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Apart from the small villa, the Italianate stucco terrace houses of the 1850s and later mostly remain.

The main street is wide, with a fine collection of houses of various dates, styles and materials. In the photograph only the telegraph pole and its wires intrude into the scene.

Trinity House built two lighthouses, one on the clifftop, one on the shingle below. The present High Light, pictured here, dates back to 1676, and was originally coal-fired.

This view shows that the houses are still few and far between, and the village, known as 'the town that never was', remains much the same now.

This view looks from the Mansion House balcony to the Bank of England.

Gracie Fields once lived in Connaught Avenue in a house called 'Tinkerbell'.This view is little changed today, although the Avenue is no longer almost devoid of traffic.

The building on the right was erected in 1922 to house the Redditch Benefit Building Society (founded in 1859).

This was a popular coaching inn; it has since been renamed the Gower Inn to reflect its new-found function as a public house.

Much has changed today, with many of the terraced houses of miners from the former South Yorkshire coalfield now swept away and replaced by modern shopping and office blocks.

In the centre of the picture we can see the Star public house, owned by Brains Brewery - the local brew. The company was owned by Samuel Arthur Brain and his uncle, Joseph Benjamin.

The building on the right was erected in 1922 to house the Redditch Benefit Building Society (founded in 1859).

Stebbing, strung out along a mile-long road, has a fine collection of old buildings: the house with the leaning frontage is late 15th-century, the other cottages slightly later.

In the distance in the centre of this photograph is the sign for The King's Head public house, which in 1583 was known as The George, and later as The Sun.

The photograph shows Colt Hill Bridge and the rear of The Bridge House.

A former boat house was demolished before this picture was taken. The lake is still open to the public for fishing.

The north aisle has stained glass by Augustus Pugin, who designed the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.

Sheep Street, possibly Ship Street or Cheap Street, is shown here a hundred years ago, with most of the houses still intact today.

The Mechanics' Institute building now houses the Curtis Museum.

Considered to be the oldest house in the village, the Jolly Gardeners is now a private dwelling. In the distance on the right stands the parish church, which dates from Norman times.

Castle Priory, which was built for Judge William Blackstone, Recorder of Wallingford, in the mid 18th century, has again reverted to being a private house.

The Victorian Club House was built to make some gesture to the needs of tourists, though not all 19th-century visitors were impressed.

During the 20th century, the farm became the Old Plough House Refreshment Rooms. It is still a well-known restaurant in this low- lying fenland area.

Dunmow ceased to be a borough in 1885, and the building has since housed various commercial enterprises.

At the western end of the village, close to the popular public house aptly named the Shepherd and Dog, the Fulking stream still emerges from the downs over a small waterfall.