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Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable including Sir Percy Florence Shelley, the son of the poet.

Another view of the London Road reveals the Trafford Arms on the left, an unofficial club for the gardeners who worked in the villas.

It seems as though the photographer was the centre of attention, as both ladies (left) are smiling for the camera.

At the western apex of Muster Green is the war memorial, a 7.5 ton Cornish granite slab, which was unveiled in 1921 (the same year as the church clock) - both ceremonies were performed by

Both have been saved to enhance the resort.

It is early morning in Charlbury, an Oxfordshire village on the River Evenlode. The proprietor of J L Brooks' ironmongery shop has not yet opened the shop's wrought iron entrance gate.

What it did not supply was thermal swimwear, which accounts for the lack of swimmers in the sea.

The de Barris held Manorbier for two hundred years until 1399, when it was declared forfeit to the Crown owing to Sir David de Barri having supported Richard II.

Ten years has made a tremendous difference in the appearance of both street and market day. The stalls are more tidy and professional in the goods on display.

Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

Both had the revolutionary rear hinged bonnet replacing the split bonnet.

In 1940 both river and marshes froze, so it was possible to walk the whole way to Acle. The ferry became redundant when a road was built.

Another mystery regarding Stonehenge is that many of the stones have been dressed - again there is no precedent for such work in Britain prior to Stonehenge.

The attached outbuildings are obviously well maintained, as opposed to the rather ramshackle appearance of those opposite, and this suggests a long-term occupation of the house.

Cockerham, the village, and Cockersands, the Abbey, both take their names from the River Cocker, which runs between them.

After Neville was killed in battle, another Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, lived here before becoming King Richard III.

On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

The old Catholic church became a social center; in the early days, it was both church and school.

The Wilts and Dorset Bank on the left, now the Natwest, was almost new when the picture was taken. It had entrances in both George Street and Russell Street.

The route then heads east back to the Mendips to visit another celebrated tourist attraction, Wookey Hole.

Behind the Clock Tower is another coal and coke merchant, Jeayes and Kasner - such businesses always flourish near railway stations.

It is perhaps understandable that Monmouthshire is so well known for its castles, monastic buildings and churches, but there is another side to the county -its industrial heritage.

To the right, partly hidden by trees, are the former servants' quarters. Some visitors can be seen by the central door. What is often not realised is that another wing once stood here.

Yet another town that has benefited from a by-pass, and is now rediscovering itself without constant through traffic.