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The date stone states 1867, but completion was delayed by snow. The Wesleyans were the first to open a college in the Leeds area: at Headingley in 1868.

The pond dates back to at least the 16th century, and is associated with the Manors of Chislehurst, Scadbury and St Paul's Cray.

Before that date, meetings of the Garstang Rural District Council were held at the King's Arms Hotel.

It has a 14th-century tower, but most of St Cuthbert's dates from c1860. A charming tradition calls the children to sing from the top of the tower at Easter.

More survives on the right, while the three-storey building on the left, dated 1897, also survives.

The pub dates back at least to the 18th century, and parts of the building are even older. It stood beside the Poole Turnpike road from 1756.

Some of the cottages in St Nicholas Terrace, which is located to the north of the church, are 18th-century, and one of them is dated 1771.

It is a delightful village with mostly 18th-century houses, with a sprinkling of 19th-century estate cottages, such as those with the slate-roofed dormers on the left, dated 1858.

This excellent view captures the eastward expansion of the town in the late 19th century very well.

The Whyte Harte has a rendered and colourwashed front over a Tudor timber-frame (it may be earlier: there is a date, 1388, on the building), and it is obviously the supplier of stirrup cups to the

Note the piles of rubble deposited onto the bank, perhaps early in-fill as this part of the river is built up after this date and by 1960 has evolved into a car park.

Studs on the road surface mark the only traffic crossing in Kettering at this date. On the right, Gordon Thoday, with branches throughout East Anglia, sold dress fabrics.

This view gives a good idea of the village centre: the former inn, The Ragged Staff, is by the telephone pole, and the thatched cottage opposite, The Ovens, is dated 1699.

Dedicated to St Swithun, a Bishop of Winchester from 852 to 862, this imposing structure, dating from the 1790s, stands on the site of an earlier church that had been reduced to ruins by the collapse

The next house, of the same date, is at right angles to the street with a tall carriage entrance. The late 19th-century shop extension beyond is Towell's fish and chip shop.

The Victory Inn can be seen down the street, and round the corner, not visible in this picture, is The Bugle, Hamble's famous riverside inn, which probably dates from the 12th century.

The house on the left with its whitewashed tile-hangings is Old Forge Cottage, which apparently dates from 1321 - it was for sale at the time of the photograph.

Parts of it date from the 1400s, and the three bells are said to have come from the Abbey after it was pulled down.

The green was a more self-consciously contrived piece of villagescape at the gates of the manor house.

The last post-mill in the county, dated 1711, it blends with the owner/managers house and the store shed to provide a self-contained industrial group.

Brotton is another settlement with an ancient history; it was also seriously influenced by the ironstone industry at a later date.

Here we see two fine old coaching inns - the Lion, on the left, dating back to 1500, and the 18th-century George Hotel on the right.

The church of St Margaret was rebuilt in 1852 and has a tower dating from 1507, which is just visible through the trees. The Pigeon House is a medieval yeoman's house.

Humphrey's Bakery, High Street, has been dated 1332.