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Between Seaford and Eastbourne the South Downs reach the sea in spectacular style with chalk cliffs rising sheer over 500 feet from the sea.

However, the sands gradually began to engulf the station, and it was closed down in 1919.

Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

To most people, it means Stonehenge and Salisbury, or somewhere that appears on a sign as travellers rush up and down the M4 motorway, heedless of what is around them.

There was also a blacksmith down the road where there could be horses being shod, and there are no TV aerials. The village water was still probably obtained from the roadside tap on the left.

The village store is on the right halfway down the road.The scene is similar today.

There are remnants of medieval buildings in the town. For most of its history, though, it has had a quiet time, as we might guess from this photograph.

It was originally a 14th-century timber- framed house, the home of the Pakingtons, an old Roman Catholic family; there were once five avenues approaching it, but they were cut down before 1800.

The 'new' Railway Inn opened along Birkenhead Road on 1 December 1938, allowing the old inn to be pulled down and the site turned into a car park.

This photograph was taken at a time when Solva's harbour was reaching the end of its time as a working harbour - the quay with its array of small boats looks somewhat run down.

She recalled Pudding Pie Nook, thatched cottages knocked down and replaced by bungalows. In 1910 Mr Tod Hull was the oldest resident.

This photograph shows Witton Gilbert's war memorial in its original position on part of the dene on a popular and well used walk down to a bathing hole where people used to swim, and where parents brought

A steamer, with a party of sightseers on board, has just left the quay heading down river. The women cluster at the stern under parasols. A little further along on the left is Cleopatra’s Needle.

A steamer, with a party of sightseers on board, has just left the quay heading down river. The women cluster at the stern under parasols.

Vagrants have wandered the fields and lanes of Britain down the centuries. Sunject to no laws, they were the truly free people of the world.

But then, Essex people were not known for going down without a fight.

The mill ceased work in 1912, and was accidentally burnt down in 1921.

It was later burnt down, some say by a drunken Irishman who objected to the Duke's politics.

The main road leads down past Holy Trinity church, which was built in 1836. The scene is similar today but the road is very busy with motor traffic.

When the tower itself came down in about 1912, the tower building continued to be a centre for entertainment.

As we look north down St Barnabas Road, we see that the trees and houses look very new.

Frith's photographer looks south down the High Street from the Broadway.

B G Davies, 'Solicitor and Notary', have their offices on the corner, with the Cash Clothing Co and Newman's the chemist further down the road.

There was also a blacksmith down the road where there could be horses being shod, and there are no TV aerials. The village water was still probably obtained from the roadside tap on the left.