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The Oast House c1965. Oast houses - kilns for drying hops - took on this characteristic 'round house' shape in Victorian times. Today, these Victorian oasts make attractive houses.

To the west of Compton Bishop, the former Crooks Peak Guest House is now a private house, almost invisible behind high beech hedges.

St Teresa's Convent was established in Effinghamhill House, a stucco early 19th- century mansion in the chalk hills two miles south of Effingham village.

The imposing red brick house of c1500 on the right (now The Old House and Queen Anne House) was a wealthy merchant's jettied house prior to its refronting and dividing in the 18th century.

The house on the right with the gate was called Inwood House after the several generations of the Inwood family who came from nearby Neatham.

These neo-Georgian houses built in 1995 replaced Palace Gate House, which was demolished c1987 as part of the development for housing of the last working farm in Odiham.

East Street used to lead from the Common Acre past a number of big houses. On the right, three dormers mark the roof of the Manse to the Congregational Church, built in 1780.

All the houses on the left have been bought by the Thomas Hickman Charity in recent years and refurbished, including the Chantry on the left, a pretty Gothick front of about 1840 with arched and hood-moulded

These great houses included Grosvenor House, the home of the Marquess of Westminster, Holdernesse House, the residence of the Marquess of Londonderry, and Dorchester House.

A view of Sherborne School Courts showing the former Abbot's house and kitchen. The monastic kitchen dates from the end of the 15th century and its chimney is seen here.

Within two years 1,000 houses were built, and by 1954 an average of ten new residents were moving into Hemel Hempstead every day.

From right to left are seen the Dorset Arms, Dorset House, Amherst House, Sackville House, a butcher's shop, and Cromwell House, with its tall chimneys.

The village has many historic houses. The Bower House is a timber-framed hall house with a kingpost roof.

Within two years 1,000 houses were built, and by 1954 an average of ten new residents were moving into Hemel Hempstead every day.

The church of St John the Baptist is mainly 13th-century and has a wood-shingled broach spire.The village has many historic houses.

These great houses included Grosvenor House, the home of the Marquess of Westminster, Holdernesse House, the residence of the Marquess of Londonderry, and Dorchester House.

These great houses included Grosvenor House, the home of the Marquis of Westminster, Holdernesse House, the residence of the Marquess of Londonderry, and Dorchester House.

The Custom House dates from 1791 but was burned down in 1921 during the troubled years that led to the creation of the Irish Free State.

Looking west along the High Street, we see on the right the Dog and Gun, a Phipps public house, now closed and converted to a private house.

The Yew Tree was built in 1925 in the grounds of Yardley House on Yew Tree Lane.

Little has changed of this view of the corner of Church Street and West Street since the houses were built.

Next to the gardener's house is the present-day rose garden, with delightful walkways and tropical houses. The last occupant of Thornes House was the Morley MP, Charles Milnes Gaskell.

This summer recreation corner on the banks of the Wharfe lay below the present Collingham Wood House on the Wetherby road.

At the bottom of the street is the bridge over the River Bollin and the Manor house.