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This handsome crescent dates back to 1826 and was originally intended to be part of a seaside resort known as Anglesey, developed by the Marquis of Anglesey.

In the year King Edward VII cut a ribbon to launch London's first electric trams, this small town by the sea still used horses to pull its passenger-laden vehicles.

The entire churchyard, and even the paths leading to the door, are all covered with tombstones, some of which date back to the 1600s.

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career.

Ashley no longer lets 'Boats by the Week, Month or Season', nor are they 'Housed and Varnished'. This view is from The Swan pub, still in existence.

It is after World War II, and Britain is getting back into economic gear. The Pier Orchestra under Lionel Johns continues to entertain.

Here we see the Grammar School from another angle, looking from East Road back into the city.

Looking east back downhill from the junction with Bowstridge Lane, the gable on the right is the remnant of a cottage demolished to improve visibility from the lane.

Townley Hall was first opened to the people of Burnley on 20 May 1903.

We are looking north down the slope to Station Way, and the bridge which dates from the opening of the railway in 1847.

This view of Welton, looking back up the main street, has changed dramatically in recent years.

The bus advertising E A Beveridge & Co and the cars are of an earlier vintage, but the buildings still look much the same.

Standing by the gatehouse to the 'Big House'—Holker Hall—these four schoolchildren from Holker pose for the camera on a wet day.

Compton Chamberlayne is a small village, well off the beaten track near Salisbury. The tiny church stands in the grounds of the huge manor house and park, and dates back to the late 13th century.

From Wells to Blakeney, a great sand barrier holds back all but the most vicious tides. The quay at wells is now stranded a mile from the open sea.

Charmouth village stretches up the long hillside on the western side of the river Char.

When this photograph is enlarged, it is possible to make out a sign for the Fire Station on the right.

On the opposite side of the road from the parade of shops is the Ilford works, built to develop everyone`s holiday film, and with a wartime history of processing the films brought back

The main body of the church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, and was here in 1180.

This kind of view is often found in this region - 19th-century terraces sprang up to house workers in the coal and iron industries - but Kenfig has a long history dating back to the Bronze and Iron

Boroughbridge dates back to Norman times, when a bridge was constructed over the River Ure.

The first part of it - 'Michel' - is not clear, but the second part means 'water', and is a reference to the little River Dever which rises in nearby Stratton Park before meeting the Test at Wherwell.

The fountain and pond are situated at the front of the art gallery at the end of a ribbon of lawns and rose beds known as the Diamond.

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place