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Similar to other heathland villages nearby, it grew in the 19th century as nurserymen came and improved the soil and in turn provided employment for the villagers.

The village takes it name from Smallfield Place, an estate given to John de Burstow in the reign of Edward III for services rendered during the French wars.

It was the largest Swedenborgian church in the country, and came to be known as the 'cathedral' of that denomination.

The main imports of lime and coal declined after the railway came to Camelford in 1893. The Profile Rock on the headland was said to resemble Queen Victoria's head!

Then came James Juby, tailor, and Garrards, wine merchants. On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis.

Demolition came in 1962 and the site was used for Wells Court and Wells Mews.

It is thought that their stone came from buildings in Gold Street which were demolished in 1887.

It passed into the hands of the Neville family, and Richard came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick, whose daughter Anne he later married.

It was intended that the building would act as an annexe to the Savoy Hotel in London, which D'Oyly Carte owned; but no licence was granted, so the house came to be used as a private residence.

People mostly arrive at the Lickeys by car today (though there are plenty of buses), but from 1913 to 1924 they came by bus, and from 1924 to 1952 on the hugely popular Number 70 tram, which served nearby

Dumpton lies within the urban boundaries of St Peter's and Broadstairs; its earlier name, 'Dodemayton', has long been forgotten, as has the hermit Pettit, who lived in a cave at Dumpton.

It is said that St Dunstan worked as a smith here, and that this is where he had his famed meet- ing with the devil whom he caught by the nose with his red-hot tongs.

This photograph shows the wide expanse of Westgate, a street typical of the old market towns in the area: there was room for animals being driven to market, market stalls, and all the people who came into

After the castle came into the ownership of the Ministry of Works in 1927, the ivy was cleared away.

At this date, a dog could safely stand and wait in the road until the next traveller came into view.

In the mid-19th century Scotsman John Laurie came to Romford with plans to create Laurie Town, the country's first garden city.

The bus station was built on the site where the amusement fairs used to set up when they came to town.

In 1902 the railway came to the village, with the opening of a line to Skipton. At 42 acres, Great Bentley's village green is the largest in England.

All the stone used in the building came from the ruins of the abbey, a hundred yards away. The Hall was lived in until the late 1950s.

These barracks were built about three years after the Infantry Barracks, but the construction came under much criticism.

The next major alteration came in 1965, when the north gallery was blocked off to form a village hall.

During the Second World War it was used as an officer training unit, but when peace came it was allowed to stand empty and neglected for about six years, leaving much of the building a ruin.

On the final day of the trams, crowds came out to mourn their passing. Many placed pennies on the tracks to be clipped as a souvenir.

It passed into the hands of the Neville family, and Richard came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick, whose daughter Anne he later married.