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The Thurne is a tributary of the Bure, winding through vast, flat landscapes of salt marsh. Many of the buildings here are perilously below sea level.

The village and salt marshes here have had an uneasy relationship over the years.

Next to Westminster Bank, Marsh`s cards and artists` shop arrived in 1925.

On the other side of the church lie the marshes of the Blyth estuary, which is why this magnificent church is known as the Queen of the Marshes.

Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'. Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

It was once known as Ramper, a high dyke built (along with the draining of Thornton Marsh) to keep back the sea.

From Winner Hill, showing the reclaimed marshes.

Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'. Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

The bay itself, an expanse of salt marsh and sand, has become the domain of ornithologists and bait diggers. The coastline of cliff, estuary, dune and marsh is now a nature reserve.

Marsh Mill, built by Bold Fleetwood Hesketh, is now the only working windmill in the Fylde. Alongside the mill was T Kirkham's blacksmith's shop; horses were brought here through Atkinson's fields.

A fine view of Marsh Street, with its fine ivy- clad buildings and chapel. Again, only horse-drawn carts can be seen and all seems quiet.

In this typical scene, a wherry sails past a disused early 19th-century drainage windmill, typical of the 200 that once turned to keep the marshes drained.

In this typical scene, a wherry sails past a disused early 19th-century drainage windmill, typical of the 200 that once turned to keep the marshes drained.

The Holme takes its name from an ancient Scandinavian word which means 'an island surrounded by marshes', but the oldest part of the house dates only from the early 17th century.

Now long-disused, this is one of many 19th-century pump mills built to lift water from the drained marshes. The mill has now lost its sails, but not its inverted boat-style cap.

Its marshes, tidal waters and mudflats are a favoured and sheltered spot for sailors and an important bird reserve.

The low-lying marshes of the Broads were drained by windpumps until the 1940s, when electric pumps took over.

Now long-disused, this is one of many 19th-century pump mills built to lift water from the drained marshes. The mill has now lost its sails, but not its inverted boat-style cap.

Glastonbury Tor once stood like an island in the surrounding marshes, and it has been linked with King Arthur's Avalon.

An evocative shot of the mid 20th-century coast, with seaside paraphernalia squeezed between the marshes and the sea.

The Hydro looks out over marshy ground occupied by cattle of Grange Marsh Farm. In 1891 the residents could enjoy whist, concerts, dancing and games, and they played billiards.

Flint and brick feature predominantly in traditional Norfolk buildings, particularly so in the pretty village of Blakeney, seen here looking down towards the marshes.

Taken east of Bassetsbury, this view looks across the mill pond (now filled in) to Marsh Green Mill, first mentioned in 1759, but probably much earlier.

Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the Weald and Romney Marsh