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In the 1930s it was given over to housing development, though Longmore Farm survived until the 1950s, when it was demolished.

These reinforce the efforts we saw in photograph 18208 to diminish the sea's force and to protect the cramped houses and banks. This harbour dries completely at low water.

Moot House, with its mature trees, paved area and sculpture (left), is at one end, while the other square is used for commercial purposes.

He was also involved with the building of Nelson's Column, the Houses of Parliament, and railway lines the world over.

The centre of this straggling village on the outskirts of Hitchin boasted two public houses beside the Green and across the road from the cedars and prominent yew tree in St Katherine's chuchyard.

The thatched house (now demolished) is The Glen, the scene in 1884 of the murder of Emma Keyse by her handyman John Lee.

During a storm in the winter of 1978-9, waves were breaking over the tops of the houses.

The Old Crown Inn and the adjoining cottages are faced by the Georgian houses on the other side of the green.

The building still houses a bank but it is no longer called the Midland. We get a glimpse of the Crown Hotel (left) and some of the old shops in Middle Row.

This Battenhall street is typical of late Victorian/Edwardian housing intended for the 'lower middle classes'.

Where the cars are parked houses have reappeared.

Hotels and lodging houses sprang up in the narrow streets radiating out from the church square.

In 1793 John Browne, historian and artist of the Minster, was born in the timber-framed house on the inner side of the bar; it was still used as living accommodation up until 1959.

Shops and houses, perhaps as many as fifty, were built on it. In 1565 the bridge collapsed. The new structure was rebuilt in stone later in the 16th century.

We are looking towards Ouse Bridge with South Esplanade on the right.

The old model petrol pump looks rather incongruous standing in front of the house doorway.

In St Helen's Square, what had been a Guildhall Chapel and then a public house was demolished to make way for the building of a residence for the Lord Mayor. The result was this charming abode.

The house straddling Scheregate Steps replaces a Roman postern.

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

The mill later became a private house.

The original village was in front of the manor house: such was the power and influence of the local landowner in those days, that the settlement was demolished and rebuilt outside the park boundary.

The thatched cottages beyond have been all but demolished, but the front walls remain as part of a flat roofed house called The Old Workshop.

Another wide street, and also laid out as a market, it has many good stone houses, including almshouses of 1877 on the left and several pubs.

Next door is the Caudle House restaurant.