The departure of an excursion steamer attracts the attention of several promenaders. At this time the longest pier in the country was at Southport, but in 1897 it was eclipsed by the pier at Southend.