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It was the seat of the De Braoses, with a mighty stone castle; but its keep of about 1100 is now merely a fragment, for the market and town migrated to nearby Steyning when the Adur silted up.

The view was taken from the tower in the time of Rev Eldon Surtees Bankes, the rector since 1854.

'Ferry No.1', dating back to the inauguration of the service in 1926, was supplemented by postwar 'Ferry No.2' in the 1920s.

A hundred years or so before this picture was taken Park Street was already a street of shops.

Church Street was never as busy or popular as Market Street. In Church Street stands the building (now the Conservative Club) where Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed twice in 1745.

In Roman and medieval times the castle was on the sea, but this has retreated half a mile away.

Much in the middle distance has been rebuilt, but most of the nearer buildings survive.

Frith's photographer is looking from the middle of the green towards Wharf Road, with the through road crossing the centre of the view.

By the river, a road leads off Walton Lane under the bridge towards Walton Marina.

Whalley means 'the clearing or field by the hill', and we can see how close the hill known as Whalley Nab is.

This hotel is owned by Elsden & Co Ltd of Holt, and has fine views out to sea and taking in all the activity of the quayside.

The imposing Victoria Hotel shows the popularity of the Conwy Valley with Victorian tourists, who visited the town by coach, char-a-banc and train.

A scattered village on a hilltop in the centre of Sussex. Friendly societies began here at the Five Bells Inn in 1782.

Several fields, formerly part of Ramscombe Farm, were purchased in 1987. They extend down to Devonshire Head (centre right).

The station approach is off to the left in front of the 'Catering' sign.

We are on the navigable River Ouse and an old Roman road. The flint-built church of St Mary is over-restored, with little of the original remaining. Court House is an altered 15th-century hall-house.

This pleasant market town lies just inland from the chalets and caravans of the 'honky-tonk' north coast between Rhyl and Colwyn Bay.

In this view we see pargetting with birds and plants on the projecting gable, and in the centre to the left of the drain pipe there is a single leg.

The Master window, in the middle, is dedicated to the memory of Robert Mosley Master: when he left Burnley after thirty years in 1855, he became Archdeacon of Manchester.

We have now moved upstream west of the bridge, with a view taken from St Mary's Embankment in St Mary's Gardens.

Bosham features on the Bayeux Tapestry, for in 1064 Harold sailed from Bosham to Normandy, and set in train the events that led to the Battle of Hastings and his own death.

This small town grew up on the course of the Roman road from London to Chichester, later known as Stane (or stone paved) Street.

Objections were raised by well- known figures like Sir John Betjeman and architectural historian Marc Girouard, who wrote that the proposed scheme was 'a classic example of how not to plan, for

The Roundabout Hotel on the Delmé Roundabout used to be St Edith's Industrial Home for abandoned or orphaned girls run by the Waifs and Strays Society.