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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.

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.

The Post Office c1955 Melbury Osmond is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to the Arundell family. It stayed in their possession until about a century ago.

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').

At one time straddling the county boundary with Huntingdonshire, Everton was listed as Euretone in the Domesday 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.

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.

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

Askrigg was already prosperous when the Domesday Book was being compiled.

Domesday Book describes Fawley as Falalie or Falegia and says that Walkelin, Bishop of Winchester, held as abbey lands 'one hyde and three yardlands'.

Described in 1972 by Maxwell Fraser in his book, 'Welsh Border Country' as 'one of those perfect English towns which are unsurpassable in their friendly atmosphere and old-world charm', Ross is beautifully

Cheap rail fares and discounts at digs for block bookings boosted the holiday trade at both Blackpool and Southport.

Charlotte's novel 'Jane Eyre' is set around the area, Hathersage appearing in the book under the name of Morton.

A pavilion, described as being 'handsome and commodious' in a 1907 guide book, was added later.

It contained a reading room and a well-stocked library of over 3,000 books. Later the police station was added on the left; it was demolished to accommodate the new Horsforth library.

The Volunteer Arms remains much the same, but the charmingly named Blue Bell has fallen victim to the era of theme pubs, and is now known as Cook's Bar.

Surviving accounts books for 1458-61, 1467-68, 1476-77, 1500 and 1509 show that the Whickham mines were contributing considerable revenues to the bishop.

Looking over the village pond we see on the right a building with a black door and shutter.

When this picture was taken, the Steps had longs enjoyed a reputation as the place to go for antiques or to seek out old books.

Margaret Dobson's book 'Bradford Voices' has a picture of the pre-stressed concrete sections being lowered into place in October 1962.

Looking eastwards along the river Bure, this photograph shows a wide range of sailing and motor boats.

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.

Illuminated manuscripts, including the Book of Kells, are on display in the Colonade.

The 1921 edition of the Dunlop book recommended three St Anne's hotels as being suitable for those on motoring holidays.