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St Peter's Church has never had a steeple: in this instance, the word steeple derives from the 13th-century word 'stepel', meaning an unfortified tower, which the church does have.

The west end of the High Street is bounded by St Peter and St Paul's Church, dating from the mid to late 15th century.

In 1712 St Peter's Hospital looked after around three hundred sick and poor people.

Much of the quaintness of St Peter's was lost when Sir George Gilbert Scott 'restored' it in 1867.

There is a typical wall-mounted gas lamp of the time.

Dumpton lies within the urban boundaries of St Peter's and Broadstairs; its earlier name, 'Dodemayton', has long been forgotten, as has the hermit Pettit, who lived in a cave at Dumpton.

It was a small quiet village, and used to govern the hamlets of St Laurence, St Peter and St John.

Hever is intimately associated with Anne Boleyn, who spent her childhood here in the company of her father Sir Thomas Bullen, the Earl of Wiltshire, whose tomb is at the little church of St Peter.

The bank on the left of this photograph became an insurance office, and the adjoining dental surgery is also the premises of an insurance company.

At the east end of Spilman Street is St Peter's Church, an old building on the highest ground in the older portion of the town.

A statue of St Peter, the cathedral's patron saint, stands high on the gable.

This little church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, sits on the edge of Romney Marshes; its origins go back to the 12th century.

A small-scale start for what is now Highlands End Caravan Park. here we are Looking north towards St Peter's Church, on The Mount.

Continuing north-west towards Felbridge from the Moat Road junction we see the Italianate Church of Our Lady and St Peter, looking south east.

The High Street sports a branch of F W Woolworth, and the local branch of the National Provincial Bank is housed in half-timbered style premises.

Looking up towards St Peter's Church, it is easy to appreciate Colchester's early appeal as a defensive settlement: the steep approaches would always have stood in its favour.

This view shows the tower of St Peter's Church from the now much-municipalised Reading bank.

The tower of St Peter's Church was built in the 15th century.

The new church, St Peter's, seems to have been deliberately placed in a prominent position close to the market place and the approach to the castle.

We are looking north across the river toward Bishop's Road, conspicuous by its buses.

We end this chapter in St Peter Street, which originally led to the old wooden bridge replaced by the present one further west.

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham, dates back to the 13th century.

In 1695 many had a narrow escape when the bell tower collapsed during an energetic ringing session serenading a visit by William III.

The Bell occupies a pleasant site, almost semi-rural in character, tucked away on Old Church Road, with the sandstone tower of St Peter's as a backdrop, and Victorian houses nearby.