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The houses were designed by Featherstone, and were very attractive with white walls and dark roofs. Wherever possible, mature tress were kept, and if necessary new ones were planted.

The wall on the left on which the child is sitting has since been extensively redeveloped as the river frontage for a shopping development. It is now a series of steps leading down to the water.

Like St John's Abbey, St Botolph's Priory lay outside the town walls. It was founded before 1100, but never grew very large.

Inside the church there are wall paintings of three female saints dating from when the church was first built.

The notice on the arch restricts the speed of all motors to 6 miles per hour through the arch, while the poster beside it is advertising a fete.

Smaller boats are drawn right up to the buildings in the background, for the Wharf wall had not yet been built.

The circular gun-ports at the base of the gatehouse walls are obscured by hedging.

Described in 1549 as 'the round castle of Buitte callit Rosay of the auld', the first stone castle was a circular shell keep 142 ft in diameter with walls 30 ft high and 9 ft thick; four projecting drum

This archway and wall date back over two hundred years; it is known as Gannock Gate, and forms part of a huge park known as The Walks, where it was the perfect place for fashionable folk

This scene of the parish church of St Peter at Addingham, standing in its walled churchyard on the village green and reached by a stone bridge over the beck, has not changed substantially since this photograph

A stone keep was added in 1170, followed by curtain walls and improved living accommodation.

Like its neighbour Luxulyan, this is an all-granite church, but Lanlivery has a tall pinnacled tower (97 feet) which is a local landmark that can be seen from miles away.

The tide is out here but high water comes right up to the protective churchyard wall.

This photograph, showing the castle walls and the dome of the Debtors' Prison, was taken from the fourth recorded bridge, which was replaced by the present one in 1955 owing to the demands of traffic.

The creeper on the chimneystack has been well trimmed, and so have the horse chestnut trees - although the old chimney still shows signs of damage caused by the creeper.

have been a few changes here since the time of photograph No 38828: the gas lamp (left) has gone, the left-hand porch has been replaced, and the creeper on the centre porch seems to have migrated to the wall

The ivy-clad walls retain a richness of style, not least in the transomed and mullioned oriel window of the hall on the right.

In 1953 the sea had smashed a thirty-yard gap in the concrete sea wall. This resulted in the town flooding, leaving 35 people dead.

Standing on the east bank of the Thames, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome

Standing on the east bank of the Thames, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome

On the walls is painted an impressive list of products for sale, including photographic chemicals and equipment, trusses, assorted tobaccos, cigars, cigarettes, elastic hosiery, medicated wines, teas,

A cherry tree is depicted on the inn sign, and on the outside wall is the date 1576 - the year the pub was built. There are no fruit machines inside, and little has changed in the bar over the years.

This photograph gives us a good view of the new sea wall built as part of the widening of the Promenade.

The precinct wall would have originally closed the gap between the Tower and St James's. In the 18th century the Widow's Coffee House stood here, run by Mary and Letitia Rookes.