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Whitegate is named for an old white gate which would once have marked the entrance to the former Vale Royal Abbey.

Notice the white gate held open beside the lane – in the deeds for Arrow Bank it is stated that this gate must be closed once a year.

James Duckworth Ltd, the grocery and provision chain, had a branch in this street, and others in Waterloo Road and Whitegate Drive.

The white gate at the bottom of the neat garden near the camera opens onto the Alton to Medstead road.

The village shop beyond remains, and so does Emmett's grocer's and draper's at the far white gable.

The white gabled building (centre left) has been the post office since the 1940s. At the end is the School House, occupied by Richard Cobb. The school was built in 1844 and closed in 1984.

The view north along High Street is terminated by a white gabled building, now O'Neills pub. The road deviates to the right here, to tackle the climb of 150 feet up The Strait and Steep Hill.

Centre right, the white gable was hidden by Vines Corner, seen in view 70432. There is some townscape benefit in seeing more of St Paul's Church spire and tower, I suppose.

The red brick Ashley House, with the large white gable (centre), was built for Joseph Simpson in 1875; due to its cost, it was known as Simpson's Folly.

On the left, peeping through the trees, are the white gables of the Old Rectory; in the foreground are the meadows skirting the River Ash which were part of the grounds of the Bishop of London's palace

White Gates c1960. Horsted Keynes, situated on the western edge of the Ashdown Forest, has a green and an assortment of period houses and cottages.

Notice the white gate held open beside the lane – in the deeds for Arrow Bank it is stated that this gate must be closed once a year.

The white gable represents market encroachment; it survived the 20th century's obsession with clearing the path for motor vehicles.

The section from the white gable end was later remodelled in the development of Golden Square.

A group of children stand by a 19th-century cottage now called White Gates.

The massive circle of stones virtually encompasses the village; here, we can see the Red Lion pub (the white gabled building), the chapel on the right, and domestic thatched housing all inside a stone

Beyond the barns are two 17th-century groups of houses: Street Cottages and the flint and brick White Gates.

We can see the back of the old Co-op - it is the building with the white gable end to the left. Workmen are putting the finishing touches to the new Cartridge's roof.

Another centre for socialising is the pub – the building with the white gable end beyond the garage.

The beautiful white gates pictured here are not the ones that give this village its name - the name probably arose from much older gates at the nearby Vale Royal Abbey, once the largest Cistercian abbey

The massive circle of stones virtually encompasses the village; here, we can see the Red Lion pub (the white gabled building), the chapel on the right, and domestic thatched housing all inside a stone

The white gable (centre right) is the former Swan, closed in the 1930s. The adjacent village shop closed in 2001.

The white gable and stack is 1930s infill and the last cottage in the left hand row features in view 70550.

Pilkingtom Manor, mostly hidden by the trees on the left, was demolished in 1959, and today only the Dower House (the white gabled building in the centre of the photograph) survives.