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Crusoe' in a back-room above the wash-house.

A small village, built to house Parham Estate employees, Cootham is situated near to the foot of the downs.?

There are more houses among the trees on the hillside.

On the left, The Golden Lion was a 17th century merchant's house. Today it is called The Bank inn. This district was known locally as The Hearts of Oak.

In this 1960s view of the top of Cheap Street can be seen the White Hart public house; the area known today as Blackmore Vale was previously called the Vale of the White Hart.

An unusual aspect of the bridge are the three-storey houses, dating from the 19th century. The road opposite leads to Willow Vale.

The stone clapper bridge has been replaced by a concrete one, and the buildings to the right have been replaced by a housing estate.

Through the trees we can see the roof of the house in which William Palmer was born in 1824. A new bridge now carries traffic on the busy Station Road.

In the centre we can see the Grapes public house, and to the right is the sign for the Sun Inn, behind which was a smithfield, or cattle market.

Its ornate style contrasts with the plainer stone houses that are more characteristic of the town.

The wall of the house on the right is smothered in trade posters and advertisements for the forthcoming attractions at the Empire Theatre.

Where Heath Park Road (on the right) meets Brentwood Road and Slewins Lane (in the centre), meets Manor Avenue and Balgores Lane (on the left), is the Drill public house.

The family were recusant Catholics, and there are two priest-holes concealed in the house. Queen Elizabeth came to stay here in 1561.

The Red Lion, in the hamlet of Middle Street, was rebuilt in 1888; it is now a residence called the White House. The car outside is a pre-war Morris.

The village school is now on a new site, and the old buildings have been demolished and replaced by houses.

This is all that remains of cloth- maker John Winchcombe's house.

The New Inn on the left of this picture became the Prancing Horse pub before the business eventually closed.

Many people visit this beautiful house each year, not only because it is a stunning building, but because it has also become the venue for an annual summer season of open-air theatre and concerts.

At its southern end sits the Manor House. There are two inscriptions on this building: one is just below the crest on the left gable, and the second is underneath the window just below it.

However in the way of such things, it is now an art gallery, and the Royal Oak pub beyond is now a house.

The vicarage beyond is now two private houses.

Today it houses the Castle Museum.This picture shows the castle prior to the excavation of the outer walls in the 1930s, and the castle entrance is now reached across a footbridge.

The famous Butetown community was ripped apart by a programme of demolition and re- housing. We now know that the area was not dead but merely dormant.

The estate, with its extensive and very beautiful deer park, passed into the hands of the Pole family, who built a Georgian mansion in the grounds of the old house.