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Kiveton Park was once an estate belonging to Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby and later First Duke of Leeds; the house, designed by William Talman, has long since been demolished.

The scene has hardly changed at all, except that there are now more houses beyond the road. Like so many villages locally, the population has grown considerably in the last few years.

Today the building houses the town's comprehensive public library. Ossett's GNR railway station was open until 1964.

Mr Foster, the builder, showed his pride in his work by occupying the largest of the new houses.

A line of genteel houses is now an indifferent row of shops.

Built in 1902, it housed their store, as well as a billiards room, a reading room, and a concert hall.

The statue was made by Doulton Potteries and remained on this site until the early 1930s when it was removed to the grounds of Greenham House, and then later moved to Victoria Park.

One of the few thatched buildings in the area, the Duke's Head is no longer a public house.

Behind the bird house on the left is a wonderful great barn with a sweeping roof of Kerridge stone slabs.

In the centre is Clyde House, once the post office, which along with the village store is now to be found in the converted sandstone barn on the left.

The arch led to the rear of the Angel Hotel yard, owned at that time by John Jasper Taylor, who also had a temperance hotel, Deanery House, further down Church Street.

This very substantial bargate stone building - five storeys and a basement - was originally a private house, but became a prep school known as Silvesters, the headmaster's name.

The Royal Oak, now a private house, can be seen at the top of the street.

Another wide street, and also laid out as a market, it has many good stone houses, including almshouses of 1877 on the left and several pubs.

The castle was originally a manor house belonging to the Bishops of Chichester; a licence to crenellate was granted in 1377.

Several old houses still survive, and the general store and post office were built in the garden of one of them.

Its public house, The Fox and Hounds (left), dates from 1845.

On either side of the High Street, some of the former well-stocked shops have become estate agents, marketing the many bungalows and houses that were built for families who came year after year to enjoy

Broadway Stores is in Norton, where a large housing estate extends right to the county border. The stores is Broadway Service Station now, with a modern forecourt.

The greenhouses provided most of the pot plants and flowers which were used in the house, and were used to cultivate roses, tomatoes and orchids.

At the end is Red House, a Tudor farmhouse with a brick front of c1715. The school playground is on the right.

The mill house to the right is early 17th-century with later additions and alterations.

In the distance is Upper House Farm, one of many buildings around Kinder Scout which are now in the hands of the National Trust.

Lines of local authority housing climb the hill at Stanmore on the south-west outskirts of Winchester, which has evolved and expanded over the years.