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Roofs fell in, walls collapsed through the weight of smothering ivy, and congregations declined. This neglect would not be tolerated in our own conservation-conscious age.

At the bottom is 'The House that Moved': this historic local building was in the path of a road scheme, and was carefully excavated and rolled some 400 yards to a new position.

As a town, Basingstoke has been growing since the early part of the 20th century, but in the last 40 years or so it has become the fastest growing town in Western Europe, its population increasing from

Many of the buildings in Southampton's historic High Street were destroyed during the Second World War, more than 30 years after this photograph was taken.

This small parish in the Berkeley Vale consists of isolated farms and cottages, including these quaint brick two- storey buildings with their thatched roofs and inclined dormer windows.

Plymouth never quite achieved the status of being a major seaside resort, though tourists have always bathed from its beaches and promenaded across the famous Hoe.

Another well-known multi-national dominates this view; the branch has been here since about 1930, though the left-hand extension is a post-War development on the site of the Cinema de Luxe, which burned

Plymouth never quite achieved the status of being a major seaside resort, though tourists have always bathed from its beaches and promenaded across the famous Hoe.

Fashionable hotels soon lined the front, with villa residences and smart cottages being erected along the slopes of Sid Vale to cater for a dramatic increase in the resident population.

It was named after the prominent weathervane placed here early in the 19th century by Mrs Johnes, a local benefactor who spent a great deal of her own money on improving the growing town.

The central doors, which can just be seen in this photograph, were made by the famous wood carver, Thompson of Kilburn: his signature, a mouse, is carved on the right-hand door.

Ashford has for centuries been an important market town, and scenes such as this, with the sheep in the middle of the street, were once a familiar sight.

Southampton's famous Floating Bridge enabled foot passengers and traffic to cross the Itchen between the city and the south-eastern suburb of Woolston.

In the days of horse-drawn travel, Fairford was an important coaching town that straddled the important road leading to the capital from the south-west.

Perhaps a sign of the times, an open-topped automobile is parked outside the Old Hall Hotel, opposite the tree-fringed churchyard.

As the water inside the lock still eddies after the opening of the upstream gates, two oared skiffs join a sleek steam launch inside the basin.

On the grass in front of the hotel is a pump and a trough. The hotel has now extended into the next building with the porch.

Boscastle's steep, narrow roads with their tricky hairpins have reduced the impact of development; Old Hill looks much the same today as it did in 1906.

This shows a view towards Camberley, with the newly opened Municipal Offices on the right, built at a cost of £2,339. Next to them is the Victoria Hotel.

On the right an old sycamore tree shades what is left of the village stocks.The film 'Whistle Down The Wind' with Hayley Mills was filmed in and around Downham village.

On the right is Waterloo Cottage, which until the mid 1970s was the post office and village shop.

Behind the corner of the Boat Float, and distinguished by a white awning, is Parade House (centre), built in 1880 to replace the Assembly Rooms.

Here we see a quiet scene in the centre of a village that has become overwhelmed by post-war bungalow developments and surrounded by caravan and camping parks.

At this time Sheringham was developing into a popular seaside resort which would rival Cromer, though the inclination of the townsfolk was to ensure that it retained its charm.