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The old station it replaced lay just within the city walls; its site and layout were such that trains had either to back in or out of it.

The 1920s motorist appears well catered for, with both garaging and petrol to hand.

The timbered building on the left, occupied at the time by Barclays Bank, was originally built with plastered upper walls and gables, later exposed to give the building a mock Tudor flavour.

Their solution was to use side walls which could be folded away, thus allowing for semi-outdoor services.

These tall commercial buildings are still there today, marred somewhat by new frontages. Exeter was the furthest west that the Romans ventured.

The parish church of Saints Peter and Paul became famous in 1851 when the vicar discovered a series of early wall paintings hidden under whitewash.

This is on the Norman motte or mound; the castle had two large baileys or walled enclosures, the north one relatively open still, the south one overwhelmed by Buckler's heavy-handed Victorian work.

Now called St Aldhelm's Methodist Reformed Church, this lovely little building stands alongside and open to a busy street near Corsham town centre.

The castle here had fallen into decay by Shakespeare's time: in 'Richard II', he mentions its “empty lodgings and unfurnished walls, unpeopled offices, untrodden stones”.

The rebuilding of All Saints' church in the 15th century was largely funded by the Brownes, a family of wealthy wool merchants.

At the west end of Lumley Road there were a few shops in 1899, but the view is utterly transformed now from Roman Bank, a reference to the old Roman sea wall.

To the left is the churchyard wall.

The Castle Courtyard 1896 Within the medieval walls of the castle (or fortified manor house cum bishop’s palace) are the living apartments of the bishop: these are complex and varied ranges, with

The rounded corner house now has lots of roses growing up the wall. The power cables are still there. Skillington is a quiet village nicely off the beaten track.

Although lacking hedges and trees, the gardens are maturing behind fences and dwarf walls. The local council has already made a start on digging up the road and footpaths.

Behind, with a great slab of walling to the rear of the High Street, is the extension to the Congregational Church dated 1837.

The cliff path, landscaped between stone walls, became Isle of Wight Road.

The post office, now Swan Cottage, displayed advertisements for Walls ice cream and Bird's Eye frozen foods.

This delightful village of whitewashed cottages focused on a stream has changed little; the tall pine tree has gone, but its stone-walled surround remains.

A stone wall (far right) is the gable- end of the 1635-dated White House.

This was agreed, and so Castle Bridge was built, the castle grounds were extended and the old road below the castle walls was closed.

However, the houses on the right would not fare so well three years later when high winds hit the coast, rendering the new sea wall completely inadequate.

The rounded corner house now has lots of roses growing up the wall. The power cables are still there. Skillington is a quiet village nicely off the beaten track.

Carn Brea, between Camborne and Redruth, has a very long archaeological record commencing with a large walled Neolithic settlement, one of the oldest in England.