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In 1902 it's 'All aboard the Skylark', as a party set out in the little gaff-rigged yawl with its crew of two.

Bexhill now has the 1930s De La Warr Pavilion, an elegant concrete and glass building of great beauty.

The clock tower with its slated spire-like roof sits on the western range of the claustral buildings, above the enclosed garden to its west and the small cloister to its east.

This is a petrifying well, similar to the one at Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, where the limestone content of the spring water solidifies objects which fall into it.

This idyllic view of Saltwood Castle makes us realise just how unspoiled many rural areas were only a century ago.

This beautifully-composed and peaceful scene in a little lane shows how much life had changed in the previous century; it almost mocks Bagshot's reputation as a haunt of highwaymen, who preyed on travellers

A view of Borough Hall, Bride Street. This is a rather dull building built by J H Norris, the Borough Surveyor, in 1906.

A fine view of an early motorised 'bus, heading through Earlswood on its way to Horley, just after the First World War.

This was once a familiar sight in the farming lands of Surrey: great horses slowly pacing across the autumnal landscape with the ploughman gripping the handles to plough a straight furrow, turning the

To its right Barn Hill climbs gently north-west, a street of almost unspoilt Georgian houses.

The village of Little Ann merges with Abbotts Ann so that the two virtually form one community. The fencing on the right has been replaced by a hedgerow, and the third cottage in the row is now tiled.

This picture is taken from near St Catherine's Castle, built in 1538 by Thomas Treffry on orders from Henry VIII.

Once a village, Chandlers Ford has now been swallowed up by the suburbs of nearby Southampton and Eastleigh.

Out of town shopping and subsequently deserted high streets were still some way off in the future.

A nine-sided tower of white brick, the High Lighthouse is Harwich's most striking feature.

It was under Dr Thomas Arnold, who was headmaster from 1828 to 1842, that the face of the English public school was to change.

The Post Office and stores, now painted white, is still a lifeline in this village south-west of St Austell.

The church of St James in Stanstead Abbots contains a monument to Sir Felix Booth (1775-1850); in 1829 he set out in the 'Endeavour' to find the North-West Passage, but discovered instead

At Cheesewring, a mile or two from St Cleer, there are dozens of mysterious stone monuments on the moor. They include megalithic stone circles, standing stones and old Celtic carved crosses.

This view looks towards Park Street, and the cottages on the left are still there.

It was during this time that most of the wooden cottages and shops along Beach Road became the concrete amusements and shops we know today.

The lake provides a focal point for Batchley Estate, and has acquired a fringe of vegetation since 1955.

Paley and Austin of Lancaster were the architects. The church has three fonts.

In contrast to the impressively wide and well-built promenades to be seen in Llandudno and elsewhere, the fallen rubble wall on the left here and the submerged groynes give the impression