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Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School.

The old house here was restored and rebuilt in 1840 by Lord Howden to the designs of Decimus Burton, a London architect, who was also responsible for Hyde Park Corner.

By now Hitchman's the chemists had been swept away: Montague Burton had built an art deco emporium (left) on the corner of Silver Street.

By now Hitchman's the chemists had been swept away: Montague Burton had built an art deco emporium (left) on the corner of Silver Street.

Looking along the High Street past the beleaguered Burton Memorial, one would see little change today in the buildingscape.

Each boy would be required to climb the 150ft high mast from HMS 'Cordelia', and every year, cadets at the passing-out ceremony had to climb the rigging, the pride of place going to the 'button

Her telephone number was Burton Bradstock 50.

Post-war, caravans advanced on to the pea-gravel beach, and this photograph was used by the National Trust land agent John Cripwell when he presented the case for the purchase of Burton Cliff (top right

Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School.

The camera has been set up on a triangle of land at the junction of the A444 Burton Road with the road to Sheepy Magna, which drifts out of shot to the left.

Beyond are vertical sandy strata, forming East Cliff and Burton Cliff.

This corner would be dominated by Burtons in the 1930s.

Beyond are vertical sandy strata, forming East Cliff and Burton Cliff.

The tall building centre left is the Art Deco-ish Burton's - its foundation stones were laid by members of the family in 1938 - and on the right is W H Smith in a heavily-corniced neo-

The impressive Gothic style memorial cross dates only from 1908 and, although as impressive as medieval Eleanor Cross, commemorates Edmund Charles Burton, a noted national hunt figure.

Marks & Spencer, who came in 1931, occupy the building to the left of the High Bridge Restaurant; Burton's (left) are still there, and have been joined by Dorothy Perkins.

Marks & Spencer, who came in 1931, occupy the building to the left of the High Bridge Restaurant; Burton's (left) are still there, and have been joined by Dorothy Perkins.

In the background we can see the tall Pharos lighthouse and the North Euston Hotel, designed in 1840 by the famous architect Sir Decimus Burton.

Fortunately the Wheatsheaf of 1900 on the right survives as an O'Neills pub, and so does the former Burton's on the opposite corner, but most of the right-hand buildings have gone for the Belfry

This corner would be dominated by Burtons in the 1930s.

Others stores date from the thirties, including Woolworth's (1931) and Burton's (1937).

The view is closed at the far end of the street by Norman Burton's, built in the early 1800s, and just to the right the café sign invites you to Frances Hill's tea rooms.

This mid-summer picture was obviously taken on a warm day, judging by the pedestrians in light clothing and the number of open windows in the offices above Dorothy Perkins and Burton's tailor shop

A group of young men of fashion are keen to show off their new suits to the photographer outside Burton's store.