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Barnwood is mentioned in the Domesday Book, at which time it was owned by St Peter's Abbey in Gloucester.

Milford on Sea's church, along with the one at Brockenhurst, was a survivor of the forest clearances and receives a mention in the Domesday Book.

Domesday Book calls the settlement here Linhest.

One of the movement's organisers was Thomas Cook, founder of the famous travel agents.

Back in the Market Place, the photographer looks south down the High Street. Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews.

Taken 40 years after the prison was built, this is one of the earliest views in the book.

At the time of Domesday Book, this part of Worcestershire was described as a 'wilderness', with 'numerous and vast thickets'.

Taken 40 years after the prison was built, this is one of the earliest views in the book.

Back in the Market Place, the photographer looks south down the High Street. Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews.

While Salcombe is an old settlement - its name derives from Saltercombe, a reference to the saltings that are recorded in the Domesday Book - Holy Trinity Church is a relatively recent addition, dating

The merry-go-round of high street names continues into the sixties: Hepworths is now David Parrish, men's outfitters, while next door Oliver's is now a book shop, although it retains its golden boot outside

The merry-go-round of high street names continues into the sixties: Hepworths is now David Parrish, men's outfitters, while next door Oliver's is now a book shop, although it retains its golden boot outside

The Institute was originally the local reading room, where people came to read books and newspapers. It was the first place of adult education in Grange.

John Shore's shored-up grocery-store is here advertising Spratt's Dog & Bird Foods, Player's, Nevill's Bread, and Oxo ('For Cooking & Drinking').

Its interior has a lot of painting but is otherwise plain and uninspiring, according to Nikolaus Pevsner in his book on Berkshire buildings.

One of the movement's organisers was Thomas Cook, founder of the famous travel agents.

Mary Ann is better known to us as the writer George Eliot; in many of her books she wrote about the rural and industrialised Midlands.

Council's Commemorative Plaques Attached to a number of buildings in the town are circular Westmoreland green slate plaques erected by the council; they are carved by the nationally renowned Martin Cook

Unlike the other villages that are mentioned in this book, Balcombe has a railway station, and it has undergone a considerable change since this photograph, though some buildings are still

Designed by James Gibbs and completed in 1749, the Radcliffe Camera was paid for by a bequest from John Radcliffe, and originally housed a collection of books provided by him.

This book takes us to a failed spa, a Pierrot show, and a water-tower named after an elephant. It incorporates turn-of-the- century markets and 1950s beaches.

According to Domesday Book, Ringwood's mill was quite profitable, paying 22s in revenue.

University books were printed here in the 17th century.

On the right-hand corner with Dalton Road is Saxone Shoes, now Thomas Cook.