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Advertisements of the day commented that 'enterprise has converted the silent and unfrequented vale into the gay resort of fashion, and the favoured retreat of the invalid'.

Piers may have become more elaborate as the 20th century wore on, but the fundamental joy of walking above the waves never failed to appeal to human nature.

It is now the School of Law of the University of East Anglia. It is screened from the modern university buildings by dense trees.

A traffic-free view of Dale Road shows the Victorian Gothic style of the Old English Hotel (right) to good effect.

This part of Yelverton, separated from the rest of the village by the main road, goes by the curious name of Leg O'Mutton.

A tractor, without a cab for the driver, hauls its trailer through the centre of the village. The houses are mostly thatched and built of stone.

Although one of the busiest in Hay, this street is also one of the shortest. Here we have the mock-Tudor Café Royal, which was also a baker, confectioner and high-class grocer.

There are cynics who say that the remains of the castle are not worth the effort of the steep climb.

Nearby Hampton Court became the home of the Arkwright family, the well-known cotton spinning industrialists. The family were great benefactors to the village, hence the name of these almshouses.

In a curious echo of history, many of today's tourist boats leave from the site of the old pier for similar destinations, and also for cruises up the Tamar.

This is C M Davidson's sculpture of what are supposed to be a couple of Viking raiders, though they look more like characters from the Games Workshop catalogue. Max Wall would be proud of the legs.

At the height of the British Empire, the colleges took in the children of military officers and civil servants posted to far-flung corners of Queen Victoria's realm.

The ancient, ivy-covered Black Swan Hotel dominates this view of the Square at Helmsley, the attractive castle-crowned capital of the North York Moors National Park.

This, the main part of the village, is built far enough inland to be safe from the ravages of the sea.

The view shows the east side of the church, with the Beauchamp Chapel on the left. This was erected by Richard Beauchamp, Lord St Amand, Governor of the Castle, during the reign of Edward IV.

From Sheep Street the driveway to a tier of wide steps approaches the church.

The chancel ceiling of St Mary's church in Bromfield was painted in 1672. It is absolutely hideous, and yet somehow one cannot help rather liking it.

Despite looking as though it is about to topple over, the spire of St. Mary and All Saints is stable.

An enormous horse-chestnut tree dominates this photograph of a typical Broadland village: reed cutting is still carried out here.

The record of St Ives' lifeboats is an outstanding one, but has meant great sacrifice.

The statue of Queen Victoria graced the square from May 1904. A crowd of 70,000 cheered the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were also here to open the Bradford Exhibition at Lister Park.

The bank of the river Deben. Just to the right of the sailing barge is Woodbridge tide mill, the later model of a tide mill which has stood here since the early 12th century.

The tower of St Bartholomew's church dominates this view of Orford. The upper part of the tower collapsed in 1830, and it was not until the early 1960s that reconstruction began, ending in 1971.

A view of the end of the Long Range, the beautiful narrow lake between Lough Leane and the Upper Lake, which lies under the shadow of Eagle's Nest, a precipitous mountain 1,100 ft high.