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The huge Becontree Estate, the largest planned housing estate in Europe, was built during the 1920s and 1930s on a green field site.

Closer to us stands the lifeboat house, built in 1878 with an endowment from the Freemasons. The fencing had been added 'to protect it from damage from cattle'.

The half-timbered house dates from c1450.

Here we see a number of large rowing-boats that have been converted into house-boats.

Tiptree Heath was 'a miserable barren piece of land' haunted by tinkers, squatters, and horse- racing fans.

Then came houses and shops to create today's village on either side of the A322. Two of its close neighbouring communities have the unusual names of Penny Pot and Donkey Town.

The shop on the right, built in 1885, is now a private house called Old Chipstead Stores. Merrythought Cottage is the protruding building on the left.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

After the construction of the bridges over the Straits and the opening of the railway, Bangor grew from a 19th-century town of only 93 houses into a thriving holiday resort.

It was decided to house them somewhere so that they could be close to the Minster, but out of the way of trouble.

To the left of the street is a gate, erected in 1766, which leads to Holy Trinity Church.The houses here, on what is called Our Lady's Row, are amongst the oldest in England - they are early 14th-century.To

In St Helen's Square, what had been a Guildhall Chapel and then a public house was demolished to make way for the building of a residence for the Lord Mayor.The result was this charming abode.

Byfleet Village Hall also now houses Byfleet Parish Council offices, and is currently under repair (October 2001).

Ballon's motte to the right is topped by a 19th-century hunting lodge, which now houses the town's museum.

These are the parapets of the lower bailey looking towards Marten`s Tower, which gets its name from the prisoner it housed in the 17th century.

Broadcasting House, the home of BBC Radio, was opened in 1932 with 22 studios.

Moored at the bank is their two-masted training brig, and beyond are the river-front houses of Lower Caversham.

In the 1930s it was given over to housing development, though Longmore Farm survived until the 1950s, when it was demolished.

These reinforce the efforts we saw in photograph 18208 to diminish the sea's force and to protect the cramped houses and banks. This harbour dries completely at low water.

Moot House, with its mature trees, paved area and sculpture (left), is at one end, while the other square is used for commercial purposes.

He was also involved with the building of Nelson's Column, the Houses of Parliament, and railway lines the world over.

The centre of this straggling village on the outskirts of Hitchin boasted two public houses beside the Green and across the road from the cedars and prominent yew tree in St Katherine's chuchyard.

The thatched house (now demolished) is The Glen, the scene in 1884 of the murder of Emma Keyse by her handyman John Lee.

During a storm in the winter of 1978-9, waves were breaking over the tops of the houses.