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In the early hours of 28 December 1923 a devastating fire swept through the main buildings beside the Parish Church, and by daylight only a blackened shell remained.

To the left are Abbey House, the Cathedral, the Norman tower and St Mary's.

Lord Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, lived at Pax Hill from 1919 until his death in 1941; the house is now a nursing home. The Alice Holt forest is nearby.

Across the harbour on the left are The Buck, The Jolly Sailors and The Ship public houses, and running out to the right is the West Pier.

Here we can see a portion of the gardens of Bank House in the days before they became accessible to the public. Note the thatched summerhouse.

The Bell Inn (left) is now a private house. The retaining wall on the right was part of Chalford Station yard.

It was designed and built as better housing, with accommodation for live-in household staff. The road, like Broad Street, is lined with young trees.

One of the few thatched buildings in the area, the Duke's Head is no longer a public house.

In 1949 the local authority, Billericay Urban District Council, was in despair; it was trying to cope with its own housing problems, as well as the task of dealing with 78 miles of unmade roads

TODAY IT IS still possible to see some vestiges of buildings that were known to those who lived through the English Civil War almost 400 years ago; one example is Pennies, a half-timbered house

Note the large gilt letters above Bradford House.

On the right is the Goudhurst Coffee House, and it looks as if a shop is next door. Eedes the chemist sits behind the trees (centre).

It subsequently belonged to Zaccheus Walker, who rebuilt the house in grand style, calling it The Hollies. It was the most imposing mansion in the neighbourhood, but it was demolished in 1937.

In return for granting permission to the GWR to build the line across his land, local landowner George Frederick Muntz demanded the provision of a station: houses and shops inevitably followed.

The disposal of sewage off Anchorsholme became an increasing problem as more and more houses were built. The photograph shows the old pumping station.

The building on the corner houses two large shops, a 'high class' grocer's and, next door, a confectioner's. Opposite is the post office, with a pillar box outside.

There are varied shops, good pubs and a fine church housing old paintings of the Hobart family and of the builder who constructed the church in 1496.

On the left are the remains of the Archbishop's Palace, or manor house, where Archbishop Warham entertained Henry VII in 1507, and where Henry VIII stayed in 1520 when he was on his way to the Field of

Walls and houses are built of whole flints. The tree bending towards the church reflects the wind-swept character of this isolated corner of Norfolk.

The road at the foot of the hill still curves past the pub, but the houses adjacent to Sandy Close, to the left, have been rebuilt. The road is wider and most of the trees have gone.

It also separated the church and Manor House from the village; all were to the right of the canal bridge on which the photographer stood. The factory burned down in 1963.

Historian Arthur Mee described Botley as 'a delightful old town with quaint shops, handsome houses, and pretty inns'.

From left to right we have the Kings (now Victoria) Tower; the Clarence Tower; the Chester Tower, which houses the library; and the Prince of Wales Tower.

The Post Office (left) also advertises Bronte books and postcards, while the Bronte Guest House is visible behind the antiques shop (right centre).