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These cumbersome devices were backed into the sea by horses, and the incumbent then disembarked down steps at the rear, protected from cold winds and inquisitive stares by a collapsible umbrella

Today, Penmaenmawr is a small, much-loved seaside resort overlooking Conwy Bay and backed by precipitous coastal mountains.

The cottage on the right has been replaced by a stone bungalow further back from the roadside.

We return up London Road to the Wheat Sheaf and turn right into New Street, formerly called Lichfield Street, which takes us back to the Market Place.

The cottage on the right has been replaced by a stone bungalow further back from the roadside.

A local legend says that the people planned to build it on lower land, but each night, after work, a pig came along and moved all the stones back up to the top of the hill.

The first mention of St Bartholomew's church dates back to 1125, and that structure survived until 1820.

These cumbersome devices were backed into the sea by horses, and the incumbent then disembarked down steps at the rear, protected from cold winds and inquisitive stares by a collapsible umbrella

At the back of the great columns were screens closing off the side aisles.

Hardly a stone's throw away from Kingsbury Road is Slough Lane and its environs, where Ernest G Trobridge's timber and thatch houses are grouped most picturesquely.

At the back of the great columns were screens closing off the side aisles.

This long and lofty space was originally divided into smaller chapels and areas where lay brothers could worship.At the back of the great columns were screens closing off the side aisles.

A cumbersome sit-up-and-beg bicycle with panniers on the back has been left leaning against one of the stone pillars around the small front garden of the house whose windows have been thrown open to the

There was a church here in Norman times, and stones from that building were incorporated into this church.

It stands on a pyramid-shaped brick plinth surmounted by a carved stone pillar, and the hour can be read using the cast iron gnomon.

It stands on a pyramid-shaped brick plinth surmounted by a carved stone pillar, and the hour can be read using the cast iron gnomon.

Further up Church Road, we are looking at the backs of 18th-century houses on Church End, the lane which leads to the medieval parish church of St Laud, out of shot to the left.

The rest have been replaced by the modern back wall of a stone clad Co-op supermarket.

Built on slightly higher land away from the river, it turns its back on it, and this view looks north-west along the High Street to the Church Street crossroads.

Catterick has three greens; this one looks along Sour Beck to the 15th-century parish church of St Anne, financed by the owners of nearby Brough Hall.

Its charters date back to the 1100s, although St Machar is said to have founded a church here in AD 580.

Our last view in this chapter before turning north back to Hailsham shows the Horse and Groom pub at the junction of the High Street and the Eastbourne Road, the A22.

The porch to the church dates back to Norman times (13th century), the aisle from the 14th and the tower from the 15th century.

Probably dating back to a chapel-of-ease on the site in the 14th century, St Michael and All Angels is a striking landmark visible from most of the town.