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The lanes were quiet and occasional horse-drawn vehicles might be seen.

On the left is the now sadly demolished Parade, a splendid Gothic construction which, with its intricately patterned brickwork, housed a number of prominent businesses and shops.

Apart from one white terrace, the hillside above the fishing village has since been fully developed for housing.

The stack dwarfs a beam engine house to the right, while less substantial buildings are already ruinous. Today the stack stands alone.

The street is noted for its mid to late Georgian buildings, and distinctive pink and blue brick houses above lines of modern shop fronts.

The road leading to Chipstead Valley is dominated by Edwardian terraced houses on the right.

The photographer is looking north-west downhill across the Mells Stream bridge to the village, an attractive cluster of stone houses with many thatched roofs.

This beautiful Elizabethan house is four hundred years old, and is still owned by the descendants of Sir Henry Griffith, who designed and built it.

Leading away from the Market Place (the Market House is visible in the distance) is Silver Street. The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view.

Before the war, the Cow Inn, now a private house, was the venue of the annual Badger Feast, whose meat is said to have a taste similar to pork.

The Court House is a magnificent Tudor- style building, erected in 1881. Carved wooden panels decorate the corbelled windows and terracotta tiles adorn the façade.

The Fountain Court housed the castle's state apartments.

Designed on the courtyard plan with a turreted tower house at each corner, this building echoes Wallace's work at Pinkie (1613), the King's Lodging, Edinburgh Castle (1615), and the north range at Linlithgow

On the right is the creeper-clad Bridge House, long gone, its site now occupied by a large Texaco garage.

The Victorian photographer Joseph Raine built the pair of houses on the right, set above the raised pavement which continues along Quaker Lane.

The recent history of the ancient village of East Keswick is inextricably linked with the fortunes of the nearby 'big house' of Harewood.

It is now famous for its race horses and historic castle, once the home of Richard, Duke of York and later King Richard III.

The lodge was built in the 19th century to house the gardener, and is now the English Heritage information centre.

This broad junction is now occupied by a mini-roundabout, but in 1911 it appears that nobody was too bothered about which side of the unmade road traffic chose to use.

This broad junction is now occupied by a mini-roundabout, but in 1911 it appears that nobody was too bothered about which side of the unmade road traffic chose to use.

It is said that Drummond was sitting under the great sycamore tree in front of the house when Jonson trudged up the path. Drummond met him with 'Welcome, welcome, royal Ben!'

This view, looking south towards Aylesbury, shows some of the range of buildings, including the rendered and jettied Tudor House in the middle distance.

In days gone by, anyone whose house was robbed after the sounding of the horn could claim compensation off the Wakeman, if it could be proved that he had been negligent in his duties.

This view looks south towards London, along the narrow stretch of Ermine Street or the Old North Road, with its overhanging 17th-century houses and gables.