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Up until just over a hundred years ago, a watercourse, or lode, ran down the centre of this street.

Continuing through the village, we come to The Black Bull public house (centre); the parish church stands in the background.

The two ambulances (centre), identified by the crosses on their roofs, are probably en route from the Royal Air Force Hospital in Lynn Road.

The settlement was once the centre of a local iron-working industry, and the white-painted Gun Inn with its swinging signboard was where John Browne, the local ironmaster, designed ordnance for the navies

In medieval times it was a centre for the salt trade. Here, a carter has paused for the camera.

The Pavilion has now been demolished, to be replaced by the Lakeside Arts Centre.

Here we see the view southwards along South Street, from the taxi rank (left) to the tower of St Mary's Parish Church (right of centre). This was the B3157 to West Bay and Burton Bradstock.

Behind (centre left) stands the tower of Holy Rood parish church.

Despite the prominent date of 1631 in the centre of this door, the glorious ironwork depicting lions and trees is thought to date from the 13th century; the later date is probably that of a repair.

The Market Square is notable for the Cock's elaborate ironwork bracket, and for the famously wonky timbered carriageway (centre right).

The large building at centre left is the post office, and just in front of that and to the right of James Wilde & Son is the single-storey Pack Horse Hotel.

Originally built in the 17th century as the apple-store for Ambleside Hall, it is now a National Trust Information Centre.

Basingstoke's role as an important market centre dates back to medieval times; it was established as a borough in 1622 when James I granted the town a charter giving it a weekly market and a twice-yearly

The lady in the centre appears to be the mistress of the house instructing her two servants.

The elaborate Elizabethan structure in the centre, with tiers of multi-paned windows and a high gallery, was the renowned Mol's Coffee House, standing beside Cathedral Green.

Kingsbridge, five miles to the north, was the closest the line ever penetrated. With only a small beach to boast of it never attracted hordes of holidaymakers.

Basingstoke's role as an important market centre dates back to medieval times; it was established as a borough in 1622 when James I granted the town a charter giving it a weekly market and a twice-yearly

At the centre of a broad vale, rich in market gardens and fruit orchards, and to which it gives its name, lies Evesham.

Beyond the slipway (centre) are the open doors of the new lifeboat station, built in 1984 and housing the Spirit of Derbyshire, a Mersey Class boat capable of 16 knots and with a range of 145 nautical

W J Ballard's forge is in the centre of the picture.

This view, looking back towards the town centre, shows both the Congregational and parish churches.

Corporation Street linked this with the former municipal buildings in the town centre, hence the name.

The northward view is slightly less romantic: Pitsea High Road crosses the centre of the picture, with the Northlands estate behind it.

Note the ladies and children in the centre of the photograph, the former with long skirts and boaters and the children sporting knee-length dresses for the girls and knickerbocker trousers for the boy.