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The cottages date from the 16th century, and are probably of the same age as the earliest known parish register of 1596. Notice the old Whieldon's green bus parked outside.

Cobb Road, as we see it today, dates from about 1830. Its narrow predecessor was described as a 'private road' in 1813.

The shop with the clock, at this date called The Shoe People, still sells shoes. The shop front at Fairweather's next door has been extended across the entire width of the building.

St Martin's Cottage (right) has the date 1661 over the porch. It is timber-framed and plastered; its red brick chimney stack has grouped shafts. The longstraw thatch has a patterned ridge.

There is a plaque dated 1622 on the chimney-stack. Part of the roof is covered with corrugated iron - this was used when thatchers were difficult to find.

Originally the site of a Saxon hunting lodge, much of the present Corfe Castle, which gives its name to the stone-built village beneath, dates back to the troubled reign of King Stephen.

This building is dated 1790, and is a little distance from the church. The church is near the intersection of Well Street and Church Street, and the vicarage lies beyond.

Kendal's church of the Holy Trinity is Cumbria's largest parish church, and dates from the 13th century, although it was extensively restored 60 years before this photograph was taken, between

At the corner with Sheep Street stands the town hall, which dates from 1767; on this building is a statue of the Bard presented by David Garrick.

The arched tombs beneath the window date from the 14th century.

The stump of the windmill now has no chimney and is incorporated into the house next door, which is named Mill Terrace and dated 1860. Over the years it has lost one chimneystack.

The chancel was rebuilt by Lady Catherine Buckley in the 1550s and the porch is dated 1634. Six of the bells were supplied by Rudhall of Gloucester in 1749, and two further bells were added in 1882.

There was a timber bridge here by 1172, but the present one with cast-iron spans dates from 1821.

An early handbill described them as 'Up to Date – Thoroughly Refined'. The show came to an end when a gale destroyed the stage in August 1912.

Around 1662 a small chapel dedicated to St Thomas Beckett was built against the east wall of the tower; many of its fittings including the pulpit, Communion table and box pews date from c1664.

Though the west tower with its distinctive recessed spire is said to contain masonry older than Roche Abbey, the rest of St Bartholomew's dates from 1859, when it was rebuilt to a design by P Boyce.

It was originally built as a chapel in the 12th century; the present commanding building on its hill overlooking the village mainly dates from the 15th century.

On the left is the roof of Staines' Town Hall, a dull building dated 1880. The chimney and works of William Ridley and Sons has now gone.

Elham, pronounced 'Eel-am', dates from Saxon times, and stands six miles north-east of Hythe. Along the nearby valley floor runs an intermittent stream, known as the Nailborne.

At this date it was used by Hazelhurst School, becoming a hotel in 1926. It was demolished in the 1970s.

The rider is glancing towards the Blue Boar Inn, which dates from 1691. The International Stores are opposite under the elaborate striped awning.

When this stretch of the wall was excavated, the archaeologists found that the ramparts dated from Roman, Saxon, Viking, Norman and medieval times, and that the earth bank grew with each occupation.

The well spring and the house date from the early 1700s.

The Custom House dates from 1791 but was burned down in 1921 during the troubled years that led to the creation of the Irish Free State.