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Here is a foretaste of the traffic problems that were to come.

Here we see another corner of the King's bedroom. Both the bed canopy and the chair look somewhat tired, and are almost certainly dust-laden. Both have seen happier days.

The King's Arms is situated at the heart of this peaceful community.

Judging from the many children around the coach in the background, there appears to be a school outing going on. Ampleforth lies on the southern edge of the Hambledon Hills.

This large village with houses showing mixed building styles centres on the crossroads near St James's Church. Note the air raid siren above the door of the Old Black Swan.

The Cow Tower, with barges moored nearby, looks out from the edge of Cowholme, now in the riverside walk park, to the late 19th-century city expansion beyond the Wensum.

When Abbot Anselm laid out his grid pattern for the streets of Bury St Edmunds, Churchgate Street was planned as the main thoroughfare, a ceremonial route to St Edmund's shrine.

This is how the Feathers often looks today – festooned with summer hanging baskets full of flowers. Notice also the sign saying 'Machine Bakery' on the baker's shop to the right.

Before it was developed with grand apartments and hotels, gentlefolk, and even ladies on their own, as here, were able to stroll peaceably along this quiet stretch of West Cliff.

In a prominent position overlooking the town, the Castle was founded c1200 by William Fitz Martin, after he was ejected by the Welsh from his original stronghold of Nevern Castle.

This marvellous house has survived almost unchanged into our new century, and is one of Beer's oldest buildings.

It is on the site of the southern gateway of the Roman colonia. This area is now pedestrianised, and has greatly changed.

It is on the site of the southern gateway of the Roman colonia. This area is now pedestrianised, and has greatly changed.

The early 16th-century Queen's Armes is described by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments as 'an unusually complete example of a small late medieval house'.

This shows a bury day at the market, note the people to the front of the crowd are posing for the photographer.

Built in the Scottish Baronial style, at a cost of £400,000, the infirmary was dealing with 8,000 patients a year by 1900.

It was originally the nave of the abbey founded in 1128 by David I.

Saxmundham saw a good deal of change when the railway arrived in the 19th century. The Bell Hotel was built in 1842.

Closely-packed village houses built almost entirely of slate enclose a small cobbled courtyard. The youngest to oldest inhabitants are represented here.

The village lies along the line of Fleam Dyke, an ancient defensive earthwork.

Immediately above this viewpoint is part of the 14th-century roof that once covered the chancel.

Surrounding this splendid structure are the houses and local businesses of the city centre that lead to Westgate Street, Eastgate Street, Southgate Street and Northgate Street.

Here, bumpers of sulphuric and chalybeate water were dispensed from seven o'clock in the morning, after which a constitutional in the Valley Gardens was highly recommended.

This close-up of the seafront shows the Imperial Hotel, while in the distance is the restored parish church, with a Jacobean tower, dating from 1641.