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The north wing, which is jettied on a moulded wood bressumer, remains half-timbered; the south wing was rebuilt in the 19th century to house the parish hall.

It is interesting to remember that trade prospered in this street for centuries before a single house was built in neighbouring Bournemouth.

It was a prison until the 19th century and now houses the Cinque Ports Museum.

The centre house with two-storeyed mullion windows is 16th-century. Note the excellent thatch. However, the shop has a Welsh slate roof, despite being a stone building.

Some of the earthworks of the medieval fishponds opposite the Manor House can be seen in the foreground.

This parade was built in the years prior to the Second World War, as Pitsea's houses began to inch along Rectory Road.

Very little has changed, except that the unsightly telegraph poles have now gone, along with the shutters on St Nicholas House to the right.

It has since become a house and is virtually unrecognisable today - the roof shape and the site on Chapel Hill are the main clues to its origin today.

Today an active yacht club with a prestigious club house brings activity to this creek.

The old caretaker`s house has now been replaced by an indoor sports pavilion. The Welfare Ground`s two stands and a floodlight system were erected in the late 1950s.

The houses seen here were demolished in order to widen the road, and some of the land became a car park.

The premises have since been converted into a private house. Notice the decorator up his ladder taking a short break to make sure he is in the picture.

The ground floor, on the far side of the building, once housed old hand-operated fire engines.

The Bell public house, on the right, has a more modern frontage; otherwise little has changed, except that Pubmaster have replaced Ind Coope as the providing brewery.

The Lock Heather Guest House and Post Office, with its pillar-type post-box outside the front gate, was an indication of changing times.

This wheel, built in 1820, worked the old tannery, now the Combe House Hotel. It lies at the foot of Holford Glen, the scene of many walks taken by Coleridge and Wordsworth, who lived nearby.

Large houses had access to the river, and often had their own picturesque boathouses. The one in this picture is particularly attractive with its thatched roofs and boat moored underneath.

The row on the left (called the Chantry) was originally built as a priest's house.

The Spread Eagle (left) - its frontage reading 'Commercial & Posting House' - offered garage and stabling facilities through its archway.

A very regular row of houses lines this quiet street. I wonder if all the residents were enjoying their first taste of commercial television?

This property was built for Princess Alexandra; it is a similar design to the Swiss Cottage at Osborne House.

On the side of the hills of the Long Mynd houses crowded at all levels, giving rise to the area's nickname of 'Little Switzerland'.

The house on the right was once an inn called the Perserverance. The mark of the inn sign can be seen on the wall above the arched doorways.

Behind them the Queen Anne façade of the White Hart hides the fabric of a Tudor building, while the structure housing Babbs footwear shop is not so bashful.