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There are few places in the Black Country as attractive as this secluded corner of Old Swinford, where superb Georgian houses grace quiet streets below a medieval church.

Here, a few street vendors have set out their stalls.

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left of the picture.

The street is very narrow, and at one point outstretched hands can touch each other from the opposite sides of the upper storeys.

Women, their daughters and a delivery boy stand for the camera where the street climbs to St Mary Magdalene Church.

With the waters of Lyme Bay visible beyond the Hillcliff grocery store further down this steeply-sloping street, the pleasing 18th-century façades of the shops and buildings frame this scene of late

This final glimpse of old Hastings is a photograph that captures all the charms of the old town, with St Clement's Church at the end of the street.

The old Crown Hotel is soon to close and become another High Street shop.

We have moved nearer still to the bow-fronted building where the street narrows. The motor car has clearly ousted not only the horse but also, apparently, the bicycle.

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left. Over to the right is Seaton's temperance hotel, one of several in the town.

The right-hand side of the street has changed almost beyond recognition over the years. Maffey's has gone, and is now a private house with a portico.

It is difficult to understand how such a structure could be allowed to replace decent Victorian shops, especially in a street where many of the buildings are listed, but it was probably a source of some

Inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, they set up business in a former silk mill in Sheep Street. To this day the town remains a centre of fine craftsmanship.

Their control over its planning ensured wide streets and an air of comfortable spaciousness.

Cars and a motor bus line the wide street, where familiar names of today like Boots and Kodak are making an appearance.

The street takes its name from the priory of Dominican friars, founded in the 13th century. The tree marks the site of the now demolished Congregational church.

This road, also called Lower Street, leads towards the mill. On the left is the late 17th-century Chequers, where Mrs Edith Turtel offered 'Garage Accommodation for Motors and Cyclists'.

In those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other. The older part of the town lies close to the railway station.

It is really no more than one long main street. Situated by the tranquil waters of the River Test, the town is an important fishing centre.

Beyond the barns are two 17th-century groups of houses: Street Cottages and the flint and brick White Gates.

Now they are closed, along with most other collieries in the north-east Derbyshire coalfield, the town has reverted to the kind of calm seen in this mid-50s view of the Main Street.

Spanning the narrow street of this hill-top village, which rests high on the chalk uplands overlooking the River Nar, is this monumental arch, ancient gateway to the castle, which lies ruinous close

The right-hand side of the street has changed almost beyond recognition over the years. Maffey's has gone, and is now a private house with a portico.

The view is up Main Street, westward from the bridge over the River Winniford (right), to Chideock House Restaurant and the Castle Inn.