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Another view of Chideock Post Office (right), looking eastwards to Mervyn House, Staddlestones, and Rose Cottage (centre).

The shrubs conceal Ladybrow, a former doctor's house and surgery. It was demolished in the late 1960s, and the site is now occupied by the Ladygate Shopping Centre.

Some of the streets of terraced houses built for railway workers still survive, but no trains have run here since 1965.

Down by the crossroads is the Six Bells public house, while to the left, the church is one of only two in England dedicated to Saint Vigor.

Another view showing the elaborate pargetting which has made the Ancient House recognised as one of the prime examples of its kind.

The houses in the foreground are in Cawsand, those in the background in Kingsand.

This major avenue crosses the Broadway at Grangetown, and illustrates the high quality housing originally provided for the local steel industry.

It housed a night porter and a small gaol.

Looking north into the distance, one can see the oncoming, creeping tide of housing development which now links Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne together.

Looking northwards, we can see a good selection of 18th- century architecture; perhaps the most attractive is St Edward's House (next to the three-storey hotel) with Corinthian-topped

The house was built in 1751 by Samuel Greathead on the site of an Elizabethan mansion. In the 1920s domestic staff at Guy's Cliffe worked a six-and-a-half-day week.

The village sign shown on the right of the photograph depicts a cuckoo, a rebus for Cuckfield, whilst the village stores (left) were a branch of Spar and also housed the local post office

Six houses to the left was the lodging house of Mrs Sophia Booth, where J M W Turner stayed between 1827 and 1851.

In 1929, the house was given to Cowes by the Ward family, and is now used for office space and functions by the Medina Borough Council.

The bungalows along Church Road are fairly representative of the kind of housing to be seen in Laindon before the New Town came. Several of them are still there.

The 'proper' housing lines the Braunton to Croyde road, and the sea (behind the camera) is a noted surfing area.

Northwood House was the home of Tennyson's friend William George Ward in the 19th century. The poet and Ward would often stroll around Northwood's exquisite gardens.

He was also involved with the building of Nelson's Column, the Houses of Parliament, and railway lines all over the world.

These are the first houses we see as we enter the town from the north; they have been described as 'an outstanding group of mostly 15th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings'.

The oval Butter Market was designed by George Wightwick, who simultaneously designed the Lower Market House, which still stands in Market Street and is now an arcade.

The oval Butter Market was designed by George Wightwick, who simultaneously designed the Lower Market House, which still stands in Market Street and is now an arcade.

The range to the right of the Post Office has been rebuilt as Lipton House. Stead and Simpson have traded from a shop on this site since at least 1898.

Its pretty houses grouped around a square by the castle gates lend it a timeless air.

New houses have also been erected nearby. St Columba's Parish Church is still a landmark.