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The houses in the background can no longer be seen, as the trees have grown.

Rolle Street takes its name from the Rolle family of Bicton House, who owned the land on which much of modern day Exmouth stands.

beside the slope leading up to the church, is not entirely apparent from this picture, which groups it with an adjacent dwelling and another stone building beyond, which has since been converted into a house

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.

These days, the building houses McDonald's fast food restaurant, who gave the site a much-needed facelift.

The lower building to the immediate right of the Temperance Hotel was a public house, the Old Pier Vaults, an interesting combination!

This tranquil street of handsome houses fringing the river was built in 1708.

It was once the meeting place for wool merchants with a custom house where wool dues were collected.

Early 19th-century bow-fronted and balconied houses jostle with mid-Victorian Italianate stucco at varying heights and scales.

This unusual view shows the Mount's estate houses and a harbour wall, with Marazion stretched out along the coast and Trencrom Hill rising behind on the extreme left.

This shows the rear of the house now known as Greyfriars.

The thatched Chantry House, on the right, survived the devastating fire of 1795, which destroyed many of the older buildings in this once prosperous mediaeval market town.

This is an excellent example of the seemingly inexorable tide of uniform London County Council housing which swept northwards to engulf this former hamlet of Elstree after the Second World War.

Built in the 1880s as a memorial to William Thorngate, a philanthropic grocer and tea merchant who donated money for local housing, the Thorngate Hall was regularly used for public meetings until it

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

These houses in the Little Silver area would be worth a fortune today. Nestling at the foor of St Andrew Street, they were demolished after the last war when slum clearance was the watchword.

At ground floor level canopied, stylish shop fronts replace the premises of J Baker and Complete House Furnishings. Kingfisher China and Glass replaces Smith Bradbeer & Co on the left.

Plenty of large Victorian houses and ornate villas can be seen in this photograph of Goring.

To the right is an old house, formerly occupied by the village boot and shoe repairer.

Today this village has several new housing developments. The 19th-century school is a popular choice with local families.

In the 1930s it was given over to housing development, though Longmore Farm survived until the 1950s, when it was demolished.

In the foreground is a toll house, a vestige from the days of horse-drawn coaches that paid to use the road. Approaching from the middle distance is a single-decker motor bus.

With the new houses came the park, a place for gentle exercise or relaxation and a favourite walk for nannies and their prams.

It also served as the manorial courthouse but, during the 17th and 18th centuries housed a grammar school and later served as a general store.