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The most striking buildings in Petersfield are Georgian; some of them overlook this large square, in which stands the statue of William III, depicted on horseback and dressed, absurdly, as a Roman.

The church of St Dunstan, relatively new at the time of this photograph, had been built in 1862-64 by G A Pownall in florid French Gothic style alongside the old medieval church, which was largely demolished

In this remote corner of Essex, close to the Wardroom, the Wallasea Bay Ferry plies its trade.

Veryan, probably named after a saint with the improbable name of Symphorian, is one of the county's most beautiful villages, noted for its five round houses, built that way so that the devil could not

To make a promenade, all the cottages on the sea side of the lane have been demolished: a great loss of character.

On the left is Tally Ho Cottage, now somewhat altered, and to the right The Blue Ball Inn, which occupies both ranges of cottages.

This view was taken in the middle of the village, and is looking down Updown Hill.

Here we see an ice cream vendor with 'stop me' written on the side of his cart. This practice gave rise to that familiar 'stop me and buy one' saying, that was so popular at one time.

The Ashworth Estate, covering 1,000 acres mainly of pasture, is still largely intact.

The grandeur of both St Peter's and Market Hill are shown to best advantage in the days before car parking.

The wooden cycle stand is positioned in front of the bay window with its tempting display. The post office closed c1972.

The weir, a mile up the river from Totnes Bridge, was built in 1581 to provide water for the town mills, and marks the end of the freshwater Dart - below here the river is tidal.

The sheer size of the building indicates the importance of the railway to the town.

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.

The road through the village follows the route of the Guildford to Arundel turnpike, completed in 1809. Medieval glass was also made near here in Sidney Wood.

When the nearby harbour of Axmouth fell into disuse after a cliff-fall in the 12th century, the only alternative was to extend the harbour at Lyme Regis.

Ringwood's market brought country folk from far and wide to the town with their goods, and the market became famous for the sale of New Forest ponies.

This view looks northwards along Middle Street (otherwise known as Chapel Street) in the centre of the village towards a 17th- century thatched cottage on the corner with Grove Road (centre

The delightful timber- framed house in the centre of the picture is said to date from 1510.

In c1790 the Earl of Warwick offered to pay most of the cost of a new bridge, which was to be erected upstream.

Dalgleish Way is part of the later 1950s and early 1960s village expansion.

The Greedon Estate is situated on the north west side of the Seagrave Road. This is a particularly uninspiring view, but again it is a view so typical of peripheral village estates.

Smacks dry their sails within the protection of the outer harbour.

Copper (and also, to a lesser degree, lead) have been mined here since Roman times, so that the whole area of hillside behind the town is said to have dozens of pits, caves and tunnels.