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At the junction of the road leading to Lenham is the grander Pierce House, set back from the road.

This 210ft long room houses about 200,000 antiquarian books. The room was altered in 1857, with first and second floors thrown together under a timber barrel-vaulted roof.

But from 1870 until 1891 the house was the home of island owner George Cavendish- Bentinck, who preferred to live there rather than the Castle.

This well-known house takes its name from the Scandinavian ships that came up to Perran Wharf to discharge timber for the tin and copper mines many years ago.

Despite its name, this is actually a fortified manor house, one of the best in the country, built in the 14th-16th centuries by the Gilbert family.

The many waterfront drinking houses would have tempted Portsmouth's shifting population of sailors. On the extreme right are the premises of the now defunct National Provincial Bank of England.

The ornately designed building is a vivid reminder of the days, long before the television and video age, when every town in the country had a picture house, or 'flea pit' as they were sometimes known

The Market Square has a tradition going back to the early Middle Ages, although the present Square replaces houses destroyed by a fire in 1849.

Looking north at the junction of the Crawley and Godstone roads we see the Star Inn, a much re-built 17th-century timber framed house, although little altered since the 19th century.

Single-storey dormered cottages sit comfortably with the later elegance of the flat-fronted Georgian house further along the street.

In the foreground is the Old Poor House: note its original 16th-century chimneys and casements.

There is no change in this beautiful and tranquil scene as the river gently flows by the lovely thatched house onwards to Gibraltar Point.

Most of the larger houses have been converted to hotels to cater for the hundreds of tourists that arrive every summer.

The houses were built on a fair sized, flat piece of land sheltered by Penny Nab. There was easy access to and from the sea for the cobles.

Before this, a hotel and some large lodging houses were already catering for people visiting the attractive inland mere to take advantage of the boating and fishing.

The many waterfront drinking houses would have tempted Portsmouth's shifting population of sailors. On the extreme right are the premises of the now defunct National Provincial Bank of England.

Also here, where numbers 26-32 now stand, was once the gaol and the Governor's House. Around and About Northumberland

Before reaching Chilbolton village, here is the Seven Stars public house and the beautiful River Test, viewed from the bridge. Across the water was once the railway.

The inner relief road carved through here in the late 20th century from left to right, destroying the post office and the surrounding houses.

The manor house (known by locals as 'The Palace') was an E-shaped building facing north. The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen.

As the town began to recover from the effects of the war, the Urban District Council turned its attention to providing the new housing that the town needed.

Close to the Court House, an Elizabethan manor, lies this tranquil pond, constructed to hold water for a mill.

Sadly, they have gone - most of them have fallen into decay or have been converted into modest houses or holiday accommodation.

Beyond the Black Bull inn sign are the three gables of No 2, Pointz House, in which captain Matthew Flinders, the explorer of Australian shores and seas, was born in 1774.