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Over the last 200 years or so, erosion has only managed to claim two rows of houses and a road.

The Atheneum (left of centre) was built in 1872 as a private house for William Thorne. He died shortly after it was finished and William Rock bought it in 1888 to give to the town.

In 1831 John, Earl of Shrewsbury, made this house his permanent home.

Both the Swan Inn and the Six Bells public house, seen on the right, are both open today, but their frontages have been renovated and they have new signs. The Swan now serves Breakspear ales.

It is thought that the inn was once the brew-house of Dorchester Abbey.

Both the post office, run by H J Harding when the photograph was taken, and the 16th-century Eagle public house, are still open for business.

This view looks north along King's Parade, with the Senate House in the distance, and the front of King's somewhat obscured on the left.

The town's importance as a centre for yachting, and the close proximity of Queen Victoria's home Osborne House, made Cowes most fashionable in the 19th century.

The pump, with its stone Gothic-style pump house and metal wheel, is dated 1876. Four metal flag finials have since been added to the corners. Off to the left is the King's Head Inn.

Entry is through the door on the left, and the bulk of the building is a private house. It is still, I am glad to say, a post office to this day.

It was in this village, in an old malt house, that pictures from the National Gallery were once stored, well away from London's air raids, during the Second World War.

The Rose and Crown Hotel, and the Victorian estate cottages behind, are typical of houses elsewhere in the village - many of them have dated plaques.

Once an important and flourishing market on the old coach road, Lenham embodies a fine mix of building styles from medieval through to Georgian in its houses and shops.

The high pitch of the roof on the house to the right suggests that it may originally have been of thatch.

The house on the right stands on the corner of Castle Street, a reminder that the town once had a Norman castle. Murphy televisions and radios are proudly advertised on the banner (left).

Enterprise House, on the left, almost doubled Kirby's shops when it opened. Today a new Royal Oak has replaced the one we see here.

Harold White, a builder, used to live here - he built the yellow brick houses near the station, known as 'White City'.

This friendly, unhygienic mix was replaced in 1927 by the present Council House, in an overpowering, municipal baroque style with a giant portico and towering dome.

A number of the older houses here were originally inns, for Broadway lay on the London to Worcester coaching route.

Pendleton nestles right in the shadow of Pendle Hill: in fact, the name means 'the houses on Pendle'.

The house on our left, with the lofty fir trees, is called The Firs to this day. The cottage opposite was at one time the village post office.

The sign by the people on the footpath advertises Woods, Coal & Coke Merchants, later to become 'Punch' Mullard's builder's yard and presently, Spinningfield House flats.

Their house was demolished about 200 years ago, and traces of it could still be seen 100 years ago.

The White Hart was once a posting house from which stagecoaches made daily runs to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield.