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Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

The Market Square was probably the site of the quarry for the stone from which its magnificent church of St Peter and St Paul was built.

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

His poem about the embittered fisherman Peter Grimes inspired an opera by a much later and better known resident, Benjamin Britten.

Five centuries ago, St Peter's Church and elm trees occupied what is now The Square.

The original village, however, was at the bottom of the hill, centred on the church of St Peter, with the estuary of the Dee beyond.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is the only church within city limits to be mentioned in the Domesday Book.The west tower and the spire date from the 15th century, though the latter was

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

Next door is the Adult Continuing Education Centre, a division of Peter Symonds College, attended by the comedian Jack Dee when it was a grammar school.

St Peter's in Kirkgate was noted for its 15th-century brasses, whilst 18th-century Holy Trinity in Boar Lane had perhaps the most attractive-looking spire in the area.

In this splendidly evocative view from the High Street/St Peter's Street/Dame Alice Street junction, the photographer looks north along the Broadway towards the leafy De Parys Avenue, past the policeman

The parish church of Saints Peter and Paul became famous in 1851 when the vicar discovered a series of early wall paintings hidden under whitewash.

The tower of the medieval St Peter's Church, seen here on the left, dominates much of Dorchester's High Street.

The grandeur of both St Peter's and Market Hill are shown to best advantage in the days before car parking.

The tapering village green leads up to St Peter's Church.

Peter's church, which dominates the heart of Bournemouth.

There was a time when Corbridge held a weekly market, but this petered out as the town declined following the Civil War.

The tower of St Peter's Roman Catholic Cathedral can be seen in the background.

The church of St Peter and St Paul is also unusual - it has one of Somerset's octagonal towers.

Built in 1848 with funds raised almost entirely from public subscriptions, St Peter's was consecrated in July 1849 by the Bishop of Chester, Dr Graham.

Nearby, St Peter's Church was set fire to in 1979 - the timber porch, built in 1500, survived.

In the background we can see the tower and spire of the 12th- and 14th-century parish church of St Peter and St Paul, which has interior wall-paintings dating from the 15th century.

St Peter's Church is now redundant.

In the centre foreground of the picture stands St Peter's church, intact at this time, built out of locally quarried Triassic red sandstone and identified by its unusual helm-roof tower.