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This range of 18th- and 19th-century cottages, some thatched, look across to the parish church, whose churchyard wall can be seen on the left. The village hardware shop is now the Alfresco Restaurant.

Two farm carts make their way down the drive, which is lined on one side with fir trees and on the other with the battlemented brick wall which is generally believed to form part of the original garden

Here we have a busy scene, with most of those enjoying the beach placing their deckchairs close to the sea wall. This is a sandy beach, ideal for making sand castles.

The traffic-free minor road meanders south between drystone walls through the dale, towards Grange and Rosthwaite.

They were rebuilt slowly from 1297 to 1430; their size was set by the larger-than-life Herbert de Losinga's Norman cloisters, whose outer walls survived the 1272 fire.

The walls and towers surrounding the county gaol, court house and Clifford's Tower were not medieval. They were in fact designed by Sydney Smith, Rector of Foston, and built in the 1820s.

The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages.

Children walk along the road with their mother. Behind the brick wall is a late Victorian farmhouse, and opposite this some newly-built bungalows with new gardens. The Lanes lead to Over Mill.

The traffic-free minor road meanders south between drystone walls through the dale, towards Grange and Rosthwaite.

This view shows the wall walk, originally passage- ways in the thickness of the third storey of the higher keep. Jumbo can be seen to the right of the town hall's soaring tower.

For decades, just as in this picture, people have sun bathed along the sea wall.

A wall now protects the cliff behind the beach.

The waterwheel appears to have gone; the dark mark on the wall shows where it was located. The mill was probably disused at the time of this photograph.

Built round an internal courtyard, Raby's defences included inner and outer curtain walls surrounded by a broad ditch.

This building is still recognisable today, although a low wall has replaced the railing and the porch has a window.

Even though there are no leaves on the trees, Lord Street is still busy; as at Blackpool, trippers visit all year round.

Built in 1862, it was originally a memorial church; the dedication stone in the east wall is now indecipherable.

Despite their looks, the walls and towers round York Castle and Clifford's Tower were not medieval.

This photograph gives an excellent view of the chalets built close to the sea wall; they are raised, leaving space for boats, cars or general storage underneath.

The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages.

The popularity of Frith's postcards was already well established when this photograph was taken, as a sign on the wall above the door shows.

The plaque on the wall to the right remembers Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poet, who was born in the town in 1779. The church of St Mary is the finest in Devon outside Exeter Cathedral.

Broadstairs show superbly in this late Victorian view, looking across Louisa Bay and Viking Bay towards the harbour, in the days before any coastal protection work had been undertaken.The present sea wall

Above the second shop on the left, the wood is brown and its walls are cream; the second bay window has been removed. The fifth shop along is Boots, which now occupies three of the shop fronts.