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Many of the houses along this stretch of the cliff top have decorative balconies overlooking the sea.

In the centre of the picture is St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Royal parish church, photographed at the time when Dick Sheppard was the vicar.

The Rev Edward Peek, formerly the minister at Rousdon, retired to Lyme Regis, where he turned the stables of Poulett House into what became known as the Peek Memorial Chapel.

Many years before Wargrave grew in popularity as a riverside village, Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor, held the manor, and at that time it was known as 'Weregrave'.

According to Eric Parker, scores of visitors to Leith Hill would alight at Holmwood railway station and be taken by horse-drawn brake to the foot of the hill - the rest of the

The village is the highest in Surrey at 750ft above sea level; it is situated on the east side of Leith Hill.

The village stands at the foot of the Hog's Back close to Aldershot, but it is actually in the parish of Guildford.

The pier, one of the few surviving Victorian piers in the country, has recently undergone extensive restoration.

Many of the Morecambe Bay boats had names suggesting that they were bigger vessels, such as the 'Queen Mary' in the foreground -but she predated the Cunarder.

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

A local labourer and his dog pose obligingly for the camera on the sandy path leading from the summit of Leith Hill, at 967ft the highest point in the south-eastern counties.

We are looking back across the Wye to the village. A quay has been constructed in front of Quay House on the left, where there appears to be a good fire burning in the grate.

With a water surface of ninety acres and surrounded by open spaces, Hollingworth Lake became a popular destination for workers on their days off.

Wareham lies within earthen ramparts raised for its defence by Alfred the Great in the 9th century, for this was an important Saxon borough.

The 13th-century parish church of St Oswald is now the centre of a hectic one-way traffic system. A rare annual rush-bearing ceremony is held at the church.

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch and

This village was the hop picking 'capital' of Kent. At one time, every September hordes of workers with their families would arrive and camp out for the season.

On the canal near Bratch Locks. The canal is narrow; the maximum dimensions for watercraft are 70ft x 7ft x 3ft draught, with headroom of just 7ft, 6in.

A Hero of the Home Guard At 9pm on Tuesday 14 May 1940, Anthony Eden made a radio broadcast to the country encouraging men who were too old for active service, or who had not already been called

In the latter part of the 19th century, several colleges run by various religious denominations opened around Leeds. The Leeds Clergy school and the Roman Catholic Seminary were both opened in 1876.

Most rationing had ended by now, but you still needed sweet coupons to spend your sixpence or shilling pocket money at this thatched Post Office and general stores.

A carefully-posed study of the old lock at Chertsey, looking west, showing the lock gates partially open. This lock was replaced by the present one in 1913.

An enchanting corner of old Dorking: the photographer has captured a moment with two people standing in their respective doorways, and a cat sitting on the left looking at the bearded man.

The Church of St Saviour at Tormohun has a 14th-century tower, and the rest is 15th-century.