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This and the following three photos, although from the same vantage point, span a period of 60 years.They show many changes in some of the buildings and in the mode of transport.Two horse-drawn vehicles

There's a sign on the building on the left that reads 'National Health Dispensing Service'.

The chimney in the background (right) is that of Berry's or Lower Mill, the last remnant of a once thriving industry.

It is probable, given the number of stone circles found on Dartmoor, that a family or a group of families erected them for ritual worship, either to venerate the dead or for an astronomical purpose.

The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view. The venerable Austin Seven must be about twenty years old at the time of this photograph.

Just a couple of miles from Haywards Heath railway station is the attractive and ancient village of Lindfield, named after the lime (or linden) trees which flank the village High Street.

This is one of Newbury's most attractive streets, Northbrook Street, depicted at the beginning of the 1960s.

Here we see the English side of the De Brus Cenotaph.

Underneath the stained glass windows of the council chamber we can see the arcade of shops leading to the Market Hall, flanked by Marley Modes, a ladies' dress shop, and Bradleys, a gentlemen's outfitters

Further west along the A30, Chard is a market town laid out in 1234 by Bishop Jocelyn of Wells.

A mile south-west we come to Athelney, a name redolent of Anglo-Saxon history.

Exeter's canal was built at the request of the city's Tudor merchants and traders, who were exasperated by the weirs on the River Exe that obstructed the free flow of water transport into the city.

His bricks were his reply to Government proposals to tax bricks after the costly War of American Independence in 1782.

William Lever, later Lord Leverhulme, added every amenity he could think of to the village. A club-house, library, hospital, youth club, gymnasium and swimming baths, all were included.

In the 1950s a new and busy road separated the two villages of Little and Great Eccleston.

The castle has a long pedigree, with some remains of the Roman period imbedded within the structure, but the whole medieval core was systematically upgraded by the 3rd Marquis of Bute and his architect

The foundations of Harewood House were laid in 1759, and work continued for the next 23 years. Gawthorp Hall was demolished, and its foundations now lie beneath the lake.

This is a photograph of the busy Market Place with lots of cars, no horses and no Neptune! The pant was demolished in 1923, and Neptune was moved to a life of solitude in Wharton Park.

The castle is now much restored by the Marquis of Bute, with its water defences reinstated. The original castle was begun by Gilbert de Clare.

Not far from Chipping Norton, close to Long Compton, stands a Bronze Age circle of 77 stones, a group of Neolithic upright stones and the single, 8 feet tall King Stone shown here, which dates from the

Boot's is on the right, where you could join their lending library, and next to it Woolworth's, where immediately inside on the left you used to be able to have a 'cuppa' and a bun.

The tower and spire of St Mary's church dominates the view. To the right is the Town Hall, which was originally situated over the north end of the bridge, with only a narrow arch for traffic.

The Market is still very much a part of modern life, and fulfils its prime function on six days of every week.

The name of the street harks back to the days of the medieval walled town. The gate itself was demolished in 1781.