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The gabled stone building (in front of the church) housed the Market Offices, and was also a drop-in centre for the unemployed.

Said to have been founded by the Spanish Ambassador's valet, the 18th-century pub, with its adjacent toll house, formed the entrance to the Bishop of London's Hornsey estate.

We are looking southwards from Walnut Tree Corner, and London Road is deserted apart from the wagon standing outside the Gate public house (centre left).

The 16th-century house behind it is reputed to have been the Hospital of St John the Baptist.

The old school house was later a sanatorium from 1907 to 1947, and then became the Youth Hostel. The church of St Andrew, left, overlooks the falls and houses treasures from Jervaulx Abbey.

The Abbey, the Parish Church, Abbey House and Church Stairs

The Kibble Palace, which was re-erected in the gardens in 1872, now houses rare tree ferns.

The former vicarage was renamed Moot House, and was used as a busy community centre.

Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts. In the 12th century King John had a hunting lodge in the area.

Even before the arrival of the railway, Ware was home to a population of rising middle-class entrepreneurs who demanded the most modern housing.

Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts. Just off the main through road, H Kemp, Stores and Post Office, is still trading.

This attractive small town has many picturesque old houses in its narrow streets.

Sefton Park has always had much to delight its visitors, and when the Palm House opened in 1896 thousands came to see it, along with the other glories of the Park.

The Market House, as it was called, opened on 28 January 1848. It opened every day except Sunday, and was famous for stalls selling black puddings and sarsparilla.

The village was created at the turn of the century to house construction workers for the very large brick-built Christ's Hospital school nearby.

The 16th-century house behind it is reputed to have been the Hospital of St John the Baptist.

The arrival of framework knitters heralded a dour expansion of red brick housing and hosiery factories, but some nice examples of vernacular architecture are to be found in the village.

Along the banks to the east is the old Spa Baths, now converted to housing. A little to the west of here, near the weir, is the old mill, also now luxury houses.

Early photographs show a village of timber-framed buildings, of which a few survive, all on the west side of the road; they include a very fine 16th-century hall house and a range of timber-framed houses

The houses above are West Cliffs, Holme Lea and Holm Craig (middle distance).

Tyre transformed the farm buildings into a modest Georgian house, which was given the name of Denbies. When Tyre died in 1767, the Hon Peter King purchased the estate.

This early 19th-century listed building, built on the site of the former manor house, has had numerous private owners, reputedly including one eccentric lady with a love of snakes who allowed them to

Long after the Fleur de Luce public house was closed, the site was taken by Jenning & Bewley, printers, and Ware Library - both of these were lost to Tesco, and so was Gideon Talbot's car repair workshop

Pound House is behind the telegraph pole. The 1879-dated Reading Room is down the street from Rock House (right of centre), with the gable-end of the Three Horseshoes in the foreground (far right).