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The land has been built upon with an estate of new houses. Also in this area is the Sandy Lane Industrial Estate, near Hartlebury Common.

This village lies at the confluence of the River Anton and the Pillhill brook.

It was from here that the convicted leaders of the Chartist uprising in Newport were deported to Van Diemen`s Land in

As well as public parks and memorial gardens, Aldershot is famous for its enormous open-air swimming pool, which covers an acre and can hold a million gallons of water.

This pretty old Kentish village of Saxon vintage has a lovely green (alas, not now as rural as it looks here) surrounded by lime and chestnut trees, some grand Georgian houses and simpler homes.

On the left-hand side of the street, the building with the bay window, once the Castle Hotel and then the Co-op, is now Mackays clothing; while the premises to the right, occupied for many years by Folley's

The opening of this municipal building took place in September 1873 amid jubilant celebrations, and despite the torrential rain. The 200ft tower was modelled on the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.

A band serenades the promenaders on a hot Edwardian day. Parasols, perambulator covers and hats deflect the sun's rays.

The harbour, run by the Gweek Company, was in past centuries busy with ships from Holland, Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia, loading and discharging cargoes of coal, timber, grain and stone

We are a few yards downstream from the view pictured above, and the people on the bridge have been replaced by a lady. There is a horse-drawn farm implement to the right of shot.

Bedford School celebrated 450 years of independent education in 2002.

Even though there are no leaves on the trees, Lord Street is still busy; as at Blackpool, trippers visit all year round.

Situated on the high road between Cowes and Ryde, Binstead has views across the Solent to Spithead.

The apparently unusually sharp incline of the launching ramp serving the lifeboat helped a speedy departure from the housing.

As a seaside town, Budleigh has developed almost entirely since the beginning of the eighteenth century. It was known as Saltre in 1210, and had become Salterne by 1405.

As well as public parks and memorial gardens, Aldershot is famous for its enormous open-air swimming pool, which covers an acre and can hold a million gallons of water.

Jesus Lock is the limit of navigation on the River Cam for powered craft.

The harbour was at that time still the preserve of local fishermen, but today the area is monopolised by pleasure craft and luxury yachts.

William of Orange, whose statue looks away from the sea and towards England, landed at Brixham on 5 November 1688 to depose the Catholic King James II and to herald 'a glorious revolution'.

Details of capitals and moulded arches suggest a 14th-century origin.

At the time of this scene, the building would have been tenements. The children on the steps seem fascinated by the photographer.

In 1634, Charles I attempted to re-establish the Scottish Episcopal Church, and St Giles's was for a short period elevated to the status of a cathedral.

He was immortalised as Jingling Geordie in Walter Scott's 'Fortunes of Nigel'.

They were designed by Sydney Smith, Rector of Foston, and built in the 1820s after the site had been purchased by the County Committee for use as a gaol.