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The little cottage on the left has been replaced by a redbrick house, and there is a modern bungalow just to the right of it.

Moving north, just beyond the Handley Memorial, and heading for the Market Place, we see buildings mostly from the late 18th- and 19th-century phase of Sleaford's prosperity, with the castellated house

Near the windmill is the lifeboat house, in use at this time. In 1886 the tragic wreck of the 'Mexico' occurred with much loss of life, including lifeboatmen from St Anne's.

The factory was kept very busy, especially at Christmas, when besides Lancashire cheese, sage and cheddar cheeses were produced; but it was demolished in 1991, and houses were built on the site.

At this end of the High Street many houses survive; those on the right have single-storey shops in front.

There are almost as many visitors in this High Street as there are in its neighbour Cromer, with every other premises a cafe or public house.

Nearby Amroth Castle is a grand 18th-century house that sits on the site of Amroth's original Norman fortress, just yards from Amroth beach.

The timber framed jettied house called Whitehall, standing on the corner of Park Lane and Malden Road, is thought to have been built as a farmhouse c1500, and over the last five centuries it has undergone

This building at the foot of Park Lane, with its stuccoed walls, pedimented porch, and ornamental iron gates, was built around 1820 as the lodge to Cheam Park House.

The imposing Bridge House, with a datestone of 1883 (left), was originally the Conservative Club; it was later used as a youth club, and was restored in 2003 and converted into business premises.

In the 18th and early 19th century, houses were built on the edge of the square; the most famous dwelling in Great Eccleston is Leckonby Hall.

The photograph shows an area to the south of the original village as it drops down towards Tally Ho Corner, but just a little to the north, among the modern shops, are 18th-century houses and a fine 16th-century

In 1906, Fletcher Dodd began to provide holidays for groups of socialists from the East End of London in the grounds of his house on Ormesby Road.

The post office and adjoining house remain, but there have been many changes since 1960. The next building has been demolished, and so has the whole of the right side of the street.

The New Inn, sporting its new Watney's Red Barrel sign by the door and the sign board with the house style lettering, stands up the hill in Road Weedon on the old London to Holyhead turnpike.

The Georgian-style council offices, now North Herts District Council's housing department, were built for the Urban District Council in 1935 to a design by Bennet & Bidwell, architects of many of the buildings

Behind The Old Tea House (centre right), which is still trading, is a hardware shop. At Christmas there is carol singing in the Square.

The house with the slated hipped roof beyond is faced with tiny flints, with brick quoins and door and window surrounds.

This kind of view is often found in this region - 19th-century terraces sprang up to house workers in the coal and iron industries - but Kenfig has a long history dating back to the Bronze and Iron

Across the Great Ouse we reach Biddenham, now virtually joined to Bedford by housing estates. At the end of a lane near the Ouse the parish church is grouped with Church Farm.

On a busy market day the former Market House is partly concealed. It was rebuilt in 1937 with fake timber-framing applied to the outside, but it did re-use the original 1565 roof timbers.

The hill top was levelled to accommodate the house, its parterres and approaches, and a fine aviary was added in 1889.

Of this good 1830s terrace only two bays survive, those to the left of W H Smith, the pet and garden stores, which also retain the shopfront which was added to the house's facade.

Bridgewater House is to the right, and some of the ICI works to the left. The River Mersey has a large sweeping bend here. We can make out the Hale shoreline over on the far bank.