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From the beginning, Henley's prosperity depended on communications. Timber, stone, corn and malt were transported from here to London by river.

All along the coastal belt, but rarely extending more than a few miles inland, rounded beach flints or cobbles were used for walls and every type of building.

This was a year that saw another important step in establishing Dover as one of the world's busiest ports.

So much so, that, in the 1870s, Fathers Perry and Sidgreaves were charged with making official observations of eclipses and other important events including a transit of Venus.

P G Wodehouse lived in Emsworth between 1904 and 1913, and based many of his locations and characters on local places and people.

The deep inlet of Boscastle Harbour is one of the few safe anchorages on this exposed coast.

'in this town is a great plenty of cherries, particularly a wild cherry that Mr John Evelyn tells me, it makes a most excellent wine, little inferior to the best French claret, and keeps longer; and

'in this town is a great plenty of cherries, particularly a wild cherry that Mr John Evelyn tells me, it makes a most excellent wine, little inferior to the best French claret, and keeps longer; and

Church Street is so named because it lies next to the church yard of 'the most magnificent parish church in England'.

The church of St Andrew with its distinctive wooden spire was restored in 1862. The south aisle with its square-headed windows was rebuilt in 1887 by a bequest of William King.

St Laurence's Church is just below the hill and the steeple of Trinity Methodist Church in the distance indicates the position of High Street.

Dedicated to St John the Evangelist, the main part of the church was built at the Parkers` expense at the end of the 18th century, but the tower is an 1840s addition by their successors the Dixons.

In the 1930s, traces of the mound covering the stones could still be traced.

Compare the detail of this photograph of the High Street with the one taken in 1906. Apart from the car having replaced the horse, little has changed.

Westgate has many of the hallmarks of a medieval defensive work, including 'murder holes' from which heavy weights or boiling oils and molten lead might be dropped during an attack, while the slits

The rocks looking out over the Leven estuary are at an angle, which was caused by pressure millions of years ago. The rocks will have been passed by all the vessels leaving Greenodd.

In 1824, Baines said that the hall was 'plain, comfortable and commodious', and that the exterior had recently been renovated with a coat of Roman cement.

The railway runs along the embankment in the centre of the picture, and the Ulverston Canal passes in front of the ironworks on its way to the Leven Estuary beyond.

Some 30 years after No 31158, above, many of the fishing boats are now powered by motors. The days of sail were really over, and the boats were either converted or replaced with new craft.

The granite and brick arched St Austell or Trenance Viaduct was completed by the Great Western Railway in the year of this photograph to replace I K Brunel's timber fan viaduct of 1858.The latter can

A pony and trap (just visible, centre) pass behind a shady haven at the crossroads junction of St Blazey Road, St Andrews Road and Middleway.

A later king, Charles II, hid here briefly during his escape from the Battle of Worcester.The heart of the village is the steep main street, lined with some splendid bow-windowed cottages.

Early visitors preferred to stay in the hotels and villas in this area, within easy walking distance of the sea.

The castle was originally ordered by Edward I, but it was finished in the custody of Reginald de Grey, Justiciar of Chester, in 1284.