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Moon Hotel purchased the neighbouring premises of Dingley's, drapers, outfitters, milliners and hosiers, and soon the new building had been redesigned and built as we see it today, set back

Cowbridge can trace its origins as far back as Roman times, when a small fort was built here.

Now, thanks to cut-backs, post offices disappear like ghosts into the night.

Set back behind the High Street, the church looks reassuringly medieval amid the modernity of Crawley, but in fact only the nave wall is: the tower was rebuilt in 1807 and the rest in 1880.

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

The Church 1961 Heading back towards Highbridge and the end of this seaside tour, we head for East Brent on the north-east side of Brent Knoll; this is an Upper Lias limestone outlier rising steeply

Too drunk to make it back to Stratford, they slept the night under a crab-apple tree.

Zenon Vantini, the first manager of the North Euston Hotel, backed by the Rev John St Vincent Beechey, put forward the idea of a boarding school for boys, and by 1904 the school was flourishing, despite

This handsome crescent dates back to 1826 and was originally intended to be part of a seaside resort known as Anglesey, developed by the Marquis of Anglesey.

As more and more injured men came back from the front, a larger hut hospital was built on the playing fields of King's and Clare Colleges, with 'open-air' wards such as this one housing the patients

On the left, set back and partly hidden by a tree, are the Public Buildings and St John's Hall.

By 1903, however, production had ceased, the population had dropped back to under 6,000, and traders were having a thin time of it - look at the empty streets here.

Prices by the mid fifties had doubled on what they had been around 1946: a pound of sirloin cost 4s 2d, 3lb of flour 1s 3d, a dozen eggs would set you back 3s 10d and a pound of butter 2s 6d.

A royd is a northern name for an assart, a practice going back to medieval times when the population of a hamlet cleared land, usually sufficient to make one or two fields, for crops.

However, de Clare had the backing of the barons and retook his own castle by force, forcing the Welsh to withdraw.

This view is from beside the Ice House, its balcony covered in creeper, looking back down Castle Hill.

The Victorian commercial heart of this cul-de-sac village, strung out along the back lane into Melbury Park, was represented by the Melbury Osmond shop.

The entire churchyard, and even the paths leading to the door, are all covered with tombstones, some of which date back to the 1600s.

In 1949 the market was moved to Red Lion Street, but it is now back on two sides of the Green - Market Place and Church Green East.

The High Street is noted for its Arcade shopping centre, which dates back to 1901 and includes ornamental stained glass.

The King's Head dates back to at least 1726, but it underwent a major reconstruction in the 1880s.

Homes backing directly onto the beach have suffered in recent years from flooding. The Carry On film star Hattie Jacques was born here.

The ivy has been stripped off, and a café is now situated round the back.

In 1949 the market was moved to Red Lion Street, but it is now back on two sides of the Green - Market Place and Church Green East.