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The original wooden stocks are now very fragile, and are protected by the later housing we see here. To the left is the stone monument commemorating Queen Victoria's

Wash Road was a road of many farms: Watch-House, Mundell's, Petchey's, Benson's, Puckle's, Sellers, and Laindonponds.

Signs on the wall of the house on the left advertise Lyon's Tea, Red Bell Tobacco and Borwick's Baking Powder.

In the 1960s, housing estates emerged everywhere, and Hook was to be no exception. Until this time growth had been gradual; now it has soared.

This is a narrow street of 18th- and 19th-century houses leading down to the harbour.

The site is now occupied by sheltered housing.

However, it is hard to be impressed by the sterility of this brutal-looking enclosure which houses a highly intelligent animal whose native habitat is densely vegetated.

This view was taken looking towards the south side of the Watch Tower and Round Tower and the Mansion House. This was designed by A S Goodridge of Bath.

The road has a pleasing variety of house styles, often with long gardens in front.

The Hospital of St Cross was founded by Bishop Henry de Blois in 1136 and is the oldest almshouse in England, originally built to house, clothe and feed 'thirteen poor impotent men, so reduced in strength

The bridge in the foreground is the main entrance to the house; the water is the Derwent, en route to its confluence with the Wye south of Rowsley.

This charming village on the river Derwent is dominated by the grounds of Chatsworth House. This section of the area is the old village known as Nether End.

This rural lane is now unrecognisable, being a tarmac road leading to a car park, the library and a council estate, although the church with its broach spire and the High Street houses on the skyline remain

Today the cross is shaded by trees, but the cottage behind, known as Well House, is still recognisable.

Behind is Cross Lane House, which was a working farm until 1968 and is now run as a restaurant and hotel.

On the left at the corner of Pepper Street is Lloyd's Coffee House, famous for its cakes and pastries.

The village also had a butcher, another grocer, two boot makes, an undertaker, a plumber, two carpenters, a market gardener and bee keeper and an insurance agent, as well as the three public houses.

The house on the right is the Beacon, one of the more substantial residences in Victorian and Edwardian Fleet.

The houses and telephone box are the same today, but a public toilet has replaced the hedge on the left.

Several substantial new houses have been built on the left of the road in recent years.

In the 19th century the Bank House brewed its own beer: the wall and steps of the malt kiln and the cellar can be seen on the right.

The cluster of half-timbered houses dated from the late 15th century. Known as The Friars, they marked the position of the Dominican priory's gatehouse.

A number of the old houses here were originally inns, for Broadway lay on the London to Worcester coaching route.

The Jacobean House in Queen Square is constructed of the same beautifully coloured stone as many of its simpler neighbours.