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This fact could be slightly awkward for Roman Court and Roman Bridge Lane, two newly-built housing developments nearby.

Today it houses the Castle Museum.This picture shows the castle prior to the excavation of the outer walls in the 1930s, and the castle entrance is now reached across a footbridge.

Most of East Devon's public houses are extremely ancient, and have served as places of refreshment for centuries.

The chief benefactors of the church were the Peel and Hargreaves families, and Peel Street and Avenue Parade follow the route of the carriage drive from Accrington House, one of the homes of the Peels.

South of Fareham, Stubbington has some attractive areas of modern housing, and the village shopping centre, the Parade, is built around a small green.

The private houses next door are now also all occupied by shops. The gateway on the right is an entrance to playing fields, which can still be found behind the buildings.

To the left is South Africa House, which was built on the site of Morley's Hotel in 1930; the architect, Sir Herbert Baker, attempted to complement the nearby St Martin-in-the-Fields.

The Quart Pot, a Baddow Brewery house, was where Wickford's Salvation Army had their early meetings.

This photograph looks across Mayer Park from the terrace of Mayer House. The park still serves as a peaceful oasis for the people of Bebington.

We are looking along Mill Hill Road from the Shippons, a large public house in Thigwall Road.

Today it houses the town's museum. On days of royal celebration, buns are thrown from the balconied roof; this tradition dates back to the coronation of George III.

The High Street has many interesting houses, some dating back to the 16th century. Over the years they have been repaired and re-fronted, making them look more modern than they really are.

The thatched building on the right housed the premises of Acre End Stores, run by T Hall & Son. The shop, long since closed, is now a private dwelling called Long Cottage.

To the east of the house, the swimming pool, with its red-brick orangery designed by Reginald Cooper in the mid 1930s, presents a peaceful well-ordered scene.

The north side of George Street is raised above the roadway; at the left is part of Edgar Buildings, completed in 1762, whose centrally-pedimented houses close the vista up Milsom Street.

Adam adapted Palladio's own design for a bridge with shops and houses to produce an elegant masterpiece. However, it ruined the builder, and parts had to be reconstructed as early as 1804.

The building on the left, the Old Mill, is a house with an added balcony, while that to the right is now the well known Morris Minor Centre.

This view shows the south transept (centre left), with the chapter house on the right.

Seen from its modern bypass on the A168 trunk road south of Thirsk, Topcliffe looks like a modern village of new housing estates.

This village view looks north past Street Farm on the right, and although the big barn on the right has gone, the houses all remain.

Neat flowerbeds surround the drinking fountain with its quaint spire, while in the background, just beyond Jenner's garage and petrol pump, the name of the Smugglers public house hints at past activities

Set in the valley of the River Stour, its Tudor and Jacobean houses have been carefully maintained, and further up the street is the old Woolpack Inn.

These trim houses with their first-floor verandas overlooking the shingle beach and breakwaters, and the neat gardens behind their fences, present an almost idyllic seaside vista.

In the 1960s two large housing estates were laid out on the east and west of the main street, and in 1972 a Village Society was formed to oppose the continued growth.