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Houses at the top of this picture date from 1721.

The site now houses a business park and a retail centre, but Brooklands Museum tells the story of its historic past.

Standing by the gatehouse to the 'Big House' - Holker Hall - these four local schoolchildren from Holker pose for the camera on a wet day.

But behind the facades are centuries-old houses, some of them timber-framed.

Running north to south with closely built houses of all ages, the High Street of this quaintly composed village is set in a large parish rich in vernacular architecture, ancient burial

The water was stored in the tank, now disused, forming the top storey of the House in the Clouds.

At first, Basildon's schools were insufficient to house the surge of New Towners. For some of the primary-age children, there were places in existing schools at Vange and Pitsea.

The building now houses the Wirral Museum.

The Boat House is visible at the end of The Parade.

The Council House is now called St John's Court, and is occupied by the Somerset Redstone Trust. The Church of St John the Baptist is of Norman origin; its spire is visible for many miles around.

The Gas Service building on the right housed the offices and showroom of Redditch Gas Company at the time of this photograph.

The Old Lion and Lamb was formerly a coaching inn, one of the oldest posting houses on the Great North Road, and associated with the Bishops of Lincoln's palace at Buckden Towers.

In 1759 he also took on the lease of Penns House, which became Penns Hall.

Mock-Tudor houses are typical of the area, though these have a pleasanter outlook than most. It may be pleasant, but not necessarily peaceful, as they stand close to the A41.

This is one of them, a beautiful Elizabethan property rebuilt on the site of an earlier moated house by prosperous merchant Richard Smallbroke in 1575.

There is very little grazing in this street apart from the gardens fronting the houses on the left - fortunately, the garden gates are all securely closed!

Now a museum and well preserved, this ancient building was a 15th-century merchant's house, and was also owned in its history by two Norwich mayors.

Further right is Aberdeen House, now occupied by Judith Fisher.

Storms in the 19th century twice claimed all the houses here, but the rebuilding has not diminished the charm of this largely car-free village.

The village lies inland from Hastings; its medieval church of St Leonard is isolated away from the houses among the trees.

The building is now a private house, its responsibilities usurped by more modern shops a little further along the road to the left.

Here, where South Gate meets North Gate, are the town's finest commercial buildings, such as the HSBC bank of 1903 on the left and the Sessions House of 1830 in Gothick style with a pointed arched ground

It developed around the railway station when houses were built for middle-class Victorian families who chose to live surrounded by beautiful woodland scenery.

This is still a distinct village, with lanes winding uphill, although the wall on the right has now been replaced by a 1970s close, Titan Barrow, the name perpetuating a house of 1748 by Wood the Elder