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Spacious period houses line its streets and lanes, built by the affluent who came then, as now, to retire here.

Brewing ceased on the 40-acre site in 1993 and was replaced by the Sainsburys Hypermarket complex.

By the end of that century it had become an inn with stabling for 100 horses. The carved balcony above the doorway is a 19th century addition.

This part of the path passes very close to the river, which is always liable to flooding, so a raised boardwalk has been constructed by the current owners, the National Trust, to assist walkers.

At the time of the Dissolution, the abbey was saved from destruction by the people of Romsey, who paid £100 for it. On the right is Ely's, an ironmonger's.

By the time this picture was taken, almost 100 years later, it was firmly on the tourist trail.

Judging by the slogan on the rectory wall, not everyone was happy with the post-war Conservative government.

Note the Marine Hotel in the distance, and the three children by the tree on the right.

A collegiate church was founded here by the Neville family of nearby Raby Castle in 1410.

Once a village in its own right, Gaywood had become no more than a suburb of Lynn by the date of this photograph.

Founded in 1239 by the monks of Beaulieu Abbey, Netley Abbey occupies a pretty setting amidst the trees. Close by is Southampton Water.

The spirelet is prominent in several vistas, a masterly touch by the architect George Goldie.

The site, now occupied by the decorative village sign, is still referred to as George Corner.

The opening on the left marked the entrance to Padgate Cottage Homes, built by the Board of Guardians in 1884 as an Industrial School. From 1930 to 1954 it served as a children's home.

They were opened by the then Master of Trinity College Cambridge, the Reverend Butler.

One of the early buildings constructed as part of Ebenezer Howard's vision of a garden city at Letchworth, this fantastic structure was erected in 1906-7 by the architect Coulishaw, and was intended

In 1880 P F S Amery wrote: 'until very recently the piazzas were occupied by the stalls of various traders whose right to their 'standing' was independent of the owner of the house before which it was

Built as Stoneyhurst Hall by Sir Richard Shireburn, the building was abandoned by the family and given to the Catholic Church; it became a school run by Jesuit Priests.

By the 1930s the tiny hamlet of Hare Street had been swallowed up into Gidea Park.

Though slightly obscured by the sunblind, there is one shop in this parade that is still here today (2004).

The battlements were not added until 1887, when the pedestrian arch to the side was also added; the whole structure was bought by the town at this time.

The battlements were not added until 1887, when the pedestrian arch to the side was also added; the whole structure was bought by the town at this time.

The battlements were not added until 1887, when the pedestrian arch to the side was also added; the whole structure was bought by the town at this time.

Silting of the waterway presaged the decline of Cley's influence, and coastal vessels now pass it by. The fine old windmill dates from 1713, and guards the town from the open marshlands.