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The village sits high above the flood plain of the Medway. This peaceful scene shows the 14th-century five-arched ragstone bridge, which is considered by some to be the finest in the south-east.

This view shows the river at low water, again with evidence of boating. The Imperial Hotel (centre left) has just completed a major expansion programme.

In the distance on the left is the Plume of Feathers and, comparing with photograph 51329, a change can be seen.

Cobb Gate Jetty is in the foreground, dating in its present state from 1850; it is on the site of Lyme's first early medieval harbour, which was washed away on 11 November 1377 with the

About ten miles north-east of Penrith, near Staffield, pathways have been cut along the banks of the Croglin Beck where it tumbles down through the sandstone gorge it has carved on its way

There has been change here, with development on both sides of the road, though the white building in the centre and the terrace of houses remain.

Bidford-on-Avon is one of eight villages satirically described in a rhyme attributed to William Shakespeare and penned after a heavy drinking session.

GLASTONBURY, with its mysterious and atmospheric tor, is still a place of legends.

The statue of John Howard, the founder of the Howard Leagyue for Penal Reform, broods over the Sqaure - and perhaps over the irony of its location - close to the old Town Gaol that allegedly once held

Like many old towns, Stafford retains its medieval layout at its heart. At the town centre, then as now, was the Market Square, mostly lying on the east side of the main street.

Between 1900 and 1905 Vickers built Vickerstown on Walney Island, an estate to house shipyard workers.

A view from the Centre towards St Augustine's Reach. The Reach dates from the 13th century and used to extend further into the town.

Egerton stands at the edge of the Weald on a high greensand ridge. The church is 15th-century and built of Kentish ragstone, and its gargoyled tower is a landmark for miles around.

Headcorn stands on the River Beult and is a large village with a single broad, straggling street. On the right outside the George and Dragon is a motorcycle with an unusual basketwork sidecar.

Keymer is at the foot of the Downs near Hassocks. The Norman church of St Cosmos and St Damian was re-built in 1866. Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

At this time boys were often in their teens before they got a pair of long trousers. Jeans were unheard of, and the design of children's clothes had hardly changed for thirty years.

Founded in the late 1100s, St Mary's was re-roofed in oak at the beginning of the 16th century. Pictured here is the east window, three lights with quatrefoils in roundels above each one.

Between 1840 and 1885 only one new Wesleyan chapel was opened in Leeds: at Roscoe Place in 1861.

The smart white pleasure launch with the awning is a frequent sight in most of the 1920s views along the river.

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225 ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime.

The parish church of Saints Peter and Paul became famous in 1851 when the vicar discovered a series of early wall paintings hidden under whitewash.

High Street 1903 The graceful sweep of the narrow High Street provides the setting for some splendid Victorian shop fronts, with H.

A bustling shopping scene of the early fifties, taken when the row of shops was fairly new. Many of these now await new lessees, but the surmounting clock and its cupola are still present.

Prince Charles Edward Stuart landed at Glenfinnan on 19 August 1745. Here, with a few loyal retainers, Prince Charles waited for the clans.