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Inscribed on timbers around it are the words 'a jug of ale (and) a whispered word can be found within these old walls', and it advertises 'good ale and dry stables'.

This open plain of sea front has since been divided by the sea wall and a modern motor road.

A fine and impressive hall was an essential requirement of any man of standing, and Robert Wynn was no different in wishing to impress his visitors.

The use of local cobbles in the garden walls (right) has been a feature of building in the area for hundreds of years.

Another of Sussex's seaside villages, Rustington boasts a few flint-walled cottages and a medieval church.

Little remains of the original structure save for the south wall of the chapel. It was redeveloped in the 1760s, and a new master's house was added in 1832.

In the background we can see the tower and spire of the 12th- and 14th-century parish church of St Peter and St Paul, which has interior wall-paintings dating from the 15th century.

We are in the centre of the village; this view looks north along Church Street with the churchyard wall on the left.

The wall on the right was knocked down and a garage built. This disappeared in 1997, replaced by a pretty park. The Post Office has gone, and the Westward Ho!

On the wall is a bubble gum machine, once a popular feature of the frontage of every village store in the country.

The north side is dominated by Haven Green Court with its green roof tiles, a massive wall of five-storey flats built in 1927-38 and aimed at the London commuter - the flats replaced a large house,

The almost new Vauxhall Wyvern E model is parked nearly opposite Collins, the antique dealer, and adjacent to the rather modern houses behind the slag-block wall.

The tree and garden walls belong to the Meades, a house of about 1800 with a fine Ionic porch and set in large grounds.

It was once paved with medieval tiles, and later the walls were hung with them.

The buildings beyond The King's Head have gone, and the wall on the right has been replaced by a row of lock-up shops.

Anyone familiar with the centre of Winchester will know the station approach. One feature that sets this scene apart from that of today is the amount of advertising.

To the south, close to the wall separating the park from Abbey Close, are what look like the remains of a medieval church, Trendall's Ruins.

The tower with its tall lancet windows divided by louvres and its broach spire, designed by Henry Woodyear in 1862, blew down in 1947.

SS 'Margaret Jones' is loading coal at one of the moveable tips on the vertical wall side opposite the mole on No 1 Dock.

This view has changed little, although the pub's black and white walls have been painted over.

The churchyard wall has also been repaired and partly rebuilt.

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.

There are still remains of its Roman walling which enclosed about seven acres. It was granted a market charter in 1230 and is focused around its market place, seen here.

Medieval Lincoln expanded from the Roman walled town southwards along the Roman Ermine Street, which here becomes the High Street.