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The most popular theory is that Kit's Coty - 'coty' means 'house' - was the burial place of Catigern, who is said to have fallen fighting the legendary Jutish warriors Hengist and Horsa in the Battle

Despite its looks, the castle actually only dates from 1801, when the main house was built; the turrets and towers were then added even later in 1817.

The northern part was bought by a consortium of businessmen who built houses overlooking it. Chantry Park is known as Moseley Park today, and is accessible only to keyholders.

The different styles of houses reflect years of developing architecture, from village to holiday resort.

The gate into Bridge House gardens can seen on the right.

Yet it has a long history with a number of attractive 18th- and 19th-century houses tucked away in the lanes of the Old Town.

Imphal Barracks covered a huge area, and could house at least one cavalry regiment and an infantry battalion, as well as providing support for reservists, volunteer units and recruit training.

The front of the shop to the right is unchanged since Edwardian days and is now Coltishall Pharmacy, but the corner where the confectioner's small shop stood has been redeveloped and now houses Coltishall

A previ- ous owner, the Blaenavon industrialist James Hill, had spent a lot of money on the house. Today it is part of the modern Nevill Hall Hospital, which was built in the 1960s.

The house across the river is Pen-y-worlod.

The post-box is still on the side of the house, but the post office closed on 8 July 1969. The last person to draw his pension there on 4 July was W J Lewis, a farmer.

This quaint old house sits on a corner in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

They were all housed together, and would remain so until 1865, when special wards for infectious diseases and lunatics were established in a new block.

The miller's house is dated 1728, and the three-storey mill building is also 18th-century.

The old Post Office is now a house and the front gardens have been lost owing to the widening of the very busy road.

Set in 98 acres of parkland, St Fagan's was donated for use as a National Museum by the Earl of Plymouth and now houses the Welsh National Folk Museum.

Behind, Manor Park House can be seen before it was demolished in 1976. The site was used for the new Central Library.

On the lane south from the crossroads the last two houses on the left are timber-framed, the White Cottage on the left with original framing in the side elevation and fake to the front.

The roof of the Market House, to the left of the picture, dates back to the 16th century and was preserved when road-widening operations took place in 1937.

Modern housing and indus- trial development crowd in from all directions, making it almost impossible to stand here and spot passing liners on Southampton Water.

The post office cum garage is now a house named, unsurprisingly, The Old Post Office. To the left is the churchyard wall.

It was known as The Coffee House in 1983.

Pargetting is a feature of this delightful building, which used to house the village fire engine (which was not famed for speed—it was often a case of 'first find your horse').

These payments were collected at the toll, or pyke, house, the octagonal, Gothic-style building pictured here. Above the doorway is the list of 'Tolls authorised to be taken at this gate.