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Once Gainsborough was a busy port on the river Trent, and Bridge Street runs parallel to the river.

The church of St Mary was burnt down in 1914 and rebuilt by W Fellowes Prynne.

During the Protectorate in the 17th century, the cathedral was in danger of being pulled down.

In 1796 the old tower was pulled down and a new one built, and in 1808 the main body of the church was demolished and rebuilt at a cost of £842.

These were horse-drawn and, instead of locks, used slopes called inclined planes.

The Marine Gardens below the iron railings on the left are now taken up by the Embassy Centre and the Compass Gardens, whilst the row of boarding houses on the right are converted to food and drink businesses

The little dock at Pentewan was an important shipping place for china clay after a railway was built down the valley from St Austell in 1829.

Moving down a short way we see on the left a shop that had stood empty since 1940; it was often mentioned in the local press.

The interior is unusual, being in the form of two naves, rather than nave and aisle.

Combe Martin`s early prosperity came from its lead and silver mines, which were worked from prehistoric times.

It and Hatherleigh next door were built as one building in 1903.

The interior is unusual, being in the form of two naves, rather than nave and aisle.

An artist (left) settles down to capture some of this marvellous scenery on canvas.

Inside, you could buy almost anything: there was paraffin, bacon, and butter in a glass cabinet, and sweets in glass jars.

A fine panoramic view of east Coulsdon shows the extent of the development in the late 1920s and 1930s in Marlpit Lane, Bradmore Way and neighbouring roads.

Our photographer is standing in Church Street.The early markets were held in this area of the town.The White Lion Hotel on the right is still there today, and so is W D Cunliffe the grocers and bakers.Three

TO THE modern visitor, Mobberley appears to be strung out along Town Lane between Alderley and Knutsford, with at least three centres to the village.

To reach this popular bathing cove with its old inn, travellers must thread a path down a deep lane between hills bright with heather and wild flowers.

We are looking south along the High Street past the Olde Place Hotel, whose brick and flint façade disguises a 16th-century half-timbered building.

This is a view of the same street looking down the hill.

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the river Avon 60 feet below.

It says a lot for this landscape that artists of all kinds have responded to it and interpreted it in diverse ways.

A small village, built to house Parham Estate employees, Cootham is situated near to the foot of the downs.?

The hilliness of these parishes was often cited as the cause of the 'Pure Air and Good Health' lauded in the property advertisements.