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St Leonard's was laid out by James Burton (father of the more famous Decimus Burton) after 1828.

It is houses like this that make Burton so attractive.

Chalets, a villa and the Bay View Hotel overlook the Hive and Burton Beach from the end of Beach Road.

The white fronted Burton's at the far end is in the up-to-the-minute Art Deco style favoured by the tailoring company all over the country.

It stood where the southern end of Drake's Circus shopping centre now stands.

Woolworth's store, seen here at the end of this section of Kirkgate (centre), draws shoppers down this precinct past the shops on the right, built in the early 1960s.

The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.

Here we see National Trust shingle and cliffs at the end of Beach Road, with the buildings (top right) comprising the Burton Cliff Hotel.

Marking the end of an era, the Bull Inn at Swyre was one of the last roadhouses to be built in England in the 1930s, enabling Mrs Bessie Case to offer 'hotel accomodation' in time for Defence Area status

Burton's is pre-eminent on the left, and Pricerite is on the right, next to three shoe shops, Lennard's, True-Form and Frisby's.

The council bought the boats from the Croft family of Knott End, who had ferried villagers across the River Wyre for generations.

The view is closed at the far end of the street by Norman Burton's, built in the early 1800s, and just to the right the café sign invites you to Frances Hill's tea rooms.

Here we can see its replacement, a Burton`s store typical of 1950s building styles (one hesitates to call it architecture).

Most buildings in the foreground survive, albeit with their shopfronts altered and with different tenants.

We look eastwards from the bushes and wall of The Grove (left).

Here we can see its replacement, a Burton's store typical of 1950s building styles (one hesitates to call it architecture).

The village gets its name from a Barton (or Berton), the old word for a rickyard.

Branston is just two miles south of Burton, and at one time belonged to Burton Abbey.

F W Woolworth's, with its large window display and traditional sign, occupies a building which dates back to the 15th century, while the foundation stones of Burton's menswear shop, with its flamboyant

Branston is just two miles south of Burton, and at one time belonged to Burton Abbey.

F W Woolworth's, with its large window display and traditional sign, occupies a building which dates back to the 15th century, while the foundation stones of Burton's menswear shop, with its flamboyant

Built in 1806 and known as Burton Hall, this gracious old building was considerably altered in the 1900s by the new owners of the Burton Estate, the Gladstone family, who also changed its name to Burton

Marked out by plough according to the great architect Sir Decimus Burton's directions, streets radiated from the Mount, which was the highest point in a chain of sandhills.

Started as New Hastings by James Burton and his architect son Decimus in 1828, and later renamed St Leonards, this seaside resort is a grand composition of palatial stucco terraces.