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On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

In the picture we see large houses with garden walls of flint. Children wait on the pavement and road edge to be included in the Frith photograph.

The road leads downwards and eastwards from opposite the Charmouth House Hotel (right), to Hardown Hill and Stonebarrow Hill (centre), where it climbs through Morecombeland.

Each corner was once occupied by a public house or inn.

Mills and rows of cheap housing were swept away during the development of Marlowes in the new town of Hemel Hempstead.

The timber framing on the corner building is not genuine; it and the render conceal 18th- and 19th-century brick and stone houses (the furriers is now an estate agency).

The 500 acres of deer park was incorporated in the city boundaries in 1932, but only the east side, a strip along the north side, and a strip along the west side were developed for housing

The house at the far end of the road on the High Street is now the Birdcage. This is the route to the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Museum.

The adjoining house is now fully incorporated with it and unrecognisable.

Brewing was also an important industry in the town: a brewer's cart is standing outside a public house on the left.

Although the castle has never experienced a siege, it has remained a military base, with barracks built inside the walls during the First World War to house conscientious objectors.

Many of the houses date from the 17th century. Trade in the town increased dramatically once the Keighley to Kendal turnpike road opened, making Settle a premier coaching route.

The resort developed in a rather piece-meal way from a fishing village with fields amid the houses.

of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and Jacobean cottages, houses

Their deep boreholes could be used to pump piped water to the neighbourhood, without the need for individual house wells, which were not a practical proposition on the chalk plateau.

The 15th-century local granite and limestone church tower of St Peter and St Paul shows above the low rise houses which bound The Green; it was heavily 'restored' in 1872 by F W Ordish.

It must have been a considerable worry at council meetings when plans were discussed for this attractive open area, bounded by houses of quality ranging from thatches of the 17th century and earlier,

On the left, beyond the corner building of Waterloo Place (now Brasserie Roux and an hotel), rises New Zealand House, built in 1957-63, a 225ft tower block.

Petty Sessions were held in the Swan Hotel, and the public house on the right has been a popular watering-hole since the early 1800s.

The first Baron Grantley was the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1769 to 1782, but his grandson George created a much greater stir when he kidnapped his own children and held them at the family home

Watching these young ladies walking along the harbour edge, it is difficult to imagine how busy a tourist spot this small town of brightly coloured houses was to become.

Further along the road are the King's Hall, advertising 'teas and dances', and the Prince of Wales public house.

By 1934, more than two thousand houses had been built within half a mile of Stoneleigh Station, and in March of that year Hanbury & Buxton successfully applied for a provisional licence to build and operate

Sir Nicholas brought skilled weavers to his house at Stonyhurst to teach villagers textile weaving when times were hard, and he then supplied cottages with hand looms.