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Looking north, from the lane into the village from Miles Cross, 1868-dated Symondsbury School and tower of St John`s Church in the background can be seen.

On the right with the railings are two fine examples of clothiers' houses from the mid 17th century, re-fronted and altered in the late 18th century.

It looks like a hot day, and a stop for light refreshment merely continues a centuries-old tradition dating here from the time of the Civil War.

It appears to date from about 1840, and houses an interesting museum, focusing on the town's long maritime history.

The mill stands on the northern edge of town, with St Mary's graveyard visible beyond; it dates from Norman times, and by the Middle Ages was used for fulling cloth.

The Common dates back to medieval times. It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks—quite a bargain!

Over the years it has been a toll-gate, prison, guildhall and museum.The original Norman arch dates back to about 1175, and the tower was added a century later.The upper floor used to be the guildhall

The main body of the church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, and was here in 1180.

Little of its fabric survives, and it is thought to have been one of the very earliest of Scotland's stone castles, dating from the 12th century. Its hereditary keepers were the Earls of Argyll.

Further along is a 17th-century timber-framed building with a double overhang, whose lintel is dated 1664.

By that date, however, Lynn had already declined in status as a port, and Thetford never gained the prominence as a trading centre it expected.

Mansion House dates from 1826. The Mayor of Leeds, John Barran, the pioneer of mass clothing, bought it at auction in 1871; he then sold it at cost to the Leeds Corporation.

The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite it is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

It occupied a building dated 1677, one of the first rebuilt after the 1675 fire. The building survives, but The Fifty Shilling Tailor is no more.

This view shows the most striking, the Park Avenue Methodist church, a typical design by George Baines and Son, which dates from 1924.

There is little apart from the Mini van parked in front of the terraced house on the bottom right of the picture to give away the date of this view, which looks north over Abergynolwyn.

The large clock on its ornamental bracket outside St Martin’s Church dates from 1668; it still shows present-day shoppers the time.The chap in the smart motor car looks a proper toff!

The half-timbered manor house of Blakesley Hall dates from 1575.

The castle, which dates from 1282, was left to slide into decay following its siege during the Civil War in 1645. It held out for the king, and was thereafter slighted by Cromwell's men.

The chancel dates from 1886, and the stained glass is also vintage 1880s.

Built in the Irish style, the round tower dates from the 10th or 11th centuries and would have been used by the monks as a place of refuge during raids by pirates or Vikings.

This and the stylish pedestrian bridge date from 1892-4. Between this and the 1848 railway bridge beyond is now Twickenham Bridge of 1930, in effect the Richmond by-pass.

Blackfriars Bridge, dated 1869, screens the now part-demolished railway bridge of 1864.

After this date there was an inevitable spreading of streets and tramways.