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This photograph, taken from the tower of the Town Hall, looks down past the formal square to the buildings of Bishop Street, which include the reference library by Edward Burgess of 1904 and the former

The boat was then drawn down to the beach by horses and launched from the beach.

After this, the Pier soon fell into decay, and was later pulled down.

These were horse-drawn; but instead of using locks, the tub boats were hauled up and down inclined planes by engine to reach the different water levels.

Trees behind the Albert Clock have been cut down to improve visibility, revealing the Imperial Hotel in the process.

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes. Near the rebuilt church there is a thatched barn and an early dewpond.

Further down the lane we can see another house, also timbered - it was built in 1480.

Further down the street we can just see the sign for the Fishes public house.

The area on the left burned down in 1883, and the buildings post-date that; they include the former Free Library built in 1895, the building with the tall oriel bay windows.

Hothfield Place was the seat of the Tufton family, but was pulled down after the Second World War. In the 16th century Sir John Tufton entertained Queen Elizabeth I over two days.

It looks north over the wide, flat, formerly marshy valley of the River Arun and the Amberley Wild Brooks, and west to the narrowing valley as the river cuts through the South Downs.

The station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs, opened in 1865, and the white stuccoed house, now a builder's offices, dates from around the same time.

Further down, the river forms a pond and falls over a weir flowing to join the River Eamont. The combined waters then enter the River Eden.

Hothfield Place was the seat of the Tufton family, but was pulled down after the Second World War. In the 16th century Sir John Tufton entertained Queen Elizabeth I over two days.

Set in the heart of Broadland, it has been called 'little Venice', with soft green lawns spreading down to the water's edge.

It was here that woollen fairs and cattle markets were held, until the square became too developed; then the fairs moved down to Castlefields.

We are in a valley of the Downs near Beachy Head. The Tiger Inn is a fine building that was a barracks during the Napoleonic wars.

Looking down the High Street we can see Fosters Brothers (centre right) in a new building that replaced the Bear Hotel, one of Daventry's coaching inns.

The medieval church and Albury Park are to the east and north of the stream, and are now on the North Downs Way long-distance footpath.

This view was taken just south of the crossroads, looking down the High Street; the two pubs on the right are the Jolly Farmers and the Wheatsheaf.

Looking down Ropergate towards the Market Place, on the left we see the old Crescent Cinema (1926-1993), one of five picture palaces once in the town.

During the Civil War, he burnt the house down for fear that it might fall into Parliamentarian hands.

St Peter's Street is still as broad today as then, but it would be a brave cyclist who rode down its centre now.

But the main auditorium was not pulled down for another thirty years, when the whole site was redeveloped.