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After the war, small-scale industrial development took the place of the old market gardens, and housing continued to spread over the old estates as the population expanded.

Seatown hamlet consists of the Anchor Inn (seawards) and a coastguard station, comprising a watch house (facing the sea), Guard House Cottages, and the boathouse.

The former primary school in the foreground now houses the White Horse Team Ministry hall and offices.

This is a swagger Arts-and-Crafts style house of 1888, with a welter of mullions and transoms, coving and gables. St Ethelbert's House now has a suitably ornate use as Boswell's brasserie/bar.

The street was then lined with houses, small shops and public houses.

house on the western outskirts.

Formerly known as the Council House, it has recently been renamed the Town Hall, following the construction of a new red-brick Council House next to it.

Semi-detached houses like these would have been snapped up by house-buyers wanting to be in commuting distance from Derby, just six miles away on the A38.

The Basildon Development Corporation aimed at providing a wide range of different types of housing—both for visual reasons, and also to attract residents from different income-groups.

Since the 1960s Earls Barton has doubled in size; now the new housing estates in the village attract commuters who travel daily to Northampton, Wellingborough and elsewhere.

Many picturesque thatched cottages and flintstone houses line the street. The village general stores and post office once housed its own manual telephone exchange.

The house on the left is now demolished. Behind it is the old 17th-century manor house, now restored.

One house that did reach completion and has splendid views was Cliff House.

THE ANCIENT city of Lancaster gave its name not only to the Palatine County, but also to a royal house.

On the board above the toll house door are listed the charges for the passage of vehicles and animals through the gate that once stood here.

The houses on the left have been altered in a reasonably complimentary manner, but to the right the mature trees have gone, and the 18th-century garden wall has been mostly demolished to form

Since the photograph was taken an inscription has been painted above the right-hand window, reading 'Ye Olde Kinge Charles House'.

The Hundred, which runs down to the Market Place, is lined with striking houses and cottages. The Sawyers Arms, now a private house, can be spotted on the right.

This fine building adjoining School House was built at the same time, 1860.

The road has not changed, but the chalet-style house has gone, replaced by luxury flats, and there are now houses to the right.

Tudor Close House was a skilful 1920s conver- sion of much older farm buildings into seven houses.

The variety of accommodation ranged from hotels such as the Metropole and Grand down to family boarding houses, commercial lodgings and public houses.

One of the most famous buildings in Chester, the God's Provident House. The house was originally built in 1652 and rebuilt in 1862.

High above the river stands the Petersfield House Hotel, whose guests are able to relax by the summer house under the chestnut tree. A path and lawns now lead from the hotel to the mooring.