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The land behind the long-disappeared beach huts is part of the Royal North Devon Golf Club.

This was the earliest English settlement of the Knights Templar, who were given the manor in 1135. Cressing is known today for its medieval barns at nearby Cressing Temple.

Most people associate the Isle of Wight with sailing, but few think beyond major resorts such as Cowes for the activity.

Many visitors walk up to the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon. One such rambler was Thomas Hardy, who famously used the ramparts as a setting in his novel 'The Trumpet Major'.

The Guildhall (left) with its tower was built in 1881, and the Town Hall (right) was added in 1887 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

It became a girls' boarding school at the turn of the century, and is now a nursing home.

It became a girls' boarding school at the turn of the century, and is now a nursing home.

In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was 'a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter'.

Sixty years earlier the village had five inns and taverns, all of which took in paying guests; the Crown & Anchor, the Jolly Sailor, the Red Lion, The Ship, and the White Swan.

Note the traction engine and trailer on the left of the picture, up Longdene Road. Today the Dolmetsch Workshop is in King's Road, and is open to visitors by appointment.

On the left is a wall monument to Granville Piper and Richard Wise, both aldermen and mayors of Launceston in the early 18th century.

This charming area is down the river from Little Silver, close to the confluence of the river Lowman. Today, the trees have grown appreciably, forming an almost impenetrable barrier.

At some of the weirs, salmon ladders have been provided to help them ascend to their spawning grounds.

When steam-powered sawmills and mechanical production methods introduced ready-made furniture onto the market, thousands of craftsmen lost their jobs. Here, an old man re-canes a child's chair.

Although the bicycle is making a comeback in the 1990s, the sight of so many propped against the kerb and quite happily left is past.

The thatched bowls pavilion in the distanct was built in 1923; gates inot the park commemorate the parks opening by the Lord Mayor of London in October 1892.

Here we see another view of this main road.

Eaton Park, out in the western suburbs, has three avenues and rectangular ponds converging on a bandstand surrounded by circular colonnaded buildings, which were built between 1924 and 1928.

To the south of the town is remote heath and woodland.

Although best known for its castle, Framlingham's heart is Market Hill, in a town where many of the buildings are in fact made from stones removed from the castle.

Much of the land through which the Ouse idles has dropped 15 feet in level since, and is now highly fertile farmland.

At the far end of the street, dominating the picture, is Jesus Church, built in 1879 by Arthur Blomfield. He also carried out various improvements to Oundle School.

The west end of Skelton is laid out around a central green area, on which is located the war memorial.

The tent to the front of the view advertises moderate fees to consult a palmist and clairvoyant.