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Only this church and Westminster Abbey have the honour of holding the relics of the saint to whom it is dedicated. St Wite was killed on an Anglo-Saxon mission to Germany.

In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th-century rectory, and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality.

Greyfriars House was built for William Herbert c1570 utilising the old Franciscan friary on the site as a quarry, the friary having been closed at the Dissolution.

Between 1914 and 1920 there were huge increases in the price of basic foodstuffs, but by the time this picture was taken they were falling to near pre-war levels.

Note the Beach Cafe (left) and the groynes on Charmouth beach; we are looking eastwards to Cain's Folly (centre) and Golden Cap (right). Offshore are the Mouth Rocks.

The Wilts and Dorset Bank on the left, now the Natwest, was almost new when the picture was taken. It had entrances in both George Street and Russell Street.

Gregory Gregory, a bachelor, was probably responsible for as much of the design as his architects, Anthony Salvin and later William Burn, as it rose slowly throughout the 1830s and 1840s.

Full tide brings its own burst of activity, as small passenger boats in an orderly seamanlike manner position themselves to approach the slipway.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

The lower part of the tower of St Mary's, which we see here from the spacious Market Place, is 11th-century.

An outraged public were relieved to witness work on a new pier by Mayoh's of Manchester in April 1894 and its subsequent opening the following year.

Browne's Hospital (72317 and 72319, these pages) is one of the most important medieval almshouses in England, dating from 1475 when it was founded by the wool merchant William Browne.

Between 1914 and 1920 there were huge increases in the price of basic foodstuffs, but by the time this picture was taken they were falling to near pre-war levels.

Between 1914 and 1920 there were huge increases in the price of basic foodstuffs, but by the time this picture was taken they were falling to near pre-war levels.

The King's Gate was the entrance to the inner or lower bailey. This side of the castle was defended by a moat; there was once a drawbridge where the steps and stone bridge appear in this picture.

Bradpole is Bridport's northern parish and suburb, and here we are looking along Middle Street towards the 1863-built spire of Holy Trinity Church (skyline, left of centre).

Remote parts of Dorset were not connected to mains water until the 1960s.

This 1960s view is a taken a little further north from the station, with the entrance to Grove Road half-way along on the left.

The post office, that, in about 1910, replaced Mrs Crowley's premises, was in the style of Queen Anne. It is on the right with the modillioned cornice and pediment.

Ten years has made a tremendous difference in the appearance of both street and market day. The stalls are more tidy and professional in the goods on display.

Within is the impres- sive tomb of the Caroleon admiral Sir Robert Holmes. If the head on his effigy does not quite seem to match the body, that is because it was added later.

The Rev Carus Wilson, vicar of Tunstall, established the school in 1823. A commemorative tablet is on the wall of Bronte Cottage, the first house on the right next to the old road bridge.

Alderholt Mill is situated on a tributary of the Ashford Water. We are looking northwards to the junction of lanes leading to Bullhill (left) and Alderholt Bridge in the other direction.

The Chequers has the somewhat whimsical juxtaposition on its sign of '13th century' and 'tea rooms'.