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The view shows an abundance of public houses and hotels. At far right three stand side by side - the Theatre Royal, then Clarence and (out of picture) the Cambrian.

Contrary to popular belief, Sir Walter Raleigh was not baptized in the parish church, but in the tiny chapel at nearby Place Court house.

The King's Head was built in 1733; not originally a public house, it had a cellar to store stalls for an annual fair held nearby.The Rising Sun on top of the pub sign was a trademark of Brickwoods

The King's Head was built in 1733; not originally a public house, it had a cellar to store stalls for an annual fair held nearby.The Rising Sun on top of the pub sign was a trademark of Brickwoods

wealth to the parish.The church of St Margaret, with a shingled broach spire, stands above the houses.The neat topiary hedge-work seen on the left is in the garden of the 15th-century Priest's House

We are looking eastwards down Main Street from Chideock House (left) and what is now the Old Post Office (right). It was run by Charles Gibbs and his daughter Hilda.

At the first house on the right, a window beside the front door has been bricked up. Many cottages here are brick, and there are also some malmstone ones.

Milford developed into a seaside resort in the 19th century, and there are many Victorian and Edwardian houses and bungalows. In 1960 a new 3-bedroom bungalow with a garage and two WCs cost £4,700.

Just beyond the house, at the furthest east end of the street, is the railway tunnel that connects Saundersfoot with Coppet Hall.

It is about to be demolished and a house built on the site. In the distance a lorry heads for the village, with more ease than today.

This has now been replaced by a 1960s version of little merit; its building involved demolishing the house beyond.

shows some of the house clearances of the last ten years.

Beyond it are Moot House, Market Cross Place and the White Lion.

A row of houses was built on the old road to Lampeter and another on the street to the church (visible on the right).

It is a continuation of Eastgate Street, and contains three of the finest half-timbered houses in England. There are Rows on both sides of Watergate Street.

The corner tower houses the Black Staircase, which when completed in 1662 was free-standing, even though it rises through four floors.

The tall chimneys behind this graceful stone house reflect this change. But these spectators, taking advantage of the seats provided, can still look out onto the Thames and the passing river traffic.

This view looks along one of the best streets in Woodford Halse with mainly stone houses and the dominating Moravian Church of 1906.

Built in 1819, this five sailer, in working order, now has tea rooms in the mill warehouse whose weatherboarded bag hoist turret is visible between now-demolished houses.

The north side of High Street, on the right, has some dignified late 18th- and early 19th-century three-storey houses, including the Bell and the Chequers Hotels.

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

As well as providing vegetables and fruit all year round, it grew exotic blooms to decorate the rooms of the house – often these were chosen to complement the colours of the ladies' gowns.

The broad street of the village, with its grass verges, is lined with brick and weatherboarded houses.

Balconied houses, built circa 1900, lead us to the pedestrian arch of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's remarkable railway bridge, opened in 1839 and skilfully doubled in width in the 1890s.