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St Michael's at Thorn was destroyed by bombs, so this is very much an archive photograph.

Ludham is a crossroads village set on higher ground between the rivers Thurne and Ant, both tributaries of the Bure. It is at the head of its own tributary channel to the Bure, Womack Water.

These cottages are built from local limestone quarried at Chudleigh Rock and the adjacent Palace Quarry, now closed.

This jetty was only used at high tide.The view shows more of the terraces of fine houses built above the cliffs, including Royal Terrace.

Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme.

St Saviour's chapel at the east end was built between 1930 and 1932 as a First World War memorial.

There was a scheme to extend the tramway all the way to Preston via Freckleton. The only section to be built was a 1,100-yard single line from the terminus at Lytham to East Beach.

This view of this delightful building was taken from South Church Street at its junction with Church Hill, the lane to the left. Note that both road and footpath surfaces leave much to be desired.

The Victorian temperance movement was sufficiently concerned at the drunkenness of commercial travellers to set up and encourage the building of alcohol-free hotels everywhere for them.

After Old Weir Bridge the stream divides at 'The meeting of the waters'. The west channel heads round Dinish island whilst the east heads into Muckross Lake.

The pierhead, with the theatre which had replaced the old saloon, or pavilion, during the improvements of 1946, is photographed at low tide.

This woman is carrying out another of the Gower Peninsular traditional occupations, cockle picking. Note her unusual dress: loose trousers (or is it a skirt tied at her knees?) and footless socks.

The clean air which Saltburn enjoys made the town eminently suitable for convalescing from illnesses, hence the building of the impressive convalescent home shown here at the beginning of the 20th

This photograph shows Bridge Street in the centre of Caversham, at the point where it crosses the Thames.

Roman remains abound in Dorset; many were excavated in the 20th century, including an impressive Roman Villa near this old fording place at Fifehead Neville. Finds can be seen in local museums.

At this time Ormskirk was a busy little town of around 6,500 people. On market days the favourite places for a tip- ple were the Wheatsheaf, the Talbot and the King's Arms.

This view shows the shipping staithes at Bridgwater, this time downstream from the Town Bridge. Inevitably, the town is much changed now, with made-up roads, much more building - and no ships.

The Thames falls by three feet and six inches at Shiplake Lock. Alfred Tennyson was married in Shiplake church in 1850.

The fine tower at the west end of St Andrew's, built by Thomas Yogge in 1481 and now housing a peal of ten bells, used to look out over Guildhall Square, which is now a car park.

People have lived in the vicinity of Fordingbridge for millennia. Not far away at Castle Hill is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age.

The Village 1901 This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and

The Edwardian children in this picture pose for a group photograph at the road junction. To the left are Felbridge and Hazelden, and to the right is East Grinstead.

Just by way of a little more variety, Bill has been director of Birmingham's Christmas light switch-on, and directed a large performance by school children at the Millennium Dome as well

Paignton's harbour is an extension of a simple early shelter for shipping. Though not as protected as the harbour at Brixham, it maintained a fishing fleet for several centuries.