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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.

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.

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.

This view, one of the earliest in the book, shows the east end of the cathedral with no east chapel, only ragged masonry. The Lady Chapel became ruinous in the 16th century and was pulled down.

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.

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

Domesday Book calls the settlement here Linhest.

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

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').

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.

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.

Corfe Mullen had a mill as long ago as the Domesday Book; it retained its independence until well into the 20th century, when its great neighbour Poole began to creep out towards it.

An ancient settlement whose manor, a mile inland, is mentioned in the Domesday Book, it looks completely different today. The hillside on the left is now heavily built up.

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

The story behind the bravery of these men is detailed elsewhere in this book.

It is hard to imagine that this tranquil harbour scene is only about nine miles away from the bustling, industrial scenes of Dublin Harbour seen earlier in this book.

Broadway is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was owned by the Benedictine abbey of nearby Pershore until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII.

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

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