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The Town Hall, on the left, dates from 1842; its imposing stone portico faces onto the High Street rather than the Market Square - which, as has become common in the modern age, is being used

Prior to 1582, documents referred to this village as 'Blechingley', meaning 'the ley (or clearing) of the Blaecci people', and its origins probably date back to the 7th or 8th century.

The elegant five-bay north and south arcades are witness to this date.

The buildings round the green date from the 18th to 19th centuries, with the exception of the 17th- century barn with a hipped and thatched roof to the right of the church.

To date it has never been excavated.

Known as New Street since the 15th century, the oldest building extant in 1896 was probably No 29, a silversmith and jewellers, that had a rainwater head dated 1687.

Twice a fire has destroyed the buildings: the lone tower dates from a church built in around 1530 which caught fire in the 1850s.

The chancel arch of the present church dates from the 13th century, and the tower was added in around 1390.

There can be little doubt regarding the date.

The Post Office building dates from the 16th century.

The original core of the White Lion - to the left of the picture - is thought to date from the 15th century.

The Buddle estuary was tucked between high walls (left centre), dating from about 1750, below the cupola of the Victorian Guildhall.

Most of the houses are 19th-century, including the shop (dated 1881) on the corner of Ray Lane beyond the now relocated war memorial cross.

The street becomes East Road and was gated with a level crossing (in front of the thatched cottage) for the West Bay extension of the Bridport Railway, in use from 1884 to 1962.

The single-storey extension to the pub also dates from 1921, when Hiskey Golding was the landlord.

It may be earlier in date and unrelated to the Doniert stone.

The place name dates back to the 11th century, but the original village fell into disuse and no trace of it remains today.

Smarden is an attractive Wealden village in H E Bates country, with a number of fine old timbered houses.

The street becomes East Road and was gated with a level crossing (in front of the thatched cottage) for the West Bay extension of the Bridport Railway, in use from 1884 to 1962.

Dating from 1712 and set in a landscaped park, it was built for the then Secretary to the Treasury, William Lowndes.

On the corner is The Laurels, a late Victorian bay-windowed villa dated 1897.

Kinmel Hall stands on a site said to date back to 1311, but this present country house emerged from the ashes of a former mansion destroyed by fire in 1848.

On the right is part of Tudor House - 'the best house in Uppingham', possibly dated circa 1600.

It was originally built as a chapel in the 12th century; the present commanding building on its hill overlooking the village mainly dates from the 15th century.