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The tiny church stands in the grounds of the huge manor house and park, and dates back to the late 13th century.

As well as providing vegetables and fruit all year round, it grew exotic blooms to decorate the rooms of the house – often these were chosen to complement the colours of the ladies' gowns.

The Black Bull dates from the early 18th century; it was a pub until 1924, and is now a house.

At the centre are the public swimming baths housing two saltwater pools, the larger capable of hosting international water polo matches and, when boarded over, doubling as gymnasium.

Seacox is a French chateau- style house built in 1871 for the Goschen family, who were great benefactors of the village; they built a number of cottages for estate staff.

A local mansion, Watergate House, is now demolished.The signboard of the Victoria Inn is visible to the left of the picture.The scene today is little changed.

Michael Sherbrook, rector of Wickersley, wrote:'All things of price either spoiled, carted away, or defaced to the uttermost … nothing was spared but the oxhouses and swinecoates and other such houses

This view is taken looking along Station Approach north from beside the station; at this date, the shops and houses are almost unchanged since they were built in the 1890s.

The houses here are built of local stone.The stream meanders through the centre of the village, and local children play pooh sticks and just watch the stream.The fortunes of the village have fluctated

Hartnoll Brothers (right), stationers and printers at Burlington House, were the proprietors of the Newquay Guardian and the Handbook to Newquay and North Cornwall.

Michael Sherbrook, rector of Wickersley, wrote: 'All things of price either spoiled, carted away, or defaced to the uttermost.....nothing was spared but the oxhouses and swinecoates and other such houses

A view of the King William IV public house, one of the four that existed in the village at this time.

General Wolfe spent his childhood in Quebec House and is said to have passed his last night in his beloved town at the George and Dragon, shown here in the foreground.

The shop has since been converted to a private house. The main line railway station is to the south of the village centre.

There has been an inn on this site since the 12th century; it was originally a cider house, part of an orchard. It now has a caravan park and a restaurant.

Its replacement is truly dire, but York House on the left survives.

Now in effect a suburb of Taunton, the village is still distinctly a village architecturally, with its 1586 Elizabethan manor house, recently freshly yellow ochre colourwashed.

These holiday caravans are sited behind Rivermead House.

To the right of this is the Council House, which was opened formally by HRH The Duke of Kent in December 1935. The Civic Gardens lie in front of them.

The 17th- century coaching inn, right, was converted to a pub as late as 1983, and is now a guest house, complete with stables and mounting block at the rear.

The post office, on the left here, is now a private house. The billboards outside advertise magazines such as 'Tit Bits' and 'Men Only'.

It is culverted under the main road, and collects in a large lake, which lies between Broadwaters Lane and the estate of houses.

After a royal luncheon, the Duke had a tour of the town centre and the new Keay House office block.

On the same side of the road as the chemist's shop was Alexander Hall, now Alexander House (the pedimented building).