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In 1451, Bishop Bekynton commissioned his 'New Works', which included the Dean's Eye, or Browne's Gate, built in 1453, which connected the cathedral precinct with the city.

This well-known inn is situated in a peaceful corner of the New Forest, close to Cadnam.

Further east, Franklins Outfitters, a mid 19th-century Italianate building on the right has gone, as have those in the distance on the left, to be replaced by the tepid Neo-Georgian Talbot Court.

The church is a curious mix of greenstone and limestone giving a patchwork quilt effect, while the chancel is in brick.

This Norman church atop Crayford Hill is probably the oldest in the borough of Bexley.

A bus to Pedders Lane and Ashton-on-Ribble plies down Fishergate, but so busy has Preston become, that drastic alterations in regulating traffic have had to be made.

The River Eye flows through the village on its way to join the River Dickler, which in turn feeds the Windrush to the south of Bourton-on-the-Water.

The Poor House (left) was built at the direction of Sir Robert Hitcham (d1636) who owned the castle. The gable wing dates from 1637, and the remainder from 1729.

Recent repairs have shown that there is an earlier tower beneath the outer skin of flints. The 14th-century porch was later heightened to form an upper room, hence the small low windows.

Further up the High Street, the whitewashed cottage on the right is called Kinver Edge.

Looking west along the High Street, we see on the right the Dog and Gun, a Phipps public house, now closed and converted to a private house.

The first of the road traffic tunnels to be dug under the River Mersey, the Queensway Tunnel was opened by King George V and Queen Mary on 18 July 1934.

The pub is the building on the right. Notice the arms displayed between the windows - they have now been moved to the top of the gable wall.

The suffix 'Regis' was added to the name of this seaside town in 1929 after George V spent some weeks recuperating in the area following a major illness.

Sandway Bridge carries Sandway Lane across the meadows from the village of Frampton and over the River Frome to the hamlet of Southover.

The view is eastwards from the village green to a range of 18th-century thatched cottages (right).

One of them was then occupied by a mercer (a dealer in fine cloth) called Thomas Church, and the other by his nephew, William.

Although immortalised by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland, the origins of the cat are said to go way back in time, and no-one knows where the story of the grinning cat, now always associated

This vital hub of the village was run for years by the Star family.

A magistrate's court was held on the first floor, and the ground floor was used as a lock-up. Today it acts as the town's war memorial.

The main part of the building, pictured here in the foreground, was built in the 19th century.

There are now several other venues for live entertainment in the town, including the Winter Gardens, home of the world-famous Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

During the 1870s and 1880s large numbers of double-engined disconnecting paddle-tugs were built.

Compare this view with No O45043, and note the cottage on the right with the broad light-coloured band above the front door running across the house front. This building appears in both pictures.