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It now houses a splendid museum. Huge sheep markets were held here, and the farmers and buyers refreshed themselves in the Woolpack, a convenient public house across the road from the castle.

The single-storey extension on the nearest house has been demolished, but there is something similar on the adjacent house.

The open land with the horse chestnut trees has become a housing development, although Jubilee House was built by Daniel Goddard and Sons in c1935. On the right is the butcher's shop.

The gap after the first house on the right hides the site where the Co-operative shop and the post office were. The shop has closed, and the post office is now run from a private house.

Its 17th-century Town House, on the left, was once a sort of part-time guildhall.

Maidstone Museum occupies the former home of the Wyatts, Chillington Manor House, a splendid red brick Tudor house.

Other 18th-century buildings were the Town House (1735) and the Customs House (1730).

Slightly to the left is Brownston House, one of only two Grade I listed buildings in town. It was originally built in 1700, but was rebuilt later in 1720.

The jumble of gables and chimneys on the right of the street represents a 17th-century house; opposite it is the entrance to Chichele College, founded by Archbishop Chichele in 1422.

Each of the houses shows a differing style, with dormers, gables and bow windows. Beyond the third house is a sign bearing the word 'Teas' - an indication that this is a seaside spot.

This is a tall brick tower mill with a large extension grafted onto it to house a steam-driven mill. It had eight sails, as we can see from the eight-armed cross on the windshaft.

The house has now gone, and the bridge has been replaced by another. This photograph was taken in Lower Monk Street near the weir in Swan Meadows.

Hammet Street, with its brick terrace houses, was laid out in 1788 off North Street, focusing on the magnificent late 15th-century tower of St Mary's church.

It is now a private house. Scalby Stores beyond remains, and next door is Holt House.

Between the houses in the distance was the site of the Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Augustine of Canterbury in 1926; it was never completed, and the remains were demolished

Started around 1490 by Thomas Grey. 1st Marquis of Dorset, and built using bricks produced on the site, the house was the county's first true country house.

In the grounds behind the Council Offices stands Pippbrook House, the home of Dorking's main Library. It was once a private house.

This is a scene of contrasts, featuring Manor Cottage, an 18th-century thatched stone-built house, and the dull 1960s house to the left. The bus shelter remains, but re-roofed in sheet metal.

To the right of the arch is Apsley House, one of only two or three of Piccadilly's great houses to survive.

We see good examples of slate-hung houses; these slates are large, and they have even been used to board up the windows of the disused house on the right.

Beyond the draper's awning is the Quaker Meeting House and Buzzards, the home of Thomas Gainsborough's uncle Thomas.

Church Farm (right) of c1480 is a hall house with cross wings. The parlour wing is double jettied, with the arms of the de Ufford family, Earls of Suffolk, under the oriel window.

Crown House provides a view of London Road and Morden Court and the slightly earlier mock Tudor York Close to the left.

The house at the top of this view was that of the Sergeant Major from the Staff College.