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This little church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, sits on the edge of Romney Marshes; its origins go back to the 12th century.

In the background is the Lose Hill-Back Tor ridge.

To the left is the back of the Union Club, which at that time was occupied by the Royal Collage of Physicians.

This view looks back towards the junction with Church Street and Peel Street again; the upper view of the buildings is little changed from earlier days.

One of the oldest theatres in the country still in regular use, the Theatre Royal dates back to 1766.

A century earlier this part of Exmouth was just a strand, backed by dunes, marsh and pasture.

The New Buildings, which date back to 1733, blend harmoniously with the older parts of the college; the hall has an impressive Jacobean screen and there are some valuable manuscripts in the library.

There is also a timber-framed wall on the east side, part of an old malthouse which dates back to the 17th century.

The church of St John Baptist dates back to Norman times, when it consisted of a west tower, nave and chancel.

The Town Hall dates back to 1826; the building's Greek Doric style makes it one of Andover's most distinguished landmarks.

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

The Royalists had a verse about local lad and Parliamentary general, Thomas Harrison: 'Son of a witch, Mayest thou die in a ditch, With the butchers who back up thy quarrels, And art above ground, While

Straight-backed cars, complete with running boards, can be seen.

Here, country people are awaiting the carriers' carts that will transport them back to their farms and villages. The thatch covering the rubble cottages on the right has seen better days.

Chesapeake Mill dates back to 1820 and was built by John Prior, a miller, partly of woodwork from an American warship of that name, captured by the much smaller British HMS 'Shannon' off Boston Harbour

It was decided to demolish numerous properties and to rebuild them further back, thus widening the road and providing parking.

One of the great advantages of the Frith Collection is that the photographers often went back to the same locations, which provides us with subtle degrees of change.

Standing out proudly in this photograph of Horsham's most interesting street is Causeway House, a picturesque half-timbered building dating back to the late Tudor period.

The photographer is now looking south along Watling Street back to Road Weedon. To the right are the post-war council houses and the filling station in the Globe Hotel car park.

Beyond the hump-backed 15th-century bridge over the River Darent, and the adjoining ford, is a picturesque Tudor house and a line of cottages looking out onto the grassy banks.

At its back it is fringed by hills. In common with Penzance and Newlyn, Mousehole narrowly escaped sacking by the Spaniards in the 1500s.

These thatched granite cottages have turned their backs to the weather and the comfortless winds off the open sea.

Motor cruisers are moored along the public bank, and a young lad is quanting (a method of propelling by means of a pole, similar to punting) a dinghy along the shallow waterway.

As a result, tanners and shoemakers set up in business along its banks.