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The Tudor tower house of North Lees Hall was one of seven halls built by Robert Eyre for his sons, all allegedly within sight of one another.

Today modern houses have replaced a number of the terraced cottages, but the three on the right still stand. The village also has a Wesleyan chapel of 1821 and the Lord Nelson Inn on Front Street.

The small square chapel on Rame Head is that of St Michael, built in the 14th century; it originally housed a beacon to guide ships into Plymouth Sound just round the corner.

Much has changed today, with many of the terraced houses of miners from the former South Yorkshire coalfield now swept away and replaced by modern shopping and office blocks.

The old houses along this main street, some half-timbered, others of brick, or board or tile fronted, were mostly constructed during the 15th century when the village prospered in the profitable cloth

The storerooms and offices housed the builders Coombs Brothers (left), who were also the village undertakers. William Day ran the fish and chip shop (right).

Their galley houses have been unbolted from their main decks and moved to one side in order for the ships to clear the clay tips.

In the distance in the centre of this photograph is the sign for The King's Head public house, which in 1583 was known as The George, and later as The Sun.

In the centre of the picture we can see the Star public house, owned by Brains Brewery - the local brew. The company was owned by Samuel Arthur Brain and his uncle, Joseph Benjamin.

The building on the right was erected in 1922 to house the Redditch Benefit Building Society (founded in 1859).

Considered to be the oldest house in the village, the Jolly Gardeners is now a private dwelling. In the distance on the right stands the parish church, which dates from Norman times.

Castle Priory, which was built for Judge William Blackstone, Recorder of Wallingford, in the mid 18th century, has again reverted to being a private house.

The Victorian Club House was built to make some gesture to the needs of tourists, though not all 19th-century visitors were impressed.

19th-century Ashby was noted for its healing bromide waters; Ivanhoe Bath House was built in 1822.

The Green Tree Inn on the right is a reminder of the remarkable number of public houses in Yarm; several of these were busy coaching inns with stabling to the rear for horses in the era of the stagecoaches

The house to the right was built c1965 by W A Leeks, who owned the adjacent Post Office and stores. Both were purchased by Tony Green in 1971, who in 1975 sold the store to Stowmarket Co-op.

The house to the left has been rebuilt, and the one to the right rendered over. The former forge building is now an estate agent's.

This cottage was an infamous refuge for smugglers and a store-house for their contraband.

Trinity House built two lighthouses, one on the clifftop, one on the shingle below. The present High Light, pictured here, dates back to 1676, and was originally coal-fired.

The road to the front of the houses is now much wider, and there is a small park opposite the college.

Apart from the small villa, the Italianate stucco terrace houses of the 1850s and later mostly remain.

The main street is wide, with a fine collection of houses of various dates, styles and materials. In the photograph only the telegraph pole and its wires intrude into the scene.

The narrow alley between the houses leads off to Bull Hill.

The hotel, with its six gables and ponder- ous style, replaced a stuccoed 18th-century building, but it has now gone, to be replaced by the bland misjudgement of 1970s Greytown House.