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The next four photographs show the well-to-do suburb of Benhilton - served by the church of All Saints, built in 1865.

One stop down the line from Enfield town, Bush Hill Park station was opened in 1880 to service this development by the Northern Estates Company.

The part that developers have played in the growth of the Luton conurbation is epitomised by the building in the far distance.

St Julitta's was restored in 1871-72 after the ruined church was drawn and planned by the author Thomas Hardy.

The imposing building (centre left) which juts out at the crossroads of Church Street and Claremont Lane ahead, is now occupied by the National Westminster Bank.

The adjacent Royal Engineers Museum contains many Gordon relics, including the folding chair he used at Khartoum, and a yellow jacket given to him by the Emperor of China.

Further alterations were made by the Wyatt family when it came into their possession in 1493, and Sir Thomas Wyatt, the father of the English sonnet, was born here in 1503.

On the wide pavement, centre right, we can see the small office which was used by the bus inspectors.

The board by the entrance to the Queen's building is offering 'luncheons, teas and garage'. Apart from losing its 'coaches' sign and acquiring a garage, the Salutation is little changed.

To the left of the car, by the white painted building, is the entrance to Victoria Street, where in No 8a D H Lawrence was born on 11 September 1885.

It was sold by the 10th Lord Middleton, still a Willoughby, to the City of Nottingham in 1924.

The abbey stands on the site of a Saxon nunnery set up by Domneva, and run by St Augustine's monks from Canterbury; it was destroyed in the ninth century by the invading Danes.

The 1860s ones on the left survive, but the next block with its elegant Ionic columns has been replaced by the modern Hilton West Pier Hotel.

Further alterations were made by the Wyatt family when it came into their possession in 1493, and Sir Thomas Wyatt, the father of the English sonnet, was born here in 1503.

A shipyard developed here from 1860, and by the late 19th century there were breakwaters, repair facilities and two dry docks of 350ft and 537ft.

The sculpture in front of Moot House was one of the first to be given to the town by the Harlow Art Trust. Called 'Chiron', it was bought to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

The design for this park cleverly concealed a mineral railway line, which crossed the park from Bank Hall Colliery (owned by the Thursbys) to join the mineral tramway, which served Rowley Colliery.

Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.

The Toll House at St Stephens was built in 1761 by the Launceston Turnpike Trust, which had come into being the previous year with the intention of 'widening and keeping in repair several roads leading

Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.

Most of the village was owned by the Whitbread family, including these rows of 16th-century timber-framed cottages.

The large parish church is mostly 13th- century, but it was heavily restored by the great architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, a native of Buckinghamshire, between 1849 and 1869.

The slate-roofed house by the telegraph pole survives, but nothing else is the same on the left side of the road.

The street lighting by the chemist was a new innovation, only introduced in 1900 after the generating station opened in Commercial Road.