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Totnes had a medieval wall around the centre, much of it still intact.

A large number of the buildings in the picture are now Grade II listed, but it is not likely that the unkempt state of the High Street in 1955 did much to foster civic pride.

It had already been popular with wealthy city merchants for a century or so, and much housing development had taken place along the High Street.

The cast iron frame contained two 60ft-high domes, and huge figures of Pomona and Flora stood over the arched entrance. This market was demolished in 1973.

The high arched ceiling is supported on slim pillars of pale stone, creating a light and welcoming interior. The pulpit is of alabaster and the screen of ironwork.

These heavily-laden fishermen use shoulder yokes to carry their shellfish, much as a milkmaid carries her buckets, paddling out of the shallows from their open boats, the 'Nell' and 'Armistice'.

However, much of what we see now owes more to the 1820s; at that time George IV expended the then fabulous sum of £1,000,000.

A feature of the scene is the limestone paving flags that neatly line The Street, and the trimmed trees forming an arch across the roadway. The Half Moon Inn (landlord W Teasdale), awaits customers.

The arch at the bottom of the terrace is a sheltered seating area.

The view is very much the same today, although the grand, colonnaded entrance to The Black Lion Hotel (centre left) has been demolished.

In 1908 the east end of the chancel was extended and the transepts added; the gradient of the site was such that the archi- tect, Temple-Moore, designed a structure supported on a round- arched

These barracks were built about three years after the Infantry Barracks, but the construction came under much criticism.

West of Sunbury and on the former Middlesex bank of the Thames is Chertsey Lock, near Chertsey Bridge, an austere seven-arch stone bridge of the 1780s by James Paine.

This is the shopping centre of Kippax, much changed on the left, but untouched on the right.

Certainly it is much loved by fishermen. The river has also been a popular play area for local children, as this late Victorian scene shows.

The Arndale House building is much the same, but the cinema has made way for the Cornhill shops, and beyond the canopy of the Town Hall extension are the new shops which have

For much of the 20th century, the flitches were supplied by Dunmow`s own bacon factory, which occupied a site near the now-vanished railway station.

These heavily-laden fishermen use shoulder yokes to carry their shellfish, much as a milkmaid carries her buckets, paddling out of the shallows from their open boats, the 'Nell' and 'Armistice'

Viewed from the west, the façade of the west front is dominated by the Great West Window and the Triple Arch Door.The west front of many cathedrals were intended to be showpieces.

Of the priory, however, little remained even in 1900 when this photograph was taken, save for the remains of the cloisters and a stone arch.

It was commissioned from Sir Francis Chantrey in 1829, and it was originally to go on top of Marble Arch, which then stood in front of Buckingham Palace.

Five years after the end of the Second World War, there was still much evidence of the severe bombing around the cathedral.

The fine tower and spire of St Peter's Church dominated much of central Bournemouth, until unkind planners allowed the construction of too many large buildings nearby.

There has been much debate about the age and significance of these four giant stones a mile north of the village.