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Sherborne Lane is shown here when the Crown and Anchor, the large building at the foot of the hill, was still open.

On the right is the Crown and Anchor Hotel, whose landlord was Charles Quilter. Then came James Juby, tailor, and Garrards, wine merchants.

The 1950s Boots (left) is on the site of the Anchor Temperance Coffee Tavern. The taller building is Atterton & Ellis, an ironmonger's.

His son set up a new foundry in Anchor Street, using some plots he had acquired from the land sales of 1839.

Famous for its herrings, it was also busy with boatbuilding, pilotage, and supplying ships anchored in the roads offshore. The lifeboat station opened in 1870 and shut in August 1988.

Are the village women, right, considering a visit to the Anchor pub for a glass of cider?

Today it is still thronged with people but there is not a tramline to be seen; although on many of the buildings throughout the city the anchoring hooks for the tramway overhead wires are evident.

Beyond Anchor Hill the high street passes the churchyard with its gatepiers and gates presented by Eliza Howard in 1901.

Standing in the shadow of a great chestnut tree, the Royal Anchor Hotel, once a posting and coaching house, dates from the time of Samuel Pepys who found 'good, honest people' here.

A fine open view of the harbour, with cabin cruisers, yachts and small fishing boats at anchor. Various types of working cranes add interest to the skyline, evidence of important port activities.

On the right is the Crown and Anchor Hotel, whose landlord was Charles Quilter. Then came James Juby, tailor, and Garrards, the wine merchant's.

It is a summer morning and high tide outside the Palace of Westminster, with the barges at anchor.

On the right is The Hope and Anchor. The only traffic is a boy with a wheelbarrow. On the left is the market cross, which was erected in 1882 on the site of an ancient cross.

Its two public houses, the Anchor and the King William, are at the end of a long street whose buildings present an intriguing mix of architectural styles.

The Crown and Anchor (left) was once a private house; parts of the building are believed to date from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Small boats were used effectively in this harbour to ferry passengers to and from the paddle steamers anchored off-shore.

Standing in the shadow of a great chestnut tree, the Royal Anchor Hotel, once a posting and coaching house, dates from the time of Samuel Pepys who found 'good, honest people' here.

To its right is the Commercial Hotel, and further along Steele's and the Crown and Anchor, the latter smothered in creeper.

Designed by John Rennie, and utilising 3,500,000 tons of limestone from quarries at Oreston, its construction meant that for the first time ships did not have to use the Plym or the Tamar to anchor in

Before the building of the pier, passengers often had to be ferried to and from the steamers, which anchored off Warp House Point.

Its former maritime associations are reflected in the name of the Blue Anchor. Behind it stands the square 15th-century embattled tower of Holy Trinity Church.

Paddle steamers from Bristol anchored out in the bay bringing trippers to enjoy the breezy heights of Lynton and Countisbury.

His tomb bears an anchor tied to a cross with the epitaph 'And so He bringeth them into the haven where they would be'.

A fair used to be held here on Whit Monday and, from a cottage next to the local inn The Anchor, furmity (a sugar sweetened Dorset dish composed of wheat, raisins, and currants spiced with