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St Mary's dates from the 15th century, and stands on the site of an earlier Knights Templar house.

The Warden Bay Caravan Park also had chalets, which we can just see at the top right of the photograph. Note the 5mph speed limit sign just inside the narrow gates.

The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

This pretty house sits back away from the road, and is the Warden's house for the Girl Guides Camping Ground.

New College Entrance Gateway 1902 Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, New College includes one of the oldest quadrangles in Oxford.

The warden points to one of the city's landmarks, possibly the Ashton Memorial on the opposite hillside.

Below the barren and glaciated escarpment lie the dying collieries of the Glenrhondda district of Treherbert.

At the east end of the nave aisle and on each side of the chancel arch are large brass posts with decorated candle holders, five in all.

At the east end of the nave aisle and on each side of the chancel arch are large brass posts with decorated candle holders, five in all.

The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

This romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports.

This romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Tiptree Heath was 'a miserable barren piece of land' haunted by tinkers, squatters, and horse- racing fans.

The Holy Well is probably the oldest known well on the Edge.

The rather barren appearance of the High Street exemplified in this photograph sets the tenor of this large mainly red-brick village.

The Isle's main town of Fortuneswell grew up, as the name implies, around a supply of fresh water, as did many of the Portland settlements.

As we look at this busy Bournemouth scene from the 1950s, it is hard to imagine that all this was a wild and barren heathland, deserted except for fishermen and smugglers, only 150 years before.

Fortuneswell 1894 The Isle's main town of Fortuneswell grew up, as the name implies, around a supply of fresh water, as did many of the Portland settlements.

Tiptree Heath was 'a miserable barren piece of land' haunted by tinkers, squatters, and horse-racing fans.

This remote barren countryside would seem to be very uninviting.

Next to the circle is the railed King Stone, badly deformed by weather and people. The railings do little to enhance its setting.

Now known as Little Kit's Coty House, the stones were believed to help barren women to conceive.

Now known as Little Kit's Coty House, the stones were believed to help barren women to conceive.

Next to the circle is the railed King Stone, badly deformed by weather and people. The railings do little to enhance its setting.