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The new A1 by-pass means that this village has become a quiet backwater, but signs of modern development can nowadays be seen - a housing estate has replaced the brick wall on the left.

Modern 1950s and 1960s houses of various different styles can be seen on the right of Great Houghton High Street in this photograph.

The building has been painted white and is now a private house.

The Spread Eagle was re-fronted in 1932 and another storey added; it has recently closed its doors as a public house.

Away from the boisterous life of the river, Cheyne Walk, with its narrow, balconied houses and modish shops, was a haven of gentility, dedicated to refined if somewhat Bohemian pursuits.

Away from the boisterous life of the river, Cheyne Walk, with its narrow, balconied houses and modish shops, was a haven of gentility, dedicated to refined if somewhat Bohemian pursuits.

The fine embattled western tower of Holy Trinity houses a clock and one bell.

Well-designed bollards and street signs front a typical road-house at the junction of the Great North Road with the lesser east-west Elstree to Chipping Barnet Road.

House and lane were demolished in the 1930s.

Of the buildings behind the beach, three were public houses. The central building is the famous Sloop Inn, still operating today.

Towards the edge of the village are former Rural District Council houses, now with lusher gardens, and opposite is a former Nonconformist chapel dated 1898.

Standing on a hill at a crossroads is the unusual house named The Dicker, built in 1908 for Horatio Bottomley MP. This is now St Giles School.

Here we see the headmaster's house at Repton, which is known as the Hall. It incorporates part of the 15th-century Prior Overton's Tower.

It stands across the road from the old Mint House, now an antique shop, seen here when it was three cottages.

Winchelsea, despite its status, is really little more than a village; it feels like a prosperous garden suburb with its grass verges and widely-spaced houses.

George Bernard Shaw used to attend meetings of the Fabian Society at a house in the village. Fernhurst is closely associated with the Sussex ironworks industry.

This view shows Curbar and Baslow Edges in the background, with the houses of the village filling the dale in the foreground.

The house consists of four ranges built round a courtyard. On the right here is the south range, which includes the parlour and great chamber.

In high summer it became difficult to find an available bed in the resort's many hotels and guest houses.

Two new housing developments have appeared further down the road.

Further down on the left is the Society of the Resurrection's retreat, St Francis House.

The tree-lined road still runs straight past the refurbished village hall in the distance, whilst the building hidden behind the trees on the left was demolished and the site redeveloped as a small housing

Many of the townís older houses in London Road can be seen in this view from Mount Ephraim.

These houses, also known as the Hospital of the Holy Trinity, were founded in the 17th century. Built in ragstone, these pleasant cottages with dormers were restored in about 1842.