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The Harbour Office dates from 1727; the first floor was extended over the pavement in 1822 to allow for a fire and chimney in the Ballast Master's office above.

The Angel Hotel is a remarkable late 15th-century stone-built inn, rebuilt on the site of a Knights Templar hostel where King John had held court in 1213; in this building Richard III signed the Duke of

East from St Peter's Hill, Avenue Road descends towards the River Witham, lined by middle-class late Victorian semi-detached villas.

Begun as a manor house, Bishop Auckland was castellated around 1300, though much of the building shown here dates from the extensive alterations carried out in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Although few village buildings pre-date the 17th century, Croston is an ancient place.

The vigorously carved Saxon cross which stands in Eyam's churchyard is thought to date from around the 9th century, and is similar is style to the crosses at Bakewell.

One of the oldest pubs in this corner of Hampshire, the Feathers is a sturdy, oak-beamed building dating back to the 14th century.

Dating from the late 15th century, the three-storey porch originally housed the administrative offices for the abbey.

There was a terrible fire in Wem in 1677, so most of the buildings in the town date from the 1700s or afterwards. One of the few earlier buildings is Dial Cottage, seen here on the right.

The building dates from 1634. Today the ground floor has been painted white, so that the timberwork can only be seen on the floor above.

The road was developed in the Victorian period, and most of the houses and shops, like those on the right, are of that date.

Charminster dates back to at least Saxon times.

The house dates from the time of the Armada in 1588, and was originally a Friends' Meeting House.

If this is the case, then the name could perhaps date back to the period of Roman occupation in Britain.

A close inspection of the brickwork of St Bartholomew's Church reveals the date when the tower was built - 1702. The main body of the church was completed two years later.

The plasterwork crown above the entrance is dated 1874.

At this date J F Brassey & Son, ironmongers, are still occupying the same premises they were in at the beginning of the 20th century, though they were probably no longer horseshoe manufacturers.

Both the Post Office, now Swan Cottage and Tudor Cottage date from the 17th century. The larger house with the dramatic jetty (centre) is Highbank, a medieval hall house.

The waters were so shallow that a ford had sufficed for many years, and this bridge was quite new at the date of the photograph.

The block in the background dates from the middle of the 20th century.

It looks horribly dated now, but this was state-of-the-art opulence in 1965.

The building behind was demolished in 1965, but that on the left, dated 1710, survives.

North of Grantham, set in its seven hundred acre landscaped deer park, Belton House was begun in 1685; it is architecturally conservative for that date with its cupola and balustraded flat roof.

The next three Edwardian views show Christchurch Park, which was the southern limit of development at that date.