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Little has changed in this picture over the years – the farm cottage on the left and the Manor House, far right, remain, but the grocer's shop succumbed to supermarket competition and is now a private

In the village itself, Gregory Gregory's hand is everywhere, as befits an estate village nestling at the gates of a great country house in its park.

The house is now known as Glendower House and is a guesthouse.

A modern house, the White House, replaced the building next door. Behind the ladies are 1-3 Beddles Cottages, which still stand.

The Waterloo Iron Works opened in 1813 and closed in 1984, making way for housing. The schoolhouse survives complete with its arch into the works.

Glynde is most famous for its internationaly renowned opera house built in the grounds of Glyndbourne. In this view of the village the old building on the left is timber-framed with a false façade.

The buildings on Vines Corner to the left of the bridge have gone, while Swan House to the left of Holland's dignified Swan Hotel replaced the house and shops seen in photograph number B511054; they were

The inn was originally a private house - it was first a licensed premises in 1898. The village is of modern growth.

In 1906, the Caldy Manor Estate was split up into housing development plots for the wealthy.

It was once owned by the Harris family, and, at various times housed employees such as the resident nurse and Cecil Wilkins, the chauffeur.

St Michael's House, the Victorian home of Mrs Brandham at No 7 Pound Street, became St Michael's Hotel.

The large domes are those of the Opera House, which opened in 1902 and served as a theatre, later as a cinema and a bingo hall; today it is a J D Wetherspoon pub.

As part of providing civic local facilities, the council erected a large open- air swimming pool in the town centre in the 1930s on the site of Richmond House, between King Street and the river

Stanmore, a once picturesque village, has now lost much of its character, apart from one or two buildings; these include a superb but well-disguised hall house of around 1500 in Church Road.

Immediately east of Wicksteed Park, on the higher ground above the River Ise, Barton Seagrave has a small core of stone-built houses and cottages and a good Norman church around a triangular green.

The distinctive cupola and copper dragon weathervane of 1859 rises above the Tolsey House on the corner of Market Street.

The building on the right was formerly a private house, Oakfield Lodge, built by Edward Steer. About 1918 an extension (centre) was made to join the former St Margaret's College (left background).

This beautiful collection of 15th- and 16th-century half-timbered houses includes the hotel and public house the George and Dragon, shown on the right, a fine example of Tudor architecture in an historic

The lower parts of the chapel were built in 1330 as a charnel house, but it became a chantry chapel, endowed by John Holman, in 1449.

On the right the hard red brick pub, the Crown, is dated 1890 while beyond is the Feathers, a good 17th-century house, refronted in the 19th century.

Beyond is a thatched barn, now converted into a house, Orchard Barn. The other two houses are now much changed, with extensions and modern windows.

The house on the left has been replaced, while the one straight ahead is now tiled and hidden by trees.

According to the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office, about 50 private houses were built in Bryans Close Road in the angle of North Street and Oxford Road in 1930.

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel. Indeed, there are some fine Georgian houses, particularly on the east side near the good parish church.