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A newer Shanklin grew up along the seashore to cater for the demands of both visitors and those who came to settle.

This was mined locally both at Saltwick and Sandsend, and provided welcome employment for the local menfolk. The seams have been exhausted, and the cliffs remain a favourite haunt of seabirds.

Up the hill towards one of Chalfont St Peter's commons, Gold Hill, Tudor-style shops and flats were built on the north side of the road in 1922, called Market Place and decked out with fake

Back in the village, opposite the Effingham Golf Club (whose club house is another stucco 19th- century house, Effingham House), is St Teresa's Preparatory School; it occupies Grove House, an elegant

Heading back north, we cross the River Yeo and reach Somerton, another medieval market town, this time on a ridge in the Polden Hills and on the south bank of the River Cary, which weaves through the

The High Street runs parallel to the north wall of the Abbey precinct and has a good range of Georgian and early 19th-century two- and three-storey houses.

On the left is a small shop, now an accountants' office. The pillar box is now further down the High Street. In the foreground are Nos 1 and 2 Debden Road.

Further west, on the Stony Stratford to Northampton road, is another Yardley.

Here we see yet another of the beautiful Lincolnshire windmills; this one was built in 1813. Again it is in the Lincolnshire style, with an ogee cap and five sails.

Less well known is the painting on the ceiling above the altar showing Kettledrum, a famous racehorse and winner of the 1861 Derby. Owned by the Townley family, Kettledrum was reared at Stud Farm.

Downham is another example of a village which was tightly controlled by the lords of the manor, who refused to let industry into the village.

Brotton is another settlement with an ancient history; it was also seriously influenced by the ironstone industry at a later date.

It was the second Anglican church in the town and is situated high on the moor side of town.

Seen here from beyond the River Parrett, it once had a castle; now it is crowned by the altered medieval tower of St Michael's church, another example of this dedication on a hill site.

At the right in both views is Temple Island, the start of the course, with its gar- den temple by James Wyatt, erected in 1771 as a fishing lodge for Sambrook Freeman of Fawley Court.

To the left is the Queen's Hotel with its central flag-poled turret. Built in 1864, it replaced a much older hotel, itself a replacement for an inn, the Antelope, which existed here in 1538.

Now a tree-clad hilltop fort, this is another example of the many forts built by the Iron Age people. To date it has never been excavated.

The first stone bridge over the Wharfe was constructed in 1233; the bridge we see today was widened in 1826 to cope with the increase in livestock traffic to the town market.

He was close to both Henry V and Henry VI, and was responsible for the building of many fine churches; he also suppressed Jack Cade's Kentish rebellion after his appointment as Chancellor

The last of the transatlantic paddle-liners, Cunard's 'Scotia', was finally withdrawn in September 1875, while the last transpacific paddler managed to linger on for another six years.

By the end of the 19th century, New Street was both the principal business street in the town and the best for shopping and entertainment.This view is from Paradise Street.

While boys and girls are taught separately, the educational organisation for both is similar, with Junior, Lower and Middle Schools and a Sixth Form.

Cenarth, on the Teifi, is set in a spectacular gorge with a number of waterfalls, and is famous as one of the last places in Britain where licensed coracles were used, both for salmon fishing and (as we

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed. The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle.