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Edward Gibbon, the historian who wrote 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', lived at the Manor House as a child.

Cemetery Hill 1910 Odiham's houses are a mixture of Georgian and Tudor; some are timber- framed, which was common before local bricks came into general use in the 18th century.

Once part of the council offices, today it houses Paxtons Restaurant downstairs and a bed and breakfast above. The gardens are open at all times, and can be accessed from the riverside walk.

This popular public house can be reached only by boat, bicycle or on foot - cars are not allowed on the narrow track across Exminster marshes.

The mill has been converted into to a private house.

Another view of Chideock Post Office (right), looking eastwards to Mervyn House, Staddlestones, and Rose Cottage (centre).

Near the River Ouse, situated in what is now the Museum Gardens, this building was the guest house for St Mary's Abbey.The ground floor was built in the early 14th century, while the timber-framed

To people living in cramped terraced houses with small back yards, these parks offered a breath of fresh air and the prospect of relaxation with the family.

Gunfield House, now a hotel, took its name from One Gun Fort, where gunnery officers trained by shelling the opposite bank.

Looking northwards, we can see a good selection of 18th- century architecture; perhaps the most attractive is St Edward's House (next to the three-storey hotel) with Corinthian-topped

The house was built in 1751 by Samuel Greathead on the site of an Elizabethan mansion. In the 1920s domestic staff at Guy's Cliffe worked a six-and-a-half-day week.

The village sign shown on the right of the photograph depicts a cuckoo, a rebus for Cuckfield, whilst the village stores (left) were a branch of Spar and also housed the local post office

Then, the government issued plans for increased house-building all over the country. The south-west corner of the proposed Gloucester Park was therefore set aside for the Ghyllgrove neighbourhood.

The bungalows along Church Road are fairly representative of the kind of housing to be seen in Laindon before the New Town came. Several of them are still there.

This village-like landscape is a reminder of the old centre of Kettering, which clustered around the Manor House and the church. There are now only a few gravestones left in the re-organised area.

Several 18th-century stone facades are apparent in these pictures, and some of the other old houses are disguised by contemporary shop fronts.

The open space around the square and the High Street to the north is bounded by well-mannered Georgian houses. 19th-century encroachments on the right do not distract from the beauty of the church, which

The Abbey was founded in 1152 as a daughter house of Fountains. Building work was completed by 1175, and iron forging began in 1200.

The prison was originally built to house prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars. It closed in 1816 and remained derelict until 1850, when it was re-opened and extended to incarcerate the hardest cases.

The air traffic control centre is housed in a building which rather resembles an old war-time nissen hut; to the right of it is the quaintly-named emergency services rendezvous point.

Northwood House was the home of Tennyson's friend William George Ward in the 19th century. The poet and Ward would often stroll around Northwood's exquisite gardens.

Note the interesting variety of architectural styles, including gabled houses with tiled roofs, in Bicester's three-cornered Market Square.

These compact, if undistinguished, houses still stand behind the Fox on the Hill in Smithy Lane, as it leads towards the busy A217 Brighton Road.

The lighthouse remains the property of Trinity House, but the keepers' cottages are now in the ownership of the religious community.