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Although the building is still there today, it is now a private house.

This scene was photographed from one of the upper floors of Mapledurham House, which was built during the 16th century by Sir Richard Blount, whose tomb can be found in St Margaret's Church.

Some attractive red brick houses lining the High Street are a reminder that Nettlebed was a major brick-making centre - the industry dates back to the 14th century.

The building housing the premises of A H Rowley, tailor, is now occupied by Keates of Witney, which coincidentally sells menswear.

On the right, the dry dock has been half filled in by Thanet Ice Company, and an ice house has been built to supply ice to the fishing smacks.

Station Road, though quite short in length, still manages to achieve a broad mix of shops and dwelling houses.

Many of its stone cottages were built to house the mill's workers, which still stands on the edge of the town.

The vegetable plots shown beside the track have been built over with houses, giving the appearance of a cul-de-sac, and the visitor is pleasantly surprised to find the museum right under the mill.

The barn to the left is now a house called The Flints, in front of which part of the pond has been filled in.

Wakelin's (left, in Sutton House) declared itself to be 'the cycle, sport and baby carriage store of the county'.

On the left is the corner of the brick-fronted manor house. The top of the church tower fell in 1829, which gave it a castle-like appearance. It was not restored until the 1960s.

The water was stored in the tank, now disused, forming the top storey of the House in the Clouds.

St Anne's Church tower is visible behind the handsome Stepping Stones House. The stepping stones themselves look less serviceable now, but there is also a footbridge today.

Panama-hatted Tom Roe, 'Dealer in Worn-out Horses' (perhaps a grand name for a rag and bone man), clip-clops his way down the Skipton Road through Keighley.

In the foreground is the Grand Union Canal, with the houses of Blisworth and the 15th-century tower of the church to be seen on the opposite bank.

But the old manor house is a reminder that this is a very old site, dating back to the 16th century.

Beyond it, the shop has since been demolished and replaced by a 1970s flat-roofed health centre. 1950s council houses in Dolben Square are visible on the left.

Major changes here since 1955 include modern 1960s houses, mostly bungalows, on Hillmorton Lane, beyond the signpost, and the telephone kiosk which has migrated to the foreground Green.

Ballon's motte to the right is topped by a 19th-century hunting lodge, which now houses the town's museum.

The Quart Pot, a Baddow Brewery house, was where Wickford's Salvation Army had their early meetings.

Until recently this scene could be said not to have changed, but the Lion Hotel, which is also a public house, was recently (in early 2005) converted into an indian restaurant.

Here the merchants of the city built their imposing new houses, most of which remain today.

It later became part of Brighton College; Scott also designed its headmaster's house and chapel in the 1850s.

Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'.