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Looking away from the church and Quay Meadow, we see the watermill, in 1903 still a functioning one and powered via a leat from a mill pond to the north of the church.

Only through photographs and film can we see the Plymouth that these Victorians would have known. Ten thousand buildings were destroyed, and seventy thousand more damaged by the bombing.

Only through photographs and film can we see the Plymouth that these Victorians would have known. Ten thousand buildings were destroyed, and seventy thousand more damaged by the bombing.

The Saxon crosses of the Giant's Grave are in the churchyard (see the chapter on monuments and houses).

Here we see the cobbled Market Square at a time when early charabancs, like that on the left of the photograph, still vied with horses and carts – one is clattering by in the centre background under the

Here we see the funfair actually on the sands above the high water mark, including a helter-skelter tower.

You can also see the National Benzole filling station in the hotel car park. The first garage in Weedon was opposite the Globe Hotel in the Wheatsheaf car park.

In the distance we can just see the imposing building of King Edward's School. It was founded in London in 1553 as Brideswell Hospital to care for destitute children.

This is not the best end of the village architecturally, but we can see the tower of the parish church of 1827 in the distance.

We can see the army quarters in the middle distance below the limestone escarpment on the extreme left.

We can just see the entrance to Caroline Street's first market half way up the street on the right.

Just inside the ornamental gates we can see the original house of the Park Curator, which today serves as a small café. The Dorman Museum, opened in 1904, lies just beyond the gates.

Here we see the great castle-like north- east corner tower and, to the right, the Great Hall’s oriel bay window and the (now glazed) cupola to vent the hall’s former open fire.

The Orange Tea Rooms (we can see the projecting sign) is now a florist, and the slate-hung shop on the right, in this picture Miss Whitford's, selling pots and pans, china, paraffin and other useful items

In this photograph it is possible to see the small aperture that would once have been the garde robe, or toilet.

Here we see the old corn mill deep in the valley at Crumplehorn in working order, with its overshot waterwheel fed by the trough of a launder.

We can see the railway bridge linking Folkestone Marine station to the main line on the left-hand side of the photograph.

It is interesting to see the policeman stopping to chat. A market house once stood in this square, close to a water pump. Built in 1707 it was demolished in 1861.

From the churchyard itself you can see the tall Gray Monument erected by John Penn of Stoke Park in 1799.

Here we see the village square, surrounded with black and white houses and clogged with randomly-parked cars.

Here we see the quay during the last years of Wells as a trading port. Large boats such as the 'Luctor' (centre right) were once familiar sights here.

Here we see the Yorkshire Penny Bank (left) in the 1893 building which was originally the post office.

Looking up Trafford Road, one can see the large villas on the Edge, above the village that serviced their needs.

Here we see the village tucked away in its valley, with the great expanse of the bay reaching beyond to Black Head (centre) and the Dodman Point (left).